This is the second volume in the series Stockholm Studies in Indo-European Language and Culture (open access). Jenny Larsson, professor in Baltic languages, with a primary interest in the history of languages, is one of the co-editors.
This volume brings together scholars from different fields, exploring how early Indo-European communities understood and mythologised their natural and social environments. From sacred cattle and milk rituals to the chthonic symbolism of serpents and the mythological periphery of water, this interdisciplinary volume uncovers deep-rooted ecological imaginaries embedded in language, archaeology, and comparative mythology. With contributions spanning from the Indo-Iranian plains to the Baltic forests, the book reveals how beliefs about animals, agriculture and the household shaped Indo-European worldviews.
