Animals and their Relation to Gods, Humans and Things in the Ancient World
Publisher: Springer VS
Published: Mar 12, 2019
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9783658243876
Description: While Human-Animal Studies is a rapidly growing field in modern history, studies on this topic that focus on the Ancient World are few. The present volume aims at closing this gap. It investigates the relation between humans, animals, gods, and things with a special focus on the structure of these categories. An improved understanding of the ancient categories themselves is a precondition for any investigation into the relation between them. The focus of the volume lies on the Ancient Near East, but it also provides studies on Ancient Greece, Asia Minor, Mesoamerica, the Far East, and Arabia.
Notes: Source title: Animals and their Relation to Gods, Humans and Things in the Ancient World (Universal- und kulturhistorische Studien. Studies in Universal and Cultural History)