Gemini and the Sacred : Twins and Twinship in Religion and Mythology / [edited by] Kimberley C. Patton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

PATTON, KIMBERLEY C

Contributor:

Patton, Kimberley C., editor.

ProQuest ebook central

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Twins--Folklore.

Twins.

Twins--Religious aspects.

Twins--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (544 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

Contents:

Introduction / Kimberley C. Patton, Harvard Divinity School, USA

Twins in Africa and the African diaspora. 1. The Code of Twins: Ìbejì in Yorbá 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.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781350151819

1350151815

9781786725912

1786725916

9781786735911

Publisher Number:

99992410762

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