File:The Divine Twins (Indo-European Religion Lectures -1)

Pagan religion of Indo-European origin contains a similar myth: the divine twins, sons of Dyeus, the Sky Father. Greek mythology as well as Roman mythology, Vedic, Baltic and Anglo-Saxon mythology present Twins associated with horses. They are the Dioscuri (or Dioskouroi), the Castores, the Ashvins, the Ašvieniai, and Hengist and Horsa. The divine Twins have been one of the most pervasive and popular myths in Antiquity. They appear in Homer's Odyssey and in the Rigveda. They generally were rescuers and saviors of men at sea and in battle. Learn more about the deep connections and implications of this very Indo-European myth story in Paganism, proto Indo-European culture and people, and more broadly, ancient history.
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Bibliography: -M. L. West, 'Indo-European Poetry and Myth.' Oxford: 2007.

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