Structural and linguistic parallels between the Norse myth of Kvasir, the Indic myths of Agastya Mānyá-, and the Roman legend of Agrippa Menēnius allow for the comparative reconstruction of an inherited IE myth, according to which INTELLIGENT (*men-) SPEAKERS, i.e., POETS, had the role of social brokers (i.e., mediators) between PATRONS (called *h2ens-u- ‘leaders’) and their CLIENTS (called ‘friends/allies’).
Ginevra, R., Indo-European patrons vs. clients, and the role of poets as social brokers: ‘Leaders’ vs. ‘friends’, and intelligent speakers in the mythologies of Scandinavia, India, and Rome, in Ginevra, R., Höfler, H. S., Olsen, B. (ed.), Power, Gender, and Mobility. Aspects of Indo-European Society, Museum Tusculanum, Copenhagen 2024: <<COPENHAGEN STUDIES IN INDO-EUROPEAN>>, 177- 209. 10.55069/tiu87004 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/291136]
Indo-European patrons vs. clients, and the role of poets as social brokers: ‘Leaders’ vs. ‘friends’, and intelligent speakers in the mythologies of Scandinavia, India, and Rome
Ginevra, Riccardo
2024
Abstract
Structural and linguistic parallels between the Norse myth of Kvasir, the Indic myths of Agastya Mānyá-, and the Roman legend of Agrippa Menēnius allow for the comparative reconstruction of an inherited IE myth, according to which INTELLIGENT (*men-) SPEAKERS, i.e., POETS, had the role of social brokers (i.e., mediators) between PATRONS (called *h2ens-u- ‘leaders’) and their CLIENTS (called ‘friends/allies’).
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