Question

Indian themes and Parallels
Match the thematic parallels of the other Indo European myths with the Indian
themes.
Indo European Myths
Indian Themes
(1) The almost identical Norse sacrifice
(a) the attempt to kill the infant Krishna
of the giant Ymir to create the world.
by his uncle.
(b) Viswamitra, the magus and guide of
(2) Merlin or Myrddin, mentor of Arthur.
Rama.
(3) the blue-throated Irish Gaedil after a (C) the supposed sacrifice of Brahma to
serpent's bite
create the heavens and the earth.
(4) the Irish hero Cuchulain's single-
(d) the blue-throated God Shiva who
handed defense of Ulster.
drinks poison.
(e) Uttara's single-handed of his father's
(5) Arthur's attempt to kill his nephew
kingdom when the army has been lured
Mordred.
away.​

Answer 1

Answer:Matching must be done on the basis of right type of combination so that it becomes easy to halt to the best decision.

According to the given question, matching of thematic parallels of other Indo European myths with Indian themes can be easily done as under:

1 - C;

2 - B;

3-D;

4 - E;

5 - A.