An Indo-European, German and Iranian Healing Tradition on the basis of Linguistic and Mythological Evidences

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This paper studies the history of healing tradition in Indo- European, German and Iranian Medicine on the basis of Mythology and Linguistics. Three different scientists have written article due to this point of view.
According to Benvéniste Indo-Europeans were able to heal the diseases and the healer had a great power. Puhvel claims that indo – European medicine was more a social, religious and mythological Phenomenon and was not considered as a science.
Dumézil's observation that Indo-European medicine functions in the third estate and paradigmatically consists of three parts provides a theoretical framework for deeper analysis of individual systems of healing in Indo-European cultures.

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