In a magisterial work, Jaan Puhvel unravels the prehistoric Indo-Euopean origins of the traditions of India and Iran, Greece and Rome, of the Celts, Germans, Balts, and Slavs. Utilizing the methodologies of historical linguistics and archaeology, he...

This is the first in-depth study of the various traditions about the famous Jómsvíkingar and their stronghold, the Jómsborg (usually identified with Wolin). This famous band of warriors established their fame on the one hand by forming a bridge-head...