RT Article
T1 Indo-Iranian Lullabies
JF Indo-Iranian journal
VO 62
IS 1
SP 7
OP 18
A1 Ronzitti, Rosa
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1684096006
AB The following paper is concerned with a comparison between the Vedic hymn RV VII 55 and the Vīdevdād chapter XVIII 16. It is argued that little lullaby-themes, aimed at quieting men as well as animals, have come to be included into sacral and religious texts from popular sources (e.g. magical charms to be performed on sleepless babies), revealing Proto-Indo-European formulae and stylistic patterns that can be reconstructed. A Hittite text and some fragments of Greek poems by Simonides and Alcman are also included in the list of the passages to be compared.
K1 Alcman
K1 Hittite
K1 Indo-Iranian
K1 lullaby
K1 nocturnal scenes
K1 Sleep
DO 10.1163/15728536-06104001