[INDOLOGY] Vedic wolf warriors?

[Asko Parpola]

The Vrātya bands of youthful warriors (see my “Roots of Hinduism” 2015, p. 134ff.) are connected with wolves/dogs and they go back to Proto-Ind-European  or at least to Proto-Indo-Iranian times: see p. 135 (with more references to the vrātyas) in the exciting article of David Anthony and Dorcas Brown (2017), who have found related archaeological evidence at the site of Krasnosamarskoe belonging to the Srubnaya-Andronovo horizon of the Eurasian steppes (1900-1200 BCE): “The dogs of war: A Bronze Age initiation ritual in the Russian steppes”, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 48: 134-148.

With best wishes,

Asko


> On 13. May 2022, at 19.20, Caley Smith via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> 
> Dear Dean,
> 
> While "wolf warriors" are news to me (the wolf is a negative sign of anxiety or danger), if you look at Diwakar Acharya's "How to Behave Like a Bull," the paper argues that the emulation (and I personally would say *impersonation*) of Indra as an unruly bull was an ancient Vedic practice, elements of which survive in the Pāśupatasūtras. I am happy to send a pdf of this excellent paper.
> 
> Best,
> Caley 
> 
> On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 12:11 PM Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
> I was watching a video about berserkers inspired by the new movie The Northman and they mentioned that not only were there Viking bear warriors but there were also wolf warriors as shown in the movie. The video said that these wolf warriors are widely found among many of the early Indo-Europeans including in the Vedas.
> 
> Can anyone point me to sources about Vedic wolf warriors?
> 
> Best,
> 
> Dean
> 
> 
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