Of Gods and Men Studies in Lithuanian Mythology

Name: Of Gods and Men Studies in Lithuanian Mythology
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ISBN: 9780253326522

ISBN-10: 0253326524

ISBN-13: 9780253326522

Edition: 1992

Authors: Algirdas J. Greimas, Milda Newman

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With this volume, Greimas gives voice to the cultural memory of his people. He is both storyteller and explicator, deciphering the symbolic world of Lithuanian mythology.This first English translation of Apie Dievus ir zmones is a brilliant convergence of Greimas's historical and folkloric studies. Greimas examines the origins of ancient deities; discusses the concepts of life and death, fate and fortune; looks at codes used by farmers to organize systems of mutual obligations and implicit contracts; examines pranks and games associated with agrarian seasonal changes; and discusses the semantic reconstruction of the names and functions of several deities.Emphasizing the historic dimension…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 12/22/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.298



Foreword by Dan Ben-Amos and Alessandro Falassi


Translator's Acknowledgments


Preface



Kaukai



Aitvaras



Ausrine



Laima



On Bees and Women



Gods and Festivals



Gods and Festivals


Notes


Name Index


Subject Index