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  • 2020-2024  (2)
  • 1945-1949
  • Ogden, Daniel  (2)
  • Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO  (2)
  • Budapest : Képzőművészeti Alap Kiadóvállalata
  • Debrecen : Déri-Múzeum Evkönyve : [s.n.]
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  • 1
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    The Dragon in the West : From Ancient Myth to Modern Legend (2021)
    Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO
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    ISBN: 9780192565860
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (478 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 398.2454
    Keywords: Dragons-History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Dragon in the West is the first book to offer an in-depth examination of the history of the image and idea of the dragon. A creature popular in contemporary fiction and cinema, Ogden reveals how the dragon was known to the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, and came down to us through early Christianity, Anglo-Saxon, and Norse legends.
    Abstract: Cover -- The Dragon in the West: From Ancient Myth to Modern Legend -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Note on Orthography -- Introduction -- Part I: Heroes -- 1: Drakon: The Classical Dragon -- 1.1 Drakon: The Semantic Field -- 1.2 The Great Dragons of Myth: Dragon-Fights -- 1.2.1 The Dragon of Ares -- 1.2.2 The Dragon of Nemea -- 1.2.3 Ladon, the Dragon of the Hesperides -- 1.2.4 The Dragon of Colchis -- 1.2.5 Python (or Delphyne), the Dragon of Delphi -- 1.2.6 The Hydra, the Dragon of Lerna -- 1.3 The Dragons of Cult, Great and Small -- 1.3.1 Healing Gods: Asclepius and Amphiaraus -- 1.3.2 Gods of Good Fortune and Wealth: Zeus Meilichios and Agathos Daimon -- 1.4 '. . . and something more' (1): Drakontes with Additional Physical Attributes -- 1.5 '. . . and something more' (2): The Tails That Wag their Dogs -- 1.6 '. . . and something more' (3): Anguipedes, and Some Deep History -- 1.7 Six Core Narrative Motifs -- 1.8 Conclusion -- 2: Draco: The Roman Dragon -- 2.1 The Bagrada Dragon and its Libyan Context -- 2.2 Focalization and Anthropomorphization -- 2.3 Kindly Dragon Deities at Rome: Asclepius and Friends -- 2.4 Dragons, Dragons Everywhere: Genii Loci -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3: Drakaina: The She-Dragon -- 3.1 The Grammarians -- 3.2 Pure-Serpent Drakainai, Tout Court -- 3.3 The Drakaina as a Female Anguipede -- 3.3.1 Echidna -- 3.3.2 Delphyne -- 3.3.3 Harmonia -- 3.3.4 Hecate, Hecate Ereschigal, Artemis -- 3.3.5 Erinyes (Furies) -- 3.4 Further Female Anguipedes Not Explicitly Designated by the Term Drakaina -- 3.4.1 Lamia -- 3.4.2 Campe -- 3.5 Conclusion: Occlusion -- 4: From Worm to Wyvern: The Evolution of the Western Dragon -- 4.1 Introduction: The Romanesque Dragon -- 4.2 Misleading Anticipations -- 4.3 Classical Sea-Monsters (Kete) -- 4.3.1 The Form of the Ketos.
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    The Werewolf in the Ancient World (2021)
    Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO
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    ISBN: 9780192596291
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (289 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 398.2454
    Keywords: Folklore-Greece ; Folklore-Rome ; Werewolves-History-To 1500 ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Tales of the werewolf are well established as a sub-strand of the popular horror genre; less widely known is how far back in time their provenance lies. This is the first book in any language devoted to the werewolf tales that survive from antiquity, exploring their place alongside witches, ghosts, demons, and soul-flyers in a shared story-world.
    Abstract: Cover -- The Werewolf in the Ancient World -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Orthography and Translations -- Note on Conventions in Relation to the Alexander Romance -- Introduction -- The Ancient Werewolf Introduced: Petronius -- Terms and Definitions -- Folklore First: the Project of the Book -- Why Werewolves? -- 1: The Curse of the Werewolf: Witches and Sorcerers -- Homer's Circe -- Herodotus' Neuri -- Virgil's Moeris -- The Strix-witch (i): Witches, Screech Owls and Werewolves in Early Imperial Latin Literature -- The Paradigm of the Strix-witch -- The Paradigm of the Bawd-witch -- Tibullus' Bawd-witch -- Propertius' Bawd-witch Acanthis -- Ovid's Bawd-witch Dipsas (?) and Medea -- Petronius' Niceros and Trimalchio -- The Strix-witch (ii): Apuleius' Thessalian She-wolves -- Lupulae -- Pamphile's Transformation into an Owl -- Meroe and Panthia as Lamias -- The Thelyphrons -- The Curse of the Werewolf -- Magic and Werewolfism in Medieval Texts -- Conclusion -- 2: Werewolves, Ghosts, and the Dead -- Wolves and Death in Greece and Italy -- Wolves and Death in the Greek world? -- Etruscan Aita-Calu -- The Etruscan Tityos Painter's Wolfman -- The Faliscan Hirpi Sorani of Soracte -- Herodotus' Neuri (again) -- Virgil's Moeris and Tibullus' Bawd-witch -- Petronius' Niceros -- Phlegon of Tralles' Red Wolf and the Talking Head of Publius (potential case) -- Marcellus of Side's Medical Lycanthropes -- Pausanias' Hero of Temesa -- Philostratus' Dog-demon of Ephesus -- Later Comparanda -- Conclusion -- 3: The Werewolf, Inside and Out -- Inside and Out (i): Carapace and Core -- Human Carapace around a Wolf Core -- Hairy Hearts -- Wolf Carapace around a Human Core -- The Identifying Wound -- Inside and Out (ii): Ingestion -- From Man to Wolf -- From Wolf to Man.
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