{"product_id":"the-feast-of-immortality-a-study-in-comparative-indo-european-mythology-paperback","title":"The Feast of Immortality: A Study in Comparative Indo-European Mythology - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Billinge\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eGeorges Dumézil\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Feast of Immortality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is Georges Dumézil's first major work and the earliest full articulation of a comparative method that would later define Indo-European mythology as a serious discipline. Originally submitted as his doctoral thesis in 1924 and long unavailable to Anglophone readers, this volume appears here in English for the first time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt its center is the Indo-European \"Cycle of Ambrosia,\" a mythic complex surrounding the divine drink of immortality - amṛta, ambrosia, the beer of the  sir, the ale of the Tuatha Dé Danann - and the rites, conflicts, and cosmological distinctions it sustains. Dumézil demonstrates that this cycle is not an incidental motif, but a coherent and deeply conserved structure marking a boundary between mortals and immortals across the Indo-European world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on Indian epic literature, Germanic Eddic poetry, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Slavic, Iranian, Armenian, and lesser-known traditions, Dumézil reconstructs the shared mythic sequence underlying these diverse cultures. He advances a rigorous methodological argument: that comparative mythology must focus not on isolated themes or divine names, but on complex narrative cycles whose internal structure excludes chance or simple borrowing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book culminates in an examination of the ritual dimension of ambrosia - festivals, sacrificial feasts, and ceremonial reenactments - situating myth and rite within a single symbolic economy of sustenance, sovereignty, and immortality.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 454\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53301581250867,"sku":"9781968394974","price":43.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/gsbKsM4iI69781968394974.webp?v=1777513230","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-feast-of-immortality-a-study-in-comparative-indo-european-mythology-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}