> [[white-j]]. "The Proto Indo European Warrior: Trito (The Dragon Slayer)". [YouTube](https://youtu.be/DUnha1AI3Hk), [mp4](white-j2021-warrior.mp4) ## Description > 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. [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUnha1AI3Hk&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=10&t=0s) Introduction [1:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUnha1AI3Hk&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=10&t=90s) The Proto Indo European Creation Myth [05:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUnha1AI3Hk&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=10&t=327s) Priests, Kings, and the Warrior, the third man, Trito [07:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUnha1AI3Hk&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=10&t=441s) The Warrior Myths [12:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUnha1AI3Hk&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=10&t=721s) The evolution of the myths of Trito [14:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUnha1AI3Hk&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=10&t=885s) The hero of the Indian and Iranian myths, sacrifice and the gods [21:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUnha1AI3Hk&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=10&t=1290s) The Armenian myth [26:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUnha1AI3Hk&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=10&t=1605s) The spoils of victory, a princess or a cow? [30:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUnha1AI3Hk&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=10&t=1805s) Why the change in the story? Looking at the Greeks... [33:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUnha1AI3Hk&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=10&t=1993s) Roman myths [35:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUnha1AI3Hk&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=10&t=2103s) Why did the purpose of the Gods change? [36:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUnha1AI3Hk&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=10&t=2163s) Germanic Iconography - The Golden Horn of Galleus [37:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUnha1AI3Hk&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=10&t=2250s) The original dragon slaying myth and its true meaning [41:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUnha1AI3Hk&list=PLru2Z4KGjAVIOyMEKaYcgIUrdOBHhuoBe&index=10&t=2479s) Summary and important notice ### Primary Sources [[rv1.10.6]] [[rv1.158.4]] [[rv3.31.4]] [[rv3.53.9]] [[rv5.30.9]] [[rv6.60.1]] [[rv7.83.1]] [[rv8.12.16]] [[rv10.8.8]] [[rv10.48.2]] [[rv10.99.6]] [[yasht9.10]] [[yasht15.23]] [[yasht19.92]] [[propertius-elegies4.9.15]] [[ovid-fasti1.575]] [[vergil-aeneid8.230]] [[herodotus-histories7.82]] [[hesiod-theogony]] ### Secondary Sources [[beowulf]] [[garmonsway1968]] [[anthony2007]] [[lauer1869]] [[pritchard1950]] [[lincoln1975-creation]] [[lincoln1976-cattle]]