Indo-Iranian Lullabies

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" Indo-Iranian Lullabies "
Rosa Ronzitti

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1068886
Doc. No	:	LA112515
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15728536-06104001‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Rosa Ronzitti
Title & Author	:	Indo-Iranian Lullabies [Article]\ Rosa Ronzitti
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Indo-Iranian Journal
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	62/1
Page No	:	7–18
Abstract	:	The following paper is concerned with a comparison between the Vedic hymn RV VII 55 and the Vīdēvdād 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. The following paper is concerned with a comparison between the Vedic hymn RV VII 55 and the Vīdēvdād 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.
Descriptor	:	Alcman
Descriptor	:	Hittite
Descriptor	:	Indo-Iranian
Descriptor	:	lullaby
Descriptor	:	nocturnal scenes
Descriptor	:	sleep
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15728536-06104001‬