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Introducing the Mythological Crescent : Ancient Beliefs and Imagery connecting Eurasia with Anatolia.
There is a broad cultural region with related traditions of mythical beliefs interconnected by long-term contacts during prehistoric times. This area - called here the "Mythological Crescent"--Is a zone of cultural convergence that extends from the ancient Middle East via Anatolia to south...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Wiesbaden :
Harrassowitz Verlag,
2014.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of contents; Prelude
- Archaeomythology as an interdisciplinary enterprise; Mythopoetic experiences in prehistoric communities
- A redefinition of mythology; Imagery as a key for the reconstruction of ancient beliefs; Mythopoetic narratives in stone; Incentives and challenges for archaeomythological research; 1. The Mythological Crescent
- Constituents of a mythopoetic worldview and cultural convergence; 1.1 Introduction
- On the nature of ancient interconnections; 1.2 Ancient patterns of sociocultural convergence in the Mythological Crescent.
- 1.3 On the nature of figurines as cultural identifi ers1.4 Figurines and other genres of imagery as diagnostic terms in the Mythological Crescent; 1.5 The Mythological Crescent as a zone of convergence of belief systems; 1.6 Myths of origin: Water fowl and the world egg; 1.7 Female spirits of nature, rivers and lakes in Eurasia; 1.8 The strong women of Greek mythology; Maps; Figures; 1.9 Cybele, the Great Mother of Anatolia, and her daughters; 1.10 The proliferation of female divinities in Sumerian mythology.
- 2. Figurines as markers of the longevity of belief systems
- Imagery in the mythical world of Eurasian shamanism2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The living-space of the Indigenous peoples of northern Eurasia: Environmental dangers, challenges for cultural and spiritual survival; 2.3 Cultural convergence and shamanistic belief systems among the Indigenous peoples of the Far North; 2.4 Visual symbolism in a web of mythical conceptualizations; 2.5 The Sacred Trinity in Eurasian symbolism: Female divinity, the bear, and birds.
- 2.6 Oral tradition and the characteristics of mythical terminology among northern Eurasian peoples2.7 Neo-traditionalism and modern ethnic identity among the peoples of northern Eurasia; 3. The Goddess and the Bear: Hybrid imagery and symbolism at Çatalhöyük; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Visible and the Invisible in culture; 3.3 Hybrid imagery and visual metaphor; 3.4 Neolithic background: Çatalhöyük and its place in the Mythological Crescent; 3.5 The Goddess and the Bear (I): Features of a mythical fusion in early agrarian society; 3.6 The Goddess and the Bear (II): The path of visual metaphor.
- 3.7 On the perseverance of mythological motifs of larger coinage in AnatoliaBibliography; List of Figures; List of Maps; Subject Index.