The Chinese primordial giant Pangu and his possible Indo-European origin

• Authors: BLAŽEK Václav
• Year of publication: 2021
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Mother Tongue
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Arts
• Web: https://www.mother-tongue-journal.org/MT/mt23.pdf
• Keywords: Chinese; Tocharian; Iranian; Vedic; Old Norse; myth; primordial giant
• Description: In the present contribution a hypothetical relation between the Chinese primordial giant Pangu and his Indo-European counterparts is studied on the basis of both their mythic descriptions and etymological analysis.

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