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>The trifunctional hypothesis of prehistoric Proto-Indo-European society postulates a tripartite ideology ("idéologie tripartite") reflected in the existence of three classes or castes—priests, warriors, and commoners (farmers or tradesmen)—corresponding to the three functions of the sacral, the martial and the economic, respectively.
>The trifunctional thesis is primarily associated with the French mythographer Georges Dumézil[1] who proposed it in 1929 in the book Flamen-Brahman,[2] and later in Mitra-Varuna.[3]
>According to Dumézil (1898-1986), Proto-Indo-European society comprised three main groups corresponding to three distinct functions:[2][3]
>Sovereignty, which fell into two distinct and complementary sub-parts:
>one formal, juridical and priestly but worldly;
the other powerful, unpredictable, and also priestly but rooted in the supernatural world.
>Military, connected with force, the military and war.
>Productivity, herding, farming and crafts; ruled by the other two.
>In the Proto-Indo-European mythology each social group had its own god or family of gods to represent it and the function of the god or gods matched the function of the group. Many such divisions occur in the history of Indo-European societies:
>Southern Russia: Bernard Sergent associates the Indo-European language family with certain archaeological cultures in Southern Russia and reconstructs an Indo-European religion based upon the tripartite functions.[4]
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>Early Germanic society: The supposed division between the king, nobility and regular freemen in early Germanic society.[5]
>Norse mythology: Odin (sovereignty), Týr (law and justice), the Vanir (fertility).[6][7][note 1] Odin has been interpreted as a death-god[9] and connected to cremations,[10] and has also been associated with ecstatic practices.[11][10]
>Classic Greece: The three divisions of the ideal society as described by Socrates in Plato's The Republic. Bernard Sergent examined the trifunctional hypothesis in Greek epic, lyric and dramatic poetry.[12]
>India: The three Hindu castes, the Brahmans or priests; the Kshatriya, the warriors and military; and the Vaishya, the agriculturalists, cattle rearers and traders.[13] The Shudra, a fourth Indian caste, is an "outer" or serf caste serving the other three. A 2001 study found that the genetic affinity of Indians to Europeans is proportionate to caste rank, the upper castes being most similar to Europeans whereas lower castes are more like Asians. The researchers believe that the Indo-European speakers entered India from the Northwest, mixing with or displacing proto-Dravidian speakers, and may have established a caste system with themselves primarily in higher castes.[14]
Really makes you think
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>>2490401
Nice theory, too bad it's nonsense. The earliest IE societies had TWO classes, farmers and priests, not three.
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>>2490429
>farmers
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>>2490437
It means "person who farms". Hope that cleared it up for you!
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>>2490429
They didn't have any chieftains, kings, warriors, raiders or someone in charge of protection whatsoever?
Nah, I think I'm gonna go with the opinion of the scholars on this one, chap.
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>>2490429
>farmers
Early Indo-Europeans were nomadic pastoralists, fuckwit.
I swear to God do you people come up with this stuff on the fly or do you think of news ways of been retarded during the day?
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tell me more
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They were one of the first to have specialized jobs, from smiths to merchants
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>>2491061
No, they had farmers who also fought in battles and priests who also ruled the tribes.
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>>2491076
A pastrolist IS a farmer, double fuckwit. Also, you're wrong, they were primarily farmers who also kept livestock.
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>>2490429
Proofs?
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>>2493043
Utter nonsense, they were still living in barbarian villages while the Sumerians were busy inventing civilization. The first Indo-Europeans to adopt specialization where probably the Hittites, some two THOUSAND years after the Sumerians and Egyptians.
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>>2490429
>indoeuropeans didn't have warrior caste
nice b8 m8
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>>2490429
>All the specialized literature on the subject is unanimous in enphasizing the expansive and warlike nature of the Indo-Europeans.
>The language was spread via conquest utilizing the wheel, the horse and the chariot.
>They didn't have a warrior caste though.
Retardation is a hell of a drug.
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