The Werewolf In The Ancient World Av Daniel (Professor Of Ancient History Professor Of Ancient History University Of Exeter) Ogden

The Werewolf In The Ancient World Av Daniel (Professor Of Ancient History Professor Of Ancient History University Of Exeter) Ogden

In a moonlit graveyard somewhere in southern Italy, a soldier removes his clothes in readiness to transform himself into a wolf. He depends upon the clothes to recover his human shape, and so he magically turns them to stone, but his secret is revealed when, back in human form, he is seen to carry a wound identical to that re......
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In a moonlit graveyard somewhere in southern Italy, a soldier removes his clothes in readiness to transform himself into a wolf. He depends upon the clothes to recover his human shape, and so he magically turns them to stone, but his secret is revealed when, back in human form, he is seen to carry a wound identical to that recently dealt to a marauding wolf. In Arcadia a man named Damarchus accidentally tastes the flesh of a human sacrifice and is transformed into awolf for nine years. At Temesa Polites is stoned to death for raping a local girl, only to return to terrorize the people of the city in the form of a demon in a wolfskin. Tales of the werewolf are by now well established as a rich sub-strand of the popular horror genre; less widely known is just how far back in time their provenance lies. These are just some of the werewolf tales that survive from the Graeco-Roman world, and this is the first book in any language to be devoted to their study. It shows how in antiquity werew
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In a moonlit graveyard somewhere in southern Italy, a soldier removes his clothes in readiness to transform himself into a wolf. He depends upon the clothes to recover his human shape, and so he magically turns them to stone, but his secret is revealed when, back in human form, he is seen to carry a wound identical to that recently dealt to a marauding wolf. In Arcadia a man named Damarchus accidentally tastes the flesh of a human sacrifice and is transformed into awolf for nine years. At Temesa Polites is stoned to death for raping a local girl, only to return to terrorize the people of the city in the form of a demon in a wolfskin. Tales of the werewolf are by now well established as a rich sub-strand of the popular horror genre; less widely known is just how far back in time their provenance lies. These are just some of the werewolf tales that survive from the Graeco-Roman world, and this is the first book in any language to be devoted to their study. It shows how in antiquity werewolves thrived in a story-world shared by witches, ghosts, demons, and soul-flyers, and argues for the primary role of story-telling-asopposed to rites of passage-in the ancient world''s general conceptualization of the werewolf. It also seeks to demonstrate how the comparison of equally intriguing medieval tales can be used to fill in gaps in our knowledge of werewolf stories in the ancient world, thereby shedding new light on the originsof the modern phenomenon. All ancient texts bearing upon the subject have been integrated into the discussion in new English translations, so that the book provides not only an accessible overview for a broad readership of all levels of familiarity with ancient languages, but also a comprehensive sourcebook for the ancient werewolf for the purposes of research and study.

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Utforsk Mystikken med "The Werewolf In The Ancient World"

For deg som alltid har vært fascinert av myter og legender, vil "The Werewolf In The Ancient World Av Daniel Ogden" være en uunnvikelig tillegg til din samling. Dette banebrytende verket dykker ned i de eldgamle historier som omhandler varulver, og gir innsikt i deres plass i en historiens fortelling fylt med hekser, spøkelser og demoner.

En Dypdykk i Varulvens Historie

Visste du at varulver har sin opprinnelse helt tilbake i antikken? Daniel Ogden, professor i antikk historie ved universitetet i Exeter, utforsker i denne boken hvordan fortellinger om varulver har utviklet seg over tid. Med en dyptgående analyse av urkilder og nyoversettelser av antikke tekster, gir denne boka deg:

  • Unike innsikter: Forstår kulturen og troene som har formet varulven som symbol.
  • Rike narrativer: Utforsk historier om transformasjon og konsekvenser fra den gresk-romerske verden.
  • Tilgjengelig for alle: Skriven på et lettfattelig språk, ideelt for både nykommere og eksperter.

Kraftige Fortellinger om Varulver

I "The Werewolf In The Ancient World" får du kjennskap til spennende fortellinger som:

  • En soldat som forvandler seg til en ulv under måneskinn.
  • Damarchus, som ufrivillig inntar menneskekjøtt og lider i ni år som ulv.
  • Polites, straffet for sine ugjerninger, som returnerer for å skape frykt i byen.

Hvorfor Velge Denne Boken?

Ikke bare er "The Werewolf In The Ancient World" en essensiell kilde for forskere og entusiaster av mytologi, men den gir også en fascinerende leseropplevelse for de som ønsker å drive dypere inn i menneskets forhold til vårt eget mørke.

Ta del i en reise tilbake til en tid der fortellinger om varulver ikke bare var skumle historier, men også betydningsfulle kulturelle symboler. Er du klar for å oppdage hva som skjuler seg i den mørke delen av menneskehetens fortid?

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