Jaan Puhvel

Jaan Puhvel (b. 1932) is an Estonian-American Indo-Europeanist. As a student of Georges Dumezil, he also specializes in comparative mythology.

He is known for his Hittite Etymological Dictionary. Currently (as of 2008), the dictionary has progressed to the letter N, in seven volumes. Since volume 5 (2001), the project complements the Chicago Hittite Dictionary, which began with letter L in 1980, and which has covered L, M, N, P, S. Letters still missing between the two projects are thus R, T and Z (see Hittite cuneiform).

Bibliography

*1987, "Comparative Mythology", he Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 978-0801839382.
*"Hittite Etymological Dictionary" (Berlin - New York - Amsterdam 1984-)
**1984, Vol. 1 (A)
**1984, Vol. 2 (E, I)
**1991, Vol. 3 (H)
**1997, Vol. 4 (K)
**2001, Vol. 5 (L)
**2004, Vol. 6 (M)
**2007, Vol. 7 (N)
*1991, "Homer and Hittite"

References

*Studies in Honor of Jaan Puhvel (two volumes, JIES Monograph 20-21) 1997, ISBN 978-0941694544.