Format:
1 Online-Ressource (544 pages)
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9781350151819
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9781786725912
Content:
"Why do twins remain uncanny to those born alone--in other words, most of us? Even with the rise of IVF and an increase in multiple births, why do we still do "a double take" when we encounter twins? Why has this been a near-universal response throughout human history, and how has it played out in religion and myth? Through the work of leading scholars in religion, folklore and mythology, anthropology, and archaeology, Gemini and the Sacred explores the sacred imagination of twinship and the relationship of twin traditions to "twins on the ground" in biology and in lived experience. The book considers the multiple ways in which the "doubling" of a human being may be religiously and culturally expressed as auspicious and powerful--or suppressed as unstable and dangerous. Treating both famous and lesser-known twins--including supernatural animal twins--in the ancient Near Eastern and classical Mediterranean worlds; early Christianity and Gnosticism; West African, Afro-Atlantic, and native American traditions; ancient Mesoamerica; Celtic Roman Britain; and Scandinavia, the book offers a variety of perspectives on this fascinating topic. Gemini and the Sacred makes a major contribution to a field of great cultural significance."--
Note:
Introduction / Kimberley C. Patton, Harvard Divinity School, USA -- Twins in Africa and the African diaspora. 1. The Code of Twins: Ìbejì in Yor©£bá Cosmology, Ritual, and Iconography / Jacob Kéhìndé Olúpònà ; -- 2. Twins: Welcome and Unwelcome Danglers in African Religions / Pashington Obeng ; 3. Marasa Elou: Marasa, Twins and Uncanny Children in Haitian Vodou / Adam Michael McGee ; 4. Twins in Native American Mythologies: Relational Transformation / John Grim ; 5. Junajpu and Xbalanke: The Maya Hero Twins of the Popul Vuj / Vincent Stanzione -- The legacy of South Asia. 6. Wars Within the Womb / Wendy Doniger -- 7. Twins in Hindu Mythology and Everyday Life in the California Diaspora / Vijaya Nagarajan -- Twins in the ancient Mediterranean world. 8. Entangled Bodies: Rethinking Twins and Double Images in the Prehistoric Mediterranean / Lauren E. Talalay ; 9. Achilles and Patroklos as Models for the Twinning of Identity / Gregory Nagy ; 10. Achilles and Patroklos as Indo-European Twins: Homer's Take / Douglas Frame ; 11. Sts. Cosmas and Damian: Synergistic Brother Healers / James C. Skedros -- Divine twinship in ancient near Eastern and early Christian theology. 12. Primordial Twins in Ancient Iranian Myth / P. Oktor Skjaervo ; 13. Didymos Judas Thomas, the Twin Brother of Jesus / Gregory J. Riley ; 14. The Divine Double in Late Antiquity / Charles Stang -- Wise and magical twins in artifact and folklore. 15. Ódinn's Twin Ravens, Huginn and Muninn / Stephen Mitchell ; 16. Twinning and Pairing: Rethinking Number in the Roman Provincial Religious Imagery of Gallia and Britannia / Miranda Aldhouse-Green ; 17. 'Do Thou Heal It': Ashwins, Asklepiadai, and the Twin Wind-Horses of Achilles / Kimberley C. Patton, Harvard Divinity School, USA -- Epilogue.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350320413
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848859319
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Gemini and the sacred London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023 ISBN 9781848859319
Language:
English
Keywords:
Zwilling
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Zwillingsgötter
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Religion
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Mythologie
DOI:
10.5040/9781350151819
