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Author Roling, Bernd, 1972-

Title Drachen und Sirenen : die Rationalisierung und Abwicklung der Mythologie an den europäischen Universitäten / von Bernd Roling
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 816 pages)
Series Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; v. 42
Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; Bd. 42.
Contents Einleitung -- Vom Wasserdämon zum Meeraffen: die Sirene -- Vom Teufel zum Affen: der Satyr -- Von der Teufelsgeburt zum Mammutknochen: der Gigant -- Zwerge und Primaten: die Pygmäen -- Vom Dämon zur Eidechse: der Drache -- Schlussbetrachtungen -- Literatur
Summary What kind of being did a sailor see, when he was confronted with a mermaid? A demon, a fairy, a monster, or only an extraordinary marine mammal? Transmitted by the tradition of ancient natural history the European universities faced many creatures belonging to natural science as well as to mythology, which still could be observed throughout the world. While medieval sholarship treated those beings as subjects for demonology, early modern scholars started to rationalize the sirens and satyrs and developed new models of explanation. Throughout hundreds of academical disputations the debate on hy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 669-763 and indexes
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Subject Animals, Mythical -- Europe -- Identification -- History
Natural history -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Europe
Animals, Mythical, in literature.
Demonology -- Europe -- History
RELIGION -- Cults.
Animals, Mythical, in literature
Demonology
Natural history -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Fabeltiere
Mischwesen
Mythos
Rezeption
Antike
Universität
Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Roling, Bernd, 1972-
ISBN 9789004189423
9004189424
1283039303
9781283039307