The Self-Sacrificing Monarch: Seven Traditions
The self-sacrificing first monarch across IE cultures: Christ (Christianity) — sacrifices himself so others may be saved; Yama (Vedic India) — first human to die, becomes Lord of Death; Yima (Iranian) — primordial king; Donn (Irish) — explicitly grandson of king of Scythia/Ukraine; Odin (Norse) — “myself given to myself”; Ymir (Germanic) — slaughtered by the gods, body parts fashion the world; Romulus/Remus (Roman) — Puhvel reconstructed Remus as *Iemos (= Vedic Yama). All derived from PIE *Yemos (“twin”).
Source: Indo-European Immanence in Early Christianity
The complete seven-tradition comparative table. The Trito Myth’s deepest layer: the self-sacrificing monarch whose death enables civilisation. Christ’s narrative fits precisely into this pan-IE pattern. Donn’s explicit connection to Scythia (Ukraine) in the Lebor Gabála Érenn provides the textual link between Ireland’s founding mythology and Ukraine.