Greek Nymphs

Author : Jennifer Larson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198028687
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greek Nymphs written by Jennifer Larson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-06-28 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek Nymphs: Myths, Cult, Lore is the first comprehensive study of the nymph in the ancient Greek world. This well-illustrated book examines nymphs as both religious and mythopoetic figures, tracing their development and significance in Greek culture from Homer through the Hellenistic period. Drawing upon a broad range of literary and archaeological evidence, Jennifer Larson discusses sexually powerful nymphs in ancient and modern Greek folklore, the use of dolls representing nymphs in the socialization of girls, the phenomenon of nympholepsy, the nymphs' relations with other deities in the Greek pantheon, and the nymphs' role in mythic narratives of city-founding and colonization. The book includes a survey of the evidence for myths and cults of the nymphs arranged by geographical region, and a special section of the worship of nymphs in caves throughout the Greek world.

Author : Robert S. Wagman
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004297626
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cave of the Nymphs at Pharsalus written by Robert S. Wagman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cave of the Nymphs at Pharsalus is the first book-length study of one of Greece’s most cited nymph sanctuaries. The volume includes a revised catalog, extensive new commentaries on the cave’s famous inscriptions, and a first-time investigation of the site’s topographical and archaeological layout.

Author : Floyd G. Ballentine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nymphs as Water-deities Among the Greeks and Roman written by Floyd G. Ballentine and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476612420
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology written by Theresa Bane and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairies have been revered and feared, sometimes simultaneously, throughout recorded history. This encyclopedia of concise entries, from the A-senee-ki-waku of northeastern North America to the Zips of Central America and Mexico, includes more than 2,500 individual beings and species of fairy and nature spirits from a wide range of mythologies and religions from all over the globe.

Author : Corinne Ondine Pache
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199713189
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Moment's Ornament written by Corinne Ondine Pache and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Hesiod's first person account of his encounters with the Muses on Mount Helikon to Theokritos' nymphs, love between goddesses and mortal men provides the ancient Greeks with a way of articulating both the genealogical and cultic connection to their gods and to their past. A Moment's Ornament examines the theme of nympholepsy--the experience of being "seized" by a nymph or a goddess--in ancient Greek cult and poetry from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. In poetry, this topos, which is ubiquitous in many of the most well-known ancient Greek sources, focuses on the figure of the goddess, or nymph, who falls in love with a mortal man and subsequently bears a mortal child. The theme also finds its way in ritual as stories of encounters between divinities and mortal men give rise to sanctuaries centering on nymphs and nympholepts. Beyond the individual dimension of the nympholeptic experience, these narratives are also integrated within the community through both poetry and shrines. Nympholeptic narratives thus articulate key elements of the bond between mortals and immortals and the connection between myth and ritual in ancient Greece. Both the cave sanctuaries founded by ancient nympholepts and the poets' narratives of love between goddesses and their mortal lovers function as "a moment's ornament" by preserving the memory of an encounter with the otherworldly at the intersection between myth and cult.

Author : Jennifer Larson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134346182
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Greek Cults written by Jennifer Larson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources; and incorporating current scholarly theories, this volume will serve as an excellent companion to any introduction to Greek mythology, showing a side of the Greek gods to which most students are rarely exposed. Detailed enough to be used as a quick reference tool or text, and providing a readable account focusing on the oldest, most widespread, and most interesting religious practices of the ancient Greek world in the Archaic and Classical periods, Ancient Greek Cults surveys ancient Greek religion through the cults of its gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines. Jennifer Larson conveniently summarizes a vast amount of material in many languages, normally inaccessible to undergrad students, and explores, in detail, the variety of cults celebrated by the Greeks, how these cults differed geographically, and how each deity was conceptualized in local cult titles and rituals. Including an introductory chapter on sources and methods, and suggestions for further reading this book will allow readers to gain a fresh perspective on Greek religion.

Author : Josepha Sherman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317459385
Total Pages : 910 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Storytelling written by Josepha Sherman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storytelling is an ancient practice known in all civilizations throughout history. Characters, tales, techniques, oral traditions, motifs, and tale types transcend individual cultures - elements and names change, but the stories are remarkably similar with each rendition, highlighting the values and concerns of the host culture. Examining the stories and the oral traditions associated with different cultures offers a unique view of practices and traditions."Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore" brings past and present cultures of the world to life through their stories, oral traditions, and performance styles. It combines folklore and mythology, traditional arts, history, literature, and festivals to present an overview of world cultures through their liveliest and most fascinating mode of expression. This appealing resource includes specific storytelling techniques as well as retellings of stories from various cultures and traditions.

Author : William Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1038 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography written by William Smith and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sir William Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1036 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography, Based on the Larger Dictonaries written by Sir William Smith and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1036 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joshua Rivoli
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781720688242
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gods and the Dust written by Joshua Rivoli and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek mythology is stranger than you might think. Gods and the Dust collects numerous stories from the ancient source material and strings them together into one fluid plot, fleshing out the sparse details into a dramatic fantasy novel. At the dawn of time, the Earth and Sky mated to populate the world. Their most powerful children are the gods and goddesses - living personifications of all things great and small, physical and conceptual. These powerful deities engage in an interconnected string of relationships and misadventures involving mortals and immortals, dispensing wrath and favor in equal measure, resulting in murders, love affairs, offspring, and wars.