There are myths behind the king figure of the IndoEuropeans, but why, what do they mean? And how does the king relate to the tripartite ideology talked about by Dumezil. And what does all this have to do with Cinderella? And does it mean it's older than the Proto IndoEuropeans?

Bibliography & Citations
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Jaan Puhvel, "Aspects of Equine Functionality," in Myth and Law among the IndoEuropeans: Studies in IndoEuropean Comparative Mythology, ed. J. Puhvel (Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London, 1970), pp. 15972.
Georges Dumezil, L'idéologie tripartie des IndoEuropéens (Collection Latomus, Vol. xxxi), Bruxelles (Berchem), 1958. Pp.3233
Bough, J. The Tripartite Ideology of the IndoEuropeans: An Experiment in Method.
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Vol. 22, No. 1/3 (1959), pp. 6985
Lincoln, B. Myth, Cosmos, and Society. Pp. 156


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Chapters
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0:00 Introduction
00:37 The King is the land and the people
04:35 Truth and Horse Goddess
07:24 The King and the Priest
08:30 The GodKing
11:32 Losing the right to Rule
15:11 Summarizing the King in IndoEuropean Culture