Format:
1 Online-Ressource (IX, 259 S.)
,
ill. (some col.)
ISBN:
9780199333257
Content:
Lightning has evoked a numinous response as well as powerful timeless references and symbols among ancient religions throughout the world. Thunder and lightning have also taken on various symbolic manifestations, some representing primary deities, as in the case of Zeus and Jupiter in the Greco/Roman tradition, and Thor in Norse myth. This book explores the symbolic elements surrounding lightning in their associated pre-Columbian religious ideologies
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199967759
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Staller, John E. Lightning in the Andes and Mesoamerica New York : Oxford University Press, 2013 ISBN 9780199967759
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199967759.001.0001
Author information:
Staller, John E.