Animals and their Relation to Gods, Humans and Things in the Ancient World

Raija Mattila, Sanae Ito, Sebastian Fink (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

XII, 487 Seiten

2019 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH (Verlag)
978-3-658-24387-6 (ISBN)

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While Human-Animal Studies is a rapidly growing field in modern history, studies on this topic that focus on the Ancient World are few. The present volume aims at closing this gap. It investigates the relation between humans, animals, gods, and things with a special focus on the structure of these categories. An improved understanding of the ancient categories themselves is a precondition for any investigation into the relation between them. The focus of the volume lies on the Ancient Near East, but it also provides studies on Ancient Greece, Asia Minor, Mesoamerica, the Far East, and Arabia.

Dr. Raija Mattila is Docent of Assyriology, University of Helsinki, Finland, and Director of the Finnish Institute in the Middle East, Beirut, Lebanon. Dr. Sanae Ito is a historian and Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Dr. Sebastian Fink is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence "Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions".

Human-Animal-Studies - Bridging the Lacuna between Academia and Society.- Reflections on the Pivotal Role of Animals in Early Mesopotamia.- Holy Cow! On Cattle Metaphores in Sumerian Literary Texts.- On Men, Animals, and Supernatural Beings in Ancient Maya Iconography. - Animal Friezes in "Orientalizing" Greek Art.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.03.2019
Reihe/Serie	Universal- und kulturhistorische Studien. Studies in Universal and Cultural History
Zusatzinfo	XII, 487 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Wiesbaden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	168 x 240 mm
Gewicht	840 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Schlagworte	Ancient Near East • animals • categories • Human-Animals Studies • humans
ISBN-10	3-658-24387-2 / 3658243872
ISBN-13	978-3-658-24387-6 / 9783658243876
Zustand	Neuware