Goddesses in Myth and Cultural Memory Kutash Emilie
Goddesses in Myth and Cultural Memory Kutash Emilie How have the goddesses of ancient myth survived, prevalent even now as literary and cultural icons? Emilie Kutash explores these questions,…
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Goddesses in Myth and Cultural Memory Kutash Emilie
How have the goddesses of ancient myth survived, prevalent even now as literary and cultural icons? Emilie Kutash explores these questions, beginning from the premise that cultural memory, a collective cultural and social phenomenon, can last thousands of years.Kutash demonstrates a continuing practice of interpreting and allegorizing ancient myths, tracing these goddesses of archaic origin through history. How do allegory, symbolic interpretation, and political context transform the goddess from her regional and individual identity into a goddess of philosophy and literature?
Chapters follow the goddesses from their ancient near eastern prototypes, to their place in the epic poetry, drama and hymns of classical Greece, to their appearance in Platonic and Neoplatonic philosophy, Medieval allegory, and their association with Christendom.Finally, Kutash considers how
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