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Navigating the study of myth, ritual, and belief : models from the ancient Mediterranean to the present day; essays in honor of Sarah Iles Johnston / edited by Carman Romano, James Wolfe.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in the history of religions ; volume 181.
- Numen book series: studies in the history of religions, 0169-8834 ; volume 181
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Myth--Study and teaching--History.
- Myth.
- Ritual--Study and teaching--History.
- Ritual.
- Religion--Study and teaching--History.
- Religion.
- Belief and doubt.
- myths.
- Genre:
- Festschriften
- Festschriften.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025]
- Summary:
- "Sarah Iles Johnston has innovated in the study of myth, ritual, and belief, and her scholarship in these areas informs the contributions to this volume, each of which uses Johnston to innovate in turn. The capacity of Johnston's work to underpin scholarship on phenomena from the ancient Mediterranean to the present day - from Isis charms in Christian Egypt to American goddess worship; from healing in the Epidaurian iamata to the medicine of Linda Hogan's Indios; from the believability of a Syriac ghost story to that of theurgic ritual - illustrates Johnston's impact and the vibrant state of work on myth, ritual, and belief" -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Foreword. The lives of myths : Sarah Iles Johnston's contributions to the study of living narrative / Sabina Magliocco and Caroline Stampliaka
- . Introduction. The intersection of myth, ritual, and belief / Carman Romano and James C. Wolfe
- Hesiod's winter maiden : a new interpretation / Laurie O'Higgins
- Belief and believability in Bacchylides 17 and 18 / Kathryn Caliva
- Women's dance for Dionysus : the god's gift / Eva Stehle
- Healing and believing : two case studies / Fritz Graf
- It's only a myth?! : on the word "mythos" in inscribed epitaphs / Colleen Elizabeth Kron
- Believability in and between Orphic Hymns 11 and 34 / Carman Romano
- Cerberus unbound : dog and the dead in attraction spells and harmful magic / Adria Haluszka
- "And you will see..." : second person narration, enargeia, and textual immersion in the "Mithras liturgy" / Radcliffe G. Edmonds III
- Heracles, Dionysus, and Damascius : late Platonism and early Mysteries / Warren Huard
- Syriac ghost stories : narratives of belief and misbelief in the aftermath of Chalcedon / James C. Wolfe
- Isis/Horus charms in Christian Egypt : a challenge to the "belief" model of religion and narrative / David Frankfurter
- From goddesses to the goddess : an itinerary from ancient Greece to modern California / Jan N. Bremmer
- Medicine and rematriation in Linda Hogan's Indios : a Native American Medea myth / Julia Nelson Hawkins and Tom Hawkins
- From myth to religious narrative : mediality, emotion, experience / Laura Feldt.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version Navigating the study of myth, ritual, and belief
- ISBN:
- 9789004741959
- 900474195X
- OCLC:
- 1559037657
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000312619
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