{"product_id":"indo-european-ecologies-cattle-and-milk-snakes-and-water-9789176352717","title":"Indo-European Ecologies: Cattle and Milk - Snakes and Water","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume brings together scholars from different fields, exploring how early Indo-European communities understood and mythologized their natural and social environments. From sacred cattle and milk rituals to the chthonic symbolism of serpents and the mythological periphery of water, this interdisciplinary volume uncovers deep-rooted ecological imaginaries embedded in language, archaeology, and comparative mythology. With contributions spanning from the Indo-Iranian plains to the Baltic forests, the book reveals how beliefs about animals, agriculture and the household shaped Indo-European worldviews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich in detail and accessible in style, \u003cem\u003eIndo-European Ecologies\u003c\/em\u003e offers new perspectives for scholars and curious readers alike. It is the second volume in the book series \u003cem\u003eStockholm Studies in Indo-European Language and Culture\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLarsson, Jenny H.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jenny Helena Larsson is Professor of Baltic Languages and Director of the Centre for Indo-European Language and Culture at Stockholm University. She is co-PI of the National Centre of Excellence Centre for the Human Past and PI of the research programme Languages and Myths in Prehistory (LAMP). ORCID: https: \/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7251-3513\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOlander, Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Thomas Olander is Professor of Indo-European Studies at the Roots of Europe centre at the University of Copenhagen. His research interests include linguistic reconstruction and the relationship between reconstructed languages and the archaeological record. He is PI of the research project The Indo-European Dark Ages Illuminated and a member of the research programme Languages and Myths in Prehistory (LAMP). ORCID: https: \/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7938-2827\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJørgensen, Anders R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Anders Richardt Jørgensen obtained his PhD in Indo-European linguistics from the University of Copenhagen in 2007. His research focuses on comparative Indo-European and Celtic linguistics, Middle Breton philology and Modern Breton dialectology. He is currently a researcher at Uppsala University in the research programme Languages and Myths in Prehistory (LAMP). ORCID: https: \/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-5317-9227","brand":"Stockholm University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589810553106,"sku":"9789176352717","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_df3e9b57-9986-4732-8549-5052e1fd8785.jpg?v=1756807743","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/indo-european-ecologies-cattle-and-milk-snakes-and-water-9789176352717","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}