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Naming and Mapping the Gods in the Ancient Mediterranean

Spaces, Mobilities, Imaginaries

Thomas Galoppin, Elodie Guillon, Max Luaces, Asuman Lätzer-Lasar, Sylvain Lebreton, Fabio Porzia, Jörg Rüpke, Emiliano Rubens Urciuoli, Corinne Bonnet (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XX, 1069 Seiten

2022
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-079649-0 (ISBN)

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Ancient religions are definitely complex systems of gods, which resist our understanding. Divine names provide fundamental keys to gain access to the multiples ways gods were conceived, characterized, and organized. Among the names given to the gods many of them refer to spaces: cities, landscapes, sanctuaries, houses, cosmic elements. They reflect mental maps which need to be explored in order to gain new knowledge on both the structure of the pantheons and the human agency in the cultic dimension. By considering the intersection between naming and mapping, this book opens up new perspectives on how tradition and innovation, appropriation and creation play a role in the making of polytheistic and monotheistic religions.Far from being confined to sanctuaries, in fact, gods dwell in human environments in multiple ways. They move into imaginary spaces and explore the cosmos. By proposing a new and interdiciplinary angle of approach, which involves texts, images, spatial and archeaeological data, this book sheds light on ritual practices and representations of gods in the whole Mediterranean, from Italy to Mesopotamia, from Greece to North Africa and Egypt. Names and spaces enable to better define, differentiate, and connect gods.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.12.2022
Zusatzinfo	34 b/w and 86 col. ill., 24 b/w and 1 col. tbl.
Verlagsort	Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch; französisch; italienisch
Maße	170 x 240 mm
Gewicht	2057 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
Schlagworte	Ancient Religion • Antike Religion • Heilgtümer • Onomastics • Onomastik • Sanctuaries • Spacial turn • topologische Wende
ISBN-10	3-11-079649-X / 311079649X
ISBN-13	978-3-11-079649-0 / 9783110796490
Zustand	Neuware