Triple deity
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The Trifunctional hypothesis, forwarded by French mythographer Georges Dumézil from 1929, postulates an idéologie tripartite ("tripartite ideology") in prehistoric Proto-Indo-European society, reflected in the existence of classes or castes, those of priests, warriors, and commoners (farmers or pastoralists), corresponding to the three functions of the sacral, the martial and the economic, respectively.
See also
- Caste
- Comparative mythology
- Mythography
- Proto-Indo-European religion
- Proto-Indo-European society
- Social class
- Triple deity
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