%0 Journal Article
%T A mitologia escandinava de Georges Dum¨¦zil: uma reflex o sobre m¨¦todo e improbabilidade
%A Patricia Pires Boulhosa
%J Brathair
%D 2006
%I Brathair
%X This article examines the main methodological premises of George Dum¨¦zil¡¯s theories that relate to the study of Scandinavian mythology, especially the study of written mediaeval sources and the reconstruction of the mythology of the Viking Age (AD 750/800 to AD 1050/1100). The article argues that Dum¨¦zil's theories, which strictly refer to a culture much earlier than the Viking Age (the proto-Indo- European culture), are not based upon very solid premises. The article starts with a discussion of the geographical and chronological delimitation of the sources which are commonly used to define Scandinavian mythology, questions the concept of "Indo-European" and the Dum¨¦zilian definition of "Germanic mythology", and goes on to concentrate on the methodological questions which are specifically related to the Scandinavian material.
%K Escandinavian Mythology
%K Georges Dum¨¦zil
%K Criticism
%U Escandinavian Mythology; Georges Dum£¿£¿zil; Criticism