The Goddess of Death of the Proto Indo-European Mythology and Folklore (Kolyo, Calypso, Hel)

How did our Indo-European ancestors think somebody went from living to dead? They were taken by the goddess of the Netherworld, a goddess that would eventually be called Hel in Old Norse. But her origins are older than that and her name was Kolyo the Coverer, the Goddess of the Grave. Here I present the mythology around death and the Indo-European Goddess that was a representation of it. Key References Güntert, H. Kalypso - Studies of the history of meaning in the field of Indo-European languages. 1919 Lincoln, B. Death, War, and Sacrifice. The University of Chicago Press. 1991 Chapters ============================== 0:00 Introduction 2:28 Four principles of belief 4:10 Why an elaborate journey of death? 5:04 The goddess of death 9:30 A bit of Old Norse 10:03 The Indo-Iranian beliefs 11:46 This is a Proto Indo-European idea 12:55 An Old Norse oddity 14:01 The divergence of belief and paradise 15:30 Immortality
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