The One-eyed God: Odin and the (Indo-) Germanic Männerbünde (Journal of Indo-European Studies Monograph No. 36)
Abbreviations; Glossary. THE EYE IN THE WELL: grandaevus altero orbus oculo; Odin's pledge; Heiti relating to Odin's eyesight; Blindr; Other possible heiti; "Blind," not "the blinder"; Other depictions of Odin/Wodan; Snorri and Saxo; Wodan, Woden, et. al; Iconography; Odin the Wolf god; An overview of the book; PART I. HERJANN: THE EINHERIAR: Snorri's description of the Einheriar; The word einheriar; Herr and Herjann; PIE *koryonos; Thor Einheri and the Einheriar. DER SCHIMMELREITER: The Host and the Hunt; Legend, myth, and cult; The matter of the Männerbund; The Dead and the living; Age sets and ancestor cult; Masks; Masks and ancestor cult; Demon horses; The Rider god; The Ancestors bring blessings; Feasts of the Changing Year; Harlequin. FERALIS EXERCITUS: Harii; Chatti; Weihekrieger; Civilis; Haraldr Hárfagr; The hairstyles of the Suevi; Procopius and Ammianus on youthful warriors; An analog from Doric Greece; The liminal state (marge); Exiting marge; Demon warriors; An initiation scenario in Völsungasaga; Dæmon warriors among the Chatti; Two armies of the dead; Mercurius; Hermes at the boundaries of space and time. FUROR TEUTONICUS: *wop ; Ódr; Ódinn; The suffix  no ; Examples; A "Führersuffix"?; The suffix  no  in divine names; Poets' god and Rune master; Ecstasy, Possession, Inspiration, Madness; Ecstasy; Furor heroicus; War dances; Dancing gods; Mysterium and Mimus in the Anabasis; The sword dance in Germania; Mars and the Salii; KoúrhteV, Kour»teV, KorúbanteV; The Maruts; Some conclusions; Verat...r; PART II. THE INDO EUROPEAN MÄNNERBUND: *TEUTÁ AND *KORYOS: Equites and pedites; Village and Forest. THE *KORYOS: Raubrecht; The Manes; Animal transformations; `´EkstasiV; Times and seasons; Festivals; Seasonal activities; Sub groups; Small bands; Groups of 50; Older *koryos bündler; Weihekrieger; Men without property; Robbers and riff raff; Männerbund and Gefolgschaft. CANIS AND THE *KORYOS: Wolf and Dog; Ethnonymns and Männerbünde; "Wolf" men as founders of city states; An historical example; Mythical foundation stories a) The founding of Rome b) Caeculus and the founding of Praeneste; The ver sacrum; Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire; Wolf folk and Dog folk; Ethnic names a) Wolf folk of Anatolia b) An Ossetian wolf clan c) Other wolf folk d) Dog  folk e) Hundingas and Ylfingar; Wolf priests a) Hirpi Sorani b) Some Hittite cult functionaries; Mythical ancestors a) Miletos b) Lamissio, king of the Langabards c) The Welfs of Swabia; Wolf men and Dog men; The Lombards; Germanic wolf names; Irish dog and wolf names; Greek heroes with wolf names; Wolf  and dog men of the Scythians; Slavic wolf men; Kunokéfaloi a) "Zu den litauischen Werwölfen b) Slavic dog heads c) Survivals of the kunéh/ lukéh; 'Alkim«tatoi kúneV; "Ver sacrum bei den [Indo ]Germanen?"; Canine/ lupine qualities; ODIN ANALOGS: India; Iran; The Ossetes; The Celts; The Balts and Slavs; Greece; Italy; Mars; Faunus; Veiovis; *teutá god and *koryos god; Un rite d'agrégation; PART III. THE VRÁTYAS: WARRIOR BRAHMINS: An oath brotherhood; Vratya clothing and weapons; Seasonal activities; The brahmacárin; The education of a brahmin; The vrátyastoma; Vrátyastoma and sattra; Sattra; Daksiná; Vrátyas and sattrins; RUDRA:  Rudra's armies; Ganapati; The rudras; The Maruts; A troop; The Maruts are both like and unlike Rudra; The Maruts as * koryos; I Ir. *marXa; Marut epithets; Priestly activities; War god; The Wild Hunter; Canis; Dogs and the Lord of Dogs; Dasará; Le jeu du Cheval; Têtes coupées; The hunter with the spear; Some conclusions; Death; Fertility; Ekstasis; The Feast of the Changing Year; The Dragon Slayer; Initiation; Natarája; The Ekavrátya;  CHOOSING A LEADER: The Súlagava sacrifice; Two stories; The vrátyas as rudras; The dice game in early India; The "dice"; How it was played; An army of dice; The dog and the dog killer; Kali, the dog; Kali eko'k§ah and ekák§a; The One and the Dog; The ritual dice game; senánír maható ganásya; Sabhá and irina; Sabhá and solstice; Herjann; Excursus--The Vrátyastomas; DARKNESS, DOGS, AND DEATH: Conclusion--The Wolf god and the Eye in the Well; Bibliographies; Primary Sources; Works Cited; Index.