Animals and Their Relation to Gods, Humans and Things in the Ancient World.

1. Verfasser: Mattila, Raija.
Weitere Verfasser: Ito, Sanae, 1980-
Fink, Sebastian.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Wiesbaden : Springer Vieweg. in Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, 2019.
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (485 pages).
Schriftenreihe: Universal- und Kulturhistorische Studien. Studies in Universal and Cultural History Ser.
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Parallelausgabe: Animals and Their Relation to Gods, Humans and Things in the Ancient World (Print version:)
Online Zugang: Available online
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505 0 |a Intro -- Contents -- The authors -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Keynotes -- 2 Human-Animal Studies. Bridging the Lacuna between Academia and Society -- 1 The (Western) Origins -- 2 What are Human-Animal Studies about? -- 3 Human-Animal Studies and their Potential as Connectors between Academia and Society -- 3.1 HAS at the University of Innsbruck -- 3.2 Outcomes of HAS -- 3.3 Creating Bridges -- 4 Appeal -- Bibliography -- 3 Reflections on the Pivotal Role of Animals in Early Mesopotamia -- 1 Classification processes and animals -- 1.1 Gender classification in Sumerian -- 1.2 What are Animals? -- 1.3 Whales and Wugs -- 1.4 Writing Birds and Locusts -- 1.5 Classification in the Early Writings Systems -- 1.6 The Superordinate Taxon "Animal" -- 1.7 Different Ways to Classify -- 2 Classification, Abstraction, Symbolic Thought, Metaphors and Conceptual Frames -- 2.1 Objectification and Divinization (Early Dynastic period) as a Case Study -- 2.2 Semantic Frames and the Multi-Layered Writing System -- 3 Classification in the Lexical List: Domestic and 'Wild' Animals -- 4 Conceptual Frames -- Some Examples -- 4.1 The Case of the Dog: People as Dogs -- 4.2 The Cases of the Horse and the Camel -- 4.3 The Case of a Chimaera /Monster -- 5 The Ideological Salience of Animals -- 5.1 Reconciling the Domestic and the Wild Animal -- 5.2 Deity as Animals -- 5.3 Rulers (Humans) as Animals -- 5.4 Political Theology and Demonizing Animals -- 5.5 Animal Offerings for the Gods -- 5.6 The Animal in Later Secret Lore -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- 2 Taxonomies -- 4 Taxonomy and Medicine. Analysing Transfers between Disciplines, a Step towards Understanding Mesopotamian Sciences -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Setting -- 2.1 Latest Developments -- 2.2 What about "Scientific Tablets"? -- 3 Materia Medica in Medical Prescriptions -- 3.1 Why Focus on Medical Prescriptions?. 
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505 8 |a 3.2 General Remarks about Materia Medica in Medical Prescriptions -- 4 Medical Prescriptions Confronted with Lexical Data: A Case Study of Lion, Wolf, Dog and Fox -- 4.1 Some Considerations about the UR-Group -- 4.2 Lion, wolf, dog and fox in ḪAR-ra = ḫubullu XIV -- 4.3 Lion, Wolf, Dog and Fox in Medical Prescriptions -- 5 Conclusions -- 6 Appendix - Texts -- Bibliography -- 5 Categorization and Hierarchy. Animals and their Relations to Gods, Humans and Things in the Hittite World* -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Animals, Humans, Boundaries and Categorizations -- 3 Puzzling Categories in Official Law -- 4 Setting and Breaking the Boundaries: Magical Rituals -- 5 The Higher Spheres: Myths and Literary Texts -- 6 Religion and State-Cult -- 7 Telling the Future: Omens and Dream Reports -- 8 In Conclusion: Categorizations in Hittite Worldview, Humans, Gods and Animals -- Bibliography -- 6 From Ape to Zebra. On Wild Animals and Taxonomy in Ancient Israel -- 1 Taxonomy One: All Animals Below Humans -- 2 Taxonomy Two: Wild Animals between Humans and God -- 2.1 Wild Animals as Divine Agents -- 2.2 Wild Animals as Numinous Creatures Beyond Control without Divine Help -- 2.3 Wild Animals as Sources of Divine Wisdom -- 2.4 Wild Animals in Similes and Metaphors for Yahweh -- 3 Comparative Evidence from the Ancient Near East -- 4 Conclusions -- 4.1 Placing God's Creatures -- 4.2 Rethinking Other Wild Animals in Biblical Texts -- 4.3 Wildness and Divinity in Ancient Israel -- 4.4 Shifting Taxonomies -- Bibliography -- 3 Literature -- 7 Holy Cow! On Cattle Metaphors in Sumerian Literary Texts -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 "Metaphor" -- 1.2 Cattle -- 2 Investigation -- 2.1 Sup-grouping of the Metaphors -- 2.2 Presentation of Metaphors (in Selection) -- 3 Results -- Bibliography -- 8 Animals in the Sumerian Disputation Poems -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Characterization of Bird and Fish. 
