Myth, ritual, and metallurgy in ancient Greece and recent Africa
The Greek daimones -- Iconography and metallurgy -- African iron: history, ritual, and investigation -- Birth, craft, and the daimones: the eretrian hymn to the daktyloi -- Gender and production: the Fipa -- The daimones: fertility and ritual performance -- Pharmaka and apotropaia: the daimones and...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge [u.a.]
Cambridge University Press
2006
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| In: | Year: 2006 |
| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Greece (Antiquity)
/ Africa
/ Mythology
/ Demon
/ Metallurgy
/ Ritual
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| Further subjects: | B
Metallurgy Miscellanea
B Metallurgy Miscellanea B Thesis B Africa Religion B Greece Religion |
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| Summary: | The Greek daimones -- Iconography and metallurgy -- African iron: history, ritual, and investigation -- Birth, craft, and the daimones: the eretrian hymn to the daktyloi -- Gender and production: the Fipa -- The daimones: fertility and ritual performance -- Pharmaka and apotropaia: the daimones and medicine -- Iron and political power: Africa -- Bakongo investiture: kings, iron, and autochthones -- Daimones and political power: idaian daktyloi in the phoronis -- Pindar's telchines |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-304) and indexes |
| Physical Description: | XIV, 328 S., Ill., Kt., 27 cm |
| ISBN: | 0521855004 |