Cultural context The Rape of the Sabine Women



the 18th-century artist niccolò bambini painted subject @ least twice.




scholars have cited parallels between rape of sabine women, Æsir–vanir war in norse mythology, , mahabharata hindu mythology, providing support proto-indo-european war of functions. regarding these parallels, j. p. mallory states:



basically, parallels concern presence of first-(magico-juridical) , second-(warrior) function representatives on victorious side of war subdues , incorporates third function characters, example, sabine women or norse vanir. indeed, iliad has been examined in similar light. ultimate structure of myth, then, 3 estates of proto-indo-european society fused after war between first 2 against third.









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