LIBROS DEL AUTOR: carl kerenyi

11 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: carl kerenyi

  • Prometheus
    Carl Kerényi / Ralph Manheim
    A landmark account of the Prometheus story as myth and archetypeThe god Prometheus stole fire from heaven and bestowed it on humans. In punishment, Zeus chained him to a rock, where an eagle clawed unceasingly at his liver until Herakles freed him. For the Greeks, the myth of Prometheus’s release reflected a primordial law of existence and the fate of humankind. Carl Kerényi ex...
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    33,61 €

  • Asklepios
    Carl Kerényi / Ralph Manheim
    A landmark account of the divine physician of the Greeks in myth and archetypeTo the physicians of classical antiquity, Asklepios was the ideal of their existence as healers. In this book, acclaimed mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kerényi takes readers on a tour of the sacred sites of the Greek god of medicine to investigate the origins and archetypal significance of...
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    29,97 €

  • Dionysos
    Carl Kerényi / Ralph Manheim
    A landmark account of the Dionysos myth as an archetypal expression of indestructible lifeNo other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and ritual practices of antiquity as Dionysos. In this book, acclaimed mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kerényi presents an engaging history of the religion of Dionysos from its beginnings in the Minoan culture to i...
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    46,70 €

  • Eleusis
    Carl Kerényi / Ralph Manheim
    A landmark account of the Eleusinian Mysteries by one of the leading mythologists of the twentieth centuryThe Sanctuary of Eleusis near Athens was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. In this classic work, Carl Kerényi examines the Mysteries of Eleusis from the standpoint not on...
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    35,67 €

  • Zeus and Hera
    Carl Kerényi / Christopher Holme
    A landmark study of the archetypal father, husband, and wife in Greek religion and mythWhat did Zeus mean to the Greeks of antiquity? Who was Hera, archetypally united with Zeus as if they were a human couple? Examining the word Zeus and its Greek synonyms theos and daimon, acclaimed mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kerényi traces the origins of Greek religion to the ...
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    35,93 €

  • Archetypal Images in Greek Religion
    Carl Kerényi / Karl Kerényi / Christopher Holme
    What did Zeus mean to the Greeks? And who was Hera, united with Zeus historically and archetypally as if they were a human pair? C. Kerenyi fills a gap in our knowledge of the religious history of Europe by responding to these questions. Examining the word Zeus and its Greek synonyms theos and daimon, the author traces the origins of Greek religion in the Minoan-Mycenacan civil...
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    50,64 €

  • The Science of Mythology
    C. G. Jung / C. Kerenyi / Carl Gustav Jung / G. Jung C.
    Science of Mythology provides an account of the meaning and the purpose of mythic themes that is linked to modern life: the heroic battles between good and evil of yore are still played out, reflected in contemporary fears. ...
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    36,76 €

  • Prometheus
    Carl Kerényi / Karl Kerényi / Ralph Manheim
    Prometheus the god stole fire from heaven and bestowed it on humans. In punishment, Zeus chained him to a rock, where an eagle clawed unceasingly at his liver, until Herakles freed him. For the Greeks, the myth of Prometheus’s release reflected a primordial law of existence and the fate of humankind. Carl Kerényi examines the story of Prometheus and the very process of mythmaki...
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    57,04 €

  • Dionysos
    Carl Kerényi / Karl Kerényi / Ralph Manheim
    No other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and nature of Greece and Italy, in the sensuous tradition of antiquity, as Dionysos. In myth and image, in visionary experience and ritual representation, the Greeks possessed a complete expression of indestructible life, the essence of Dionysos. In this work, the noted mythologist and historian of religion Carl K...
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    75,04 €

  • Eleusis
    Carl Kerényi / Karl Kerényi / Ralph Manheim
    The Sanctuary of Eleusis, near Athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized world. Looking at the tendency to 'see visions,' C. Kerenyi examines the Mysteries of Eleusis from the standpoint not only of Greek myth but also of human nature. Kerenyi holds that the yearly autumnal 'mys...
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    56,62 €

  • Essays on a Science of Mythology
    C. G. Jung / Carl Kerényi / CGJung / Karl Kerényi
    Essays on a Science of Mythology is a cooperative work between C. Kerényi, who has been called 'the most psychological of mythologists,' and C. G. Jung, who has been called 'the most mythological of psychologists.' Kerényi contributes an essay on the Divine Child and one on the Kore (the Maiden), together with a substantial introduction and conclusion. Jung contributes a psycho...
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    36,00 €