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Narrating the Beginnings
Title
Narrating the Beginnings [electronic resource] / herausgegeben von Alberto Bernabé Pajares, Raquel Martín Hernández.
ISBN
9783658321840
Edition
1st ed. 2021.
Publication
Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2021.
Physical Description
1 online resource (IX, 200 p.) 7 illus.
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Summary
The present book is a compilation of studies on narratives of mythical origins in different cultures written by outstanding specialists. It aims to provide a broad view on creation-myths from different times and areas of the world with a particular focus on how these texts contributed to the conception of the past as "universal history", as a common origin of mankind or as the great opening, the theatrum mundi. On the other hand, the purpose of this book is to study the phenomenon from a typological point of view, analyzing the specific characteristics of this particular type of texts, rather than finding influences between the different cultures in the genesis of these narratives. The Editors Prof. Dr. Alberto Bernabé Pajares is Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Philology at the Complutense University of Madrid. Dr. Raquel Martín Hernández is Lecturer at the Faculty of Philology at the Complutense University of Madrid. .
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 05, 2021
Series
Universal- und kulturhistorische Studien. Studies in Universal and Cultural History,
Contents
Introductory Remarks
Cosmogony in Progress. The Creation Myths from Rgvedic to Brāhmanic Texts
Explaining the Emergence of Social Institutions in Ancient Mesopotamia: The Sumerian Myth Enki and the World Order
The Facets of the Diamond. Notes on Ancient Egyptian Cosmogonies
Of Gods and Men: Bridging the Gap between Cosmogony and the Heroic Age in Early Greek Legendary History
Evil in Genesis and Other Ancient Near Eastern Creation Stories
The Emergence of the World in Early Greek Theogonies from Hesiod to Acusilaus
The Myth of the Supreme Creator in Arabian Lands
Völuspá, the Uncertainty of Norse Creation Myths and some Babylonian Parallels
The Creation of the World according to Lakota Sioux Belief, Friedrich Pöhl
Concluding Remarks.
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