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Greek Nymphs
Author | : Jennifer Larson |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2001-06-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780198028680 |
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Greek Nymphs: Myths, Cult, Lore is the first comprehensive study of the nymph in the ancient Greek world. This well-illustrated book examines nymphs as both religious and mythopoetic figures, tracing their development and significance in Greek culture from Homer through the Hellenistic period. Drawing upon a broad range of literary and archaeological evidence, Jennifer Larson discusses sexually powerful nymphs in ancient and modern Greek folklore, the use of dolls representing nymphs in the socialization of girls, the phenomenon of nympholepsy, the nymphs' relations with other deities in the Greek pantheon, and the nymphs' role in mythic narratives of city-founding and colonization. The book includes a survey of the evidence for myths and cults of the nymphs arranged by geographical region, and a special section of the worship of nymphs in caves throughout the Greek world.
Consumption Taxes and Tax Reform
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:255322855 |
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Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology
Author | : Theresa Bane |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2013-08-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781476612423 |
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Fairies have been revered and feared, sometimes simultaneously, throughout recorded history. This encyclopedia of concise entries, from the A-senee-ki-waku of northeastern North America to the Zips of Central America and Mexico, includes more than 2,500 individual beings and species of fairy and nature spirits from a wide range of mythologies and religions from all over the globe.
Storytelling
Author | : Josepha Sherman |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 910 |
Release | : 2015-03-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781317459385 |
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Storytelling is an ancient practice known in all civilizations throughout history. Characters, tales, techniques, oral traditions, motifs, and tale types transcend individual cultures - elements and names change, but the stories are remarkably similar with each rendition, highlighting the values and concerns of the host culture. Examining the stories and the oral traditions associated with different cultures offers a unique view of practices and traditions."Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore" brings past and present cultures of the world to life through their stories, oral traditions, and performance styles. It combines folklore and mythology, traditional arts, history, literature, and festivals to present an overview of world cultures through their liveliest and most fascinating mode of expression. This appealing resource includes specific storytelling techniques as well as retellings of stories from various cultures and traditions.
A Moment s Ornament
Author | : Corinne Ondine Pache |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2011-01-10 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780199713189 |
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From Hesiod's first person account of his encounters with the Muses on Mount Helikon to Theokritos' nymphs, love between goddesses and mortal men provides the ancient Greeks with a way of articulating both the genealogical and cultic connection to their gods and to their past. A Moment's Ornament examines the theme of nympholepsy--the experience of being "seized" by a nymph or a goddess--in ancient Greek cult and poetry from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. In poetry, this topos, which is ubiquitous in many of the most well-known ancient Greek sources, focuses on the figure of the goddess, or nymph, who falls in love with a mortal man and subsequently bears a mortal child. The theme also finds its way in ritual as stories of encounters between divinities and mortal men give rise to sanctuaries centering on nymphs and nympholepts. Beyond the individual dimension of the nympholeptic experience, these narratives are also integrated within the community through both poetry and shrines. Nympholeptic narratives thus articulate key elements of the bond between mortals and immortals and the connection between myth and ritual in ancient Greece. Both the cave sanctuaries founded by ancient nympholepts and the poets' narratives of love between goddesses and their mortal lovers function as "a moment's ornament" by preserving the memory of an encounter with the otherworldly at the intersection between myth and cult.
A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography Mythology and Geography Based on the Larger Dictonaries
Author | : Sir William Smith |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1036 |
Release | : 1894 |
Genre | : Biography |
ISBN | : YALE:39002024900400 |
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A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography Mythology and Geography
Author | : William Smith |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1074 |
Release | : 1871 |
Genre | : Biography |
ISBN | : HARVARD:HN38Z5 |
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Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of Difficult Words
Author | : Ebenezer Cobham Brewer |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1642 |
Release | : 1882 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : OXFORD:600087831 |
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