Once again “the Scythian” myth of origins (Herodotus 4.5–10)

Far from being authorless texts, eternal truths, and the authentic voice of the Volk (as Romantic theories have it), myths are narratives that disguise both their authorship and their tendentious nature. The two variants of “the” Scythian origin myth preserved in Herodotus 4.5–6 and 4.8–10 provide a...

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Main Author:	Bruce Lincoln
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Septentrio Academic Publishing 2014-11-01
Series:	Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur
Subjects:	Myth Scythia Scythian Origins Scythian Kingship Herodotus Stranger-King
Online Access:	https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3188

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description	Far from being authorless texts, eternal truths, and the authentic voice of the Volk (as Romantic theories have it), myths are narratives that disguise both their authorship and their tendentious nature. The two variants of “the” Scythian origin myth preserved in Herodotus 4.5–6 and 4.8–10 provide a convenient example of how close reading permits one to identify the interests advanced by each variant through the ways they rework details of the structure they have in common.
topic	Myth Scythia Scythian Origins Scythian Kingship Herodotus Stranger-King
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Once again “the Scythian” myth of origins (Herodotus 4.5–10)

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