| Drachen Und Sirenen: Die Rationalisierung Und Abwicklung Der Mythologie an Den Europäischen Universitäten Contributor(s): Roling (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004185208 ISBN-13: 9789004185203 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $327.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: German Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Religion | Cults |
| Dewey: 133.420 |
| LCCN: 2010016959 |
| Series: Mittellateinische Studien Und Texte |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 6.4" W x 9.5" (3.05 lbs) 832 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 hybrid creatures can be followed up to the time of Linn and Buffon and the zoological classifications of the 18th century. This study reconstructs the discussions of hybrid creatures as part of the Early Modern change of paradigms and the longue dur e of ancient and medieval natural history with the help of five examples, sirens, satyrs, giants, pygmies, and dragons. |