Episode 12 – Proto-Indo-European People and Language Part 1

Who wants some PIE?

Welcome to part one of our two part series Proto-Indo-European language and people. Who were they? Where did they originate? And why is Ben talking about sheep and horses?

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1 comment on “Episode 12 – Proto-Indo-European People and Language Part 1

  1. Dee says:

    I loved this episode 🙂 the references to 1980 TV shows made me smile… As a brit born in the late 70’s, it made me feel right at home 🙂 BTW, you said that one shouldn’t use the term Aryan any more. My parent’s religion is actually Hindu (which itself is a misnomer because of the wide variety of vedic derived beliefs in India). Anyway, they’re particular path was Arya-Samaj… And they call themselves Aryans (in a religious and ethnic sense). I came to my Druidic path after being a nominal atheist for many years; it being sparked by my exploring the South Downs, near home, in Sussex. As I explored my path a little more, I was surprised to find overlap with the vedas and heathenry / druidry… So this episode was gratefully received 🙂 Anyway, thanks again. I really love your show. 100 points for the darth joke too 🙂

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