Naming and Mapping the Gods in the Ancient Mediterranean : Spaces, Mobilities, Imaginaries

Naming and Mapping the Gods in the Ancient Mediterranean Spaces, Mobilities, Imaginaries

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,...

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Other Authors: Alvar Ezquerra, Jaime, contributor (contributor), Angliker, Erica, contributor (editor), Bachvarova, Mary R., contributor, Biagetti, Claudio, contributor, Boissinot, Philippe, contributor, Bolognani, Barbara, contributor, Bonanno, Daniela, contributor, Bonnet, Corinne, contributor, Bonnet, Corinne, editor, Bouillot, Kevin, contributor, Briand, Michel, contributor, Canopoli, Micaela, contributor, Carboni, Romina, contributor, Castiglione, Marianna, contributor, Cesca, Ombretta, contributor, Coletti, Fulvio, contributor, Da Riva, Rocío, contributor, Diosono, Francesca, contributor, Eller, Audrey, contributor, Fabiano, Doralice, contributor, Ferlut, Audrey, contributor, Filoni, Andrea, contributor, Gaetano, Fabrizio, contributor, Galoppin, Thomas, contributor, Galoppin, Thomas, editor, Garbati, Giuseppe, contributor, Giuseppetti, Massimo, contributor, Grosjean, Hélène, contributor, Guigner, Angélique, contributor, Guillon, Elodie, contributor, Guillon, Elodie, editor, Jackson, Briana C., contributor, Kubiak-Schneider, Aleksandra, contributor, Laneri, Nicola, contributor, Lebreton, Sylvain, contributor, Lebreton, Sylvain, editor, Lenzo, Giuseppina, contributor, Lietz, Beatrice, contributor, Luaces, Max, contributor, Luaces, Max, editor, Luciani, Nicola, contributor, Lätzer-Lasar, Asuman, contributor, Lätzer-Lasar, Asuman, editor, Maillard, Pauline, contributor, Marcos Macedo, José, contributor, Maria Valletta, Lucio, contributor, Neumann, Sabine, contributor, Nihan, Christophe, contributor, Oggiano, Ida, contributor, Orsingher, Adriano, contributor, Porzia, Fabio, contributor, Porzia, Fabio, editor, Prescendi, Francesca, contributor, Roccella, Gabriele, contributor, Rüpke, Jörg, contributor, Rüpke, Jörg, editor, Sassù, Alessio, contributor, Schlatter, Emrys, contributor, Schneider, Bernhard, contributor, Smith, Mark S., contributor, Szabó, Csaba, 1987- contributor, Trinka, Eric M., contributor, Trippé, Natacha, contributor, Urciuoli, Emiliano R., contributor, Urciuoli, Emiliano Rubens, editor, Zernecke, Anna Elise, contributor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter [2022]
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
To 1500
RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology.
Mediterranean Region > Religion.
Mediterranean Region > Antiquities.
Mediterranean Region.
Onomastics.
ancient religion.
sanctuaries.
spacial turn.
History.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009720711806719
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Summary: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 interdsiciplinary angle of approach, which involves texts, images, spatial and archaeological 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XX, 1069 p.)
Issued also in print
ISBN:9783110798432

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