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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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
Cambridge [u.a.]
Cambridge University Press
2006
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| Dans: | Année: 2006 |
| Édition: | 1. publ. |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Grèce antique (Antiquité)
/ Afrique
/ Mythologie
/ Démon
/ Métallurgie
/ Rituel
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Metallurgy Miscellanea
B Metallurgy Miscellanea B Africa Religion B Publication universitaire B Greece Religion |
| Accès en ligne: |
Autorenbiografie (Verlag) Table des matières Verlagsangaben (Verlag) |
| Résumé: | 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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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-304) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 0521855004 |