[[social-structure-class-caste]] --- # Functional Tripartite Ideology Theory [One Who Is All The Functions](one-who-is-all-the-functions.md) [1st](first-function-sovereignty.md) [2nd](second-function.md) [3rd](third-function.md) [4th](fourth-4th-function) First theorized by [[dumezil]] and later built on by others. A hierarchically ranked, strata; functionally differentiated; Functionally integrated strata of men and gods; both mythic/divine/immortal and social/class/caste/human/mortal; Gods:Society The Gods represent social class, they are a "collective representation". Dumezil uses the word "function" not in the "functionalist" sense, but in the mathematical one. In (c-littleton 1973p5)'s words: "I-E ideology...is the sum of three fundamental classificatory principles--sovereignty, force, and nourishment--each of which is, in the mathematical sense, a function of the others. Together they form a functionally integrated whole, '*le système, implicite ou explicite*'...the term 'function'...refers...to neither the social strata, the behavior of their occupants, nor their divine representations. Rather, it refers to the principles in terms of which thes phenomena are defined. The labels 'first,' 'second,' and 'third' refer to the hierarchical order in which these principles usually manifest themselves. " > The oldest text showing tripartation is the letter between the Mitannian king, Matiwaza, and his Hittite conquerers. It is preserved at the archives in Boghazköy [[dumezil1945]]p8-11. ## Scholarship [[baldick]] (all) [[lyle1982]] [[lyle1996]] [[porter1999]] [[v-mejia2009]] [[lyle2006-structure]] & [[lyle2012]] [[r-kasperski2011]] [[n-allen2015]] [[dooley2006]]:13-15,125,152,155 ## By Branch [[functions-scythian]] [[pii-functions]] ## As Represented in Objects Trifunction Shield of Achilles [[allen-n2007]] ## Narratives [[narrative-war-of-the-foundation]] ## Non-IE > "[The Finno-Ugric] system of gods, which is not as strictly hierarchical as that in IE mythology -- a distinction perhaps reflecting the different structures of society prevalent among IEs and Finno-Ugric peoples." [[hoppal2000]]p76 ## External Links [Wikipedia: PIE Society: Trifunctional Hypothesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European-society#Trifunctional-hypothesis) ## Celtic #cleanup Trifunctions: 1. Druids 2. Equites 3. Plebs Sources: [[green-mi1990]] or From Olympus to Camelot by David Leeming