505 8 |a 3 Rivalries -- 4 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- 9 Gilgameš and Enkidu. The Two-thirds-god and the Two-thirds-animal? -- 1 The earlier tales in brief -- 2 The characterization of Enkidu in the Standard Babylonian version -- 3 The description of animals and natural life in the Standard Babylonian version -- 4 The divergent and parallel paths of Enkidu and Gilgameš: brief considerations and a tentative conclusion -- Bibliography -- 10 Anthropomorphism and the Aesopic Animal Fables -- 1 The Aesopic Corpus -- 2 The Fable as a Genre and the Fable as seen by ancient Critics -- 3 Anthropomorphism of Fables -- 4 Human Dominion as a Topic in Fables -- 5 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- 4 Art -- 11 Animal Friezes in "Orientalizing" Greek Art -- References -- 12 On Men, Animals, and Supernatural Beings in Ancient Maya Iconography -- 1 Human beings -- 2 Dwarfs -- 3 Deities -- 4 Anthropomorphic Beings -- 5 Zoomorphic Creatures -- 6 'Dragons' -- 7 Witz Monsters -- 8 Other Zoomorphic Creatures -- 9 Animals -- 10 Classification of Beings: Emic vs. Etic Perspectives -- 11 Case Study: Centipedes, Snakes, and Dragons -- 12 Ethnozoological Considerations: The Case of Tzeltal Folk Zoology -- 13 Final Considerations -- Bibliography -- 5 Religion -- 13 Creation of Animals in Sumerian Mythology -- References -- 14 Animals and Demons. Faunal Appearances, Metaphors, and Similes in Lamaštu Incantations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Dichotomy in the Sumero-Babylonian Culture -- 1.2 The Question of Real Appearance, Metaphors, and Similes -- 1.3 Text Sources - Overview -- 1.4 Iconography -- 2 Dog - Real Appearances and Similes -- 2.1 Dog - Real Appearances -- 2.2 Dog - Similes -- 3 Wolf - Metaphors -- 3.1 Wolf - Metaphors -- 4 Lion - Real Appearances and Similes -- 4.1 Lion - Real Appearances -- 4.2 Lion - The Similes -- 5 Leopard - Real Appearances -- 5.1 Leopard - Real Appearances. 
505 8 |a 6 Donkey & Hemione - Real Appearances, and Similes -- 6.1 Donkey - Real Appearances -- 6.2 Hemione - Similes -- 7 Birds - Real Appearances, Metaphors, and Similes -- 7.1 Bird - Real Appearances -- 7.2 Bird - Similes -- 8 Snake Real Appearances and, Similes -- 8.1 Snake - Similes -- 8.2 Snake - The Real Appearances -- 9 Other Animal Similes -- 10 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Internet Sources -- 15 The Animal Fable of the Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ in Context: The Ontological and Moral Status of Animals in Early Islamic Thought -- 1 Status of Animals in Early Islamic Thought -- 2 Status of Animals in the -- 3 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- 16 Aztec Dogs: Myths and Ritual Practice -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What is Mesoamerica? -- 3 Mesoamerican Religion -- 4 The Aztec Empire -- 5 A Few Words on the Aztec Religion -- 6 Aztec Religious Ceremonies -- 7 Aztec Animal Sacrifice -- 8 Mesoamerican Dog in Archaeological Sources -- 9 Aztec Dog in Ethnohistorical Sources -- 10 Aztec Creation Myths -- 11 Aztec Funerary Practices -- 12 Dogs in Funerary Practices -- 13 Xoloitzcuintli as Psychopomp -- 14 Conclusion -- List of illustrations -- Bibliography -- 17 A Zooarchaeological Study of the Formation Process of the Ainu Bear-sending Ceremony -- 1 Outline of the "Bear-sending Ceremony" -- 1.1 Distribution of Hand-raised Brown Bear Rituals -- 1.2 What is the "Bear-sending Ceremony"? -- 1.3 Two Forms of the Bear-sending Ceremony -- 2 Formation of the Bear-sending Ceremony -- 2.1 A Tradition Described in Historical Literature -- 2.2 Brown Bear Rituals at Otafuku-iwa Cave -- 2.3 Speculation Based on Excavation Findings -- 3 Origin of the Bear-sending Ceremony -- 3.1 The Brown Bear Ritual in the Okhotsk Culture -- 3.2 Latent Brown Bear Worship in Indigenous Communities -- 3.3 Points Relating to the History of the Ceremony -- 4 Future Tasks -- Bibliography -- 6 Economy. 
505 8 |a 18 Man and Animals in the Administrative Texts of the End of the 3rd Millennium BC* -- Bibliography -- 19 For the Gods or for Money? Sheep Husbandry at the Temples in First Millennium Babylonia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sheep Management -- 2.1 Animals and the Temples' Stables -- 2.2 The Herds of Small Cattle -- 2.3 Herding Contracts -- 3 Sheep. The Gods' Meaty Sustenance -- 3.1 Sacrifices -- 3.2 Other Products or How to Determine the Main Focus of Sheep Breeding -- 3.5 Eanna's Wool -- 4 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Animal Index. 
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