Gemini and the Sacred
Tauris Academic Studies (Verlag)
978-1-84885-931-9 (ISBN)
Twins may be allied with the celestial or animal realms: they have sometimes been construed as 'extra-human'. This multi-disciplinary work explores the imaginative sacred history of twinship, and examines the multiple ways in which the 'doubling' of a human being may be religiously and culturally expressed. Encompassing twins in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean worlds, native American spirituality, mythology and folklore and South Asian spirituality, the book offers a variety of perspectives on this fascinating topic. Subjects discussed include the great Roman foundation myth of Romulus and Remus; the significance of the twin Christian saints Cosmas and Damian; the meanings of twinship in Yoruba myths and iconography; the legacy of the twin Healer-Saints of ancient Greece, Castor and Pollux (transformed by Zeus into the constellation Gemini); and Odin's relationship with his twin ravens, Huginn and Munnin. Gemini and the Sacred makes a major contribution to a field of great cultural significance.
Kimberley C Patton is Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion at Harvard University. Her previous books include A Magic Still Dwells: Comparative Religion in the Postmodern Age, The Sea Can Wash Away all Evils: Modern Marine Pollution and the Ancient Cathartic Ocean and Religion of the Gods: Ritual, Paradox, and Reflexivity (Winner of an AAR Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion - Analytical-Descriptive Study of Religion category, 2010).
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Acknowledgements
1. A Mirror: Reflecting on Gemini and the Sacred, Kimberley C. Patton, Harvard Divinity School, USA
Part I: Twins in African and the African Diaspora
2. The Code of Twins: Ìbejì in Yorùbá Cosmology, Ritual, and Iconography, Jacob Kéhìndé Olúpònà
3. Twins: Welcome and Unwelcome Danglers in Africa, Pashington Obeng
4. Marasa Elou: Twins and Uncanny Children in Haitian Vodou, Adam Michael McGee
Part II: Hero-Twins in the Americas
5. Twins in Native American Mythologies: Relational Transformation, John Grim
6. Junajpu and XB’alamkiej: The Maya Hero Twins of the Popol Wuj, Vincent James Stanzione
Part III: South Asian Legacies
7. Wars within the Womb, Wendy Doniger
8. Twins in Hindu Mythology and Everyday Life: In the California Diaspora, Vijaya Nagarajan
Part IV: Twins in the Ancient Mediterranean
9. Entangled Bodies: Rethinking Twins and Double Images in the Prehistoric Mediterranean, Lauren Talalay
10. Achilles and Patroklos: As Models for the Twinning of Identity, Gregory Nagy
11. Achilles and Patroclus as Indo-European Twins: Homer’s Take, Douglas Frame
12. Cosmas and Damian: Synergistic Brother Healers, James C. Skedros
Part V: Divine Twinship in the Ancient Near East and Eastern Christianity
13. Primordial Twins in Ancient Iranian Myth Prods, Oktor Skjærvø
14. Didymos Judas Thomas: The Twin Brother of Jesus, Gregory J. Riley
15. The Divine Double in Late Antiquity, Charles M. Stang
Part VI: Powerful Twins in the Archaeology of Myth
16. Óðinn’s Twin Ravens, Huginn and Muninn, Stephen A. Mitchell
17. Twinning and Pairing: Rethinking Number in the Roman Provincial Religious Imagery of Gallia and Britannia, Miranda Aldhouse-Green
18. Yoking the Winds: The Tears of Xanthos and Balios, Kimberley C. Patton
Part VII: Epilogue
19. Epilogue: Dialogue, Joseph O. Garrity and Philip S. Garrity
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.11.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Library of Modern Religion |
| Zusatzinfo | 25 bw integrated |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 134 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84885-931-7 / 1848859317 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84885-931-9 / 9781848859319 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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