LEONID KULIKOV
UCLouvain \/ Ghent University\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 kulikovli@googlemail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n
KUM\u0100RA: VEDIC (AND NON-INDO-EUROPEAN?) ROOTS OF A PUR\u0100\u1e46IC LEGEND<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The present paper offers an analysis of the Kum\u0101ra myth (born from the \u015aiva\u2019s spilt seed and P\u0101rvat\u012b and subsequently breastfed by six Kr\u0325ttik\u0101s [Pleiades]), well-known from the Pur\u0101\u1e47ic literature. It is argued that the origin of this god (also known as Skanda and K\u0101rttikeya) can be traced back to the Vedic period and, most probably, as far as the R\u0325gveda. Even though in Vedic texts the form Kum\u0101ra<\/em> is usually not interpreted as a theonym, but only as the substantive meaning \u2018child, boy, young man\u2019, there are a few obscure contexts, where alternative interpretations are possible. I will demonstrate that some parallels to the Indian Kum\u0101ra myth can be found in other Indo-European mythologies, in particular, in some Greek myths, such as the myth of Kronos. Altogether, these Indo-European legends may originate in some Near Eastern mythologies. This may also account for the origin of the etymologically unclear Sanskrit form Kum\u0101ra<\/em>, which is traditionally explained (essentially after B\u00f6htlingk\/Roth\u2019s lemma in PW II, 337 \u201cbedeutet wohl eher leicht<\/em>\u2014als schwer\u2014dem Tode anheimfallend<\/em>\u201d) as \u201c*zart, schwach\u201d (Mayrhofer, EWAia I, 368). I argue that the etymology of Kum\u0101ra<\/em> should be reconsidered, and the form can rather be understood as \u201cassociated with \/ causing bad death\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LEONID KULIKOVUCLouvain \/ Ghent University\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 kulikovli@googlemail.com KUM\u0100RA: VEDIC (AND NON-INDO-EUROPEAN?) ROOTS OF A PUR\u0100\u1e46IC LEGEND The present paper offers an analysis of the Kum\u0101ra myth (born from the \u015aiva\u2019s spilt seed and P\u0101rvat\u012b and subsequently breastfed by six Kr\u0325ttik\u0101s [Pleiades]), well-known from the Pur\u0101\u1e47ic literature. It is argued that the origin of this god (also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2194","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2195,"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2194\/revisions\/2195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dicsep.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}