The Proto Indo European Warrior: Trito (The First of the Dragon Slayers)

Alongside the Proto Indo European King and the Priest, there was a Warrior called Trito, a warrior who would evolve into the knight who would defeat dragons to rescue princesses. But that wasn't his original purpose.

In this video we look at the Indo European mythologies of dragon slaying, and of cattle raiding, the two types that persist today. And we will trace them back to their original sources to uncover who this first warrior really was.

Passages read include:
Rig Veda 1.10.6, 1.158.4, 3.31.4, 3.53.9, 5.30.9, 6.60.1, 7.83.1, 8.12.16, 10.8.8, 10.48.2, 10.99.6
Yahst 9.10, 15.23, 19.92
Propertius' Elegies 4.9.15
Ovid's Fasti 1.575
Vergil's Aeneid 8.230
Herodotus 7.82
Hesoid's Theogony


References include;
Beowulf, R. M. Liuzza, Broadview Press; Second edition (30 Nov. 2012)
Beowulf and its Analogues, G.N.Garmonsway, Littlehampton Book Services Ltd; First Edition (1 Sept. 1968)
The Horse, the Wheel, and Laguage, D.W. Anthony, Princeton University Press; Illustrated edition (15 Aug. 2010)
Des Moses von Chorene Geschichte Gross-Armeniens, Lauer, Ulan Press (31 Aug. 2012)
The Ancient Near East, J.B.Pritchard, Princeton University Press; Illustrated edition (28 Nov. 2010)
The Indo-Europeans Myth of Creation, Bruce Lincoln, History of Religions , Nov., 1975, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Nov., 1975), pp. 121-145 Published
The Indo-European Cattle-Raiding Myth, Bruce Lincoln, History of Religions , Aug., 1976, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Aug., 1976), pp. 42-65 Published


Chapters
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0:00 Introduction
1:30 The Proto Indo European Creation Myth
05:27 Priests, Kings, and the Warrior, the third man, Trito
07:21 The Warrior Myths
12:01 The evolution of the myths of Trito
14:45 The hero of the Indian and Iranian myths, sacrifice and the gods
21:30 The Armenian myth
26:45 The spoils of victory, a princess or a cow?
30:05 Why the change in the story? Looking at the Greeks...
33:13 Roman myths
35:03 Why did the purpose of the Gods change?
36:03 Germanic Iconography - The Golden Horn of Galleus
37:30 The original dragon slaying myth and its true meaning
41:19 Summary and important notice