Ἀρχή and δῖνος: Vortices as Cosmogonic Powers and Cosmic Regulators. Study Case: The Whirling Lightning Bolt of Zeus
In the cosmogonic and eschatological narratives of the origin and end of the world, both in some early myths and in the Presocratics’ systems, the vortex and other spinning motifs act as necessary agents of both order and disorder. Their rapidity induces a separation of opposites, and they jointly c...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
[2020]
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| In: |
Archiv für Religionsgeschichte
Year: 2020, Volume: 21/22, Issue: 1, Pages: 449-478 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Greece (Antiquity)
/ Religion
/ Zeus, God
/ Cosmogony
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions |
| Further subjects: | B
Religionswissenschaften
B Theologie und Religion B Altertumswissenschaften B Antike Religionsgeschichte B Klassische Altertumswissenschaften |
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