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Did Georges Dumézil contribute significantly to Semitic or Indo-European studies?

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Georges Dumézil contributed significantly to Indo-European studies, especially in the areas of mythology and religion. He is best known for his work on the trifunctional hypothesis, which argues that the Indo-European pantheon was organized into three functional groups: the gods of sovereignty, the gods of war, and the gods of fertility.
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