Indo-European Poetry and Myth

mighty war-cry 457
overcomes multitudes in battle 481–2
prepared to fight against god 484
rapid growth 428
son 442–3
standsfirm in battle 458, 494–5
vow of abnegation 459
weapons 460–4
see also warriors
Herodotus on Massagetai 206
on Persians 167, 196, 215, 264, 266, 275,
442–3, 480 n. 96
on Scythians 170, 182, 267, 285, 377, 464,
492–3, 497, 503
on Thracians 500, 501
Hesiod
catalogue poetry 70
fragments 287, 293, 365, 378
Melampodia 362, 364
Myth of Ages 23
Theogony 162–3, 181, 222, 247–8, 251, 264,
274, 275, 286–7, 354, 421
Works and Days 171, 183, 215, 217, 223,
329, 349, 368, 423, 501
Hesperides 159, 347
Hestia 144–5, 267
Hildebrandslied 18, 441
Hiltebeitel, A. 469
Hipponax 69
Hittite, Hittites 3, 5, 7, 12–13, 24
royal funeral ritual 393, 497
versification 56–7
Homeric Hymns 304, 313, 315
Homeridai, Homeros 72–3
honeyed speech 90
horses 30–1, 451, 465–8
associated divinities 145–6, 187–91
as element of personal names 400, 465
‘fly’ 466–7
‘horses and men’ 465
in kennings for ships 82–3
lament master’s death 490–1
of gods 152, 153
of Sun 203–7
of Wind(s) 264–5
prize-winning 467
races 502
sacrifices 417–18, (in heroic funerals)
496–8
‘swift’ 465–6
vocal 467–8
hortatory motifs 477–9
hot cross buns 215
Hrungnir 253, 263, 299

hundred

forts reduced 453

years of life 377–8

Hundred-Handers 298, 300

Husband’s Return 438–40

Hyades 353 n. 46

Hydra 258–9

hymns 63, 304–25

etymologies of μνο 31, 34, 37

Hyperboreans 349

Hyrtakos 450 n. 8

Ibycus 64, 403–4, 408

Idaean Dactyls 296

Idunn 159

Tερο ́  89

Iguvium tablets 16

‘I have heard’ 94

Illyrian 6, 15, 167, 176

Ilya Murometz 302

‘immortal and unageing’ 128

incantations, see spells

‘Indo-European’, ‘Indo-Germanic’ 1

dialect groupings 5–11, 20

disposal of dead 388, 498

‘Mature Indo-European’ 5, 20

migrations 7–11, 21

people, homeland 2

Indo-Iranian 6, 9–10

Indra 142

as storm-god 184, 245–6, 247, 255–7

birth, infancy 149–50, 247

chariot, horses 152, 153

cows stolen 261

gods stand up before him 151

golden 153

kills monsters 255–7, 262

recital of famous deeds 251, 312, 314–15

weapon 251–2

Indradyumna 378–9

initiation 451

invectives 69–70

invisibility 484

invocations 304–7, 316–23

Io 185

Io ̨rð 183, 250

Io ̨ rmungand, see Miðgarð Serpent

Iphiclus 427 n. 56

Iranian loan-words in Homer 21 n. 52

Irish literature 16–17, 62, 67

metres 53

Irmingot, Irminsûl 143, 345–6

Isles of the Blest 349

Istanus 194, 196

Index 517