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This chapter explores the nature and development of Greek daimonology, that diverse and structured combination of ideas and beliefs (involving ritual) which applies to a category of superhuman beings known as daimones. The distinctive characteristic of this category is its intermediate and intermediary function between humans and gods.
In this volume, Sandra Blakely considers technological myths and rituals associ-ated with ancient Greek daimones who made metal and African rituals in which iron plays a central role.
The volume includes papers on theoretical approaches to the study of rituals, case studies from a number of regions and sites, and finally papers on the contribution of bio-archaeological research to our understanding of ritual practices in ancient Greece
“there is no ritual without belief” (p. 24), but the triumph ceremony of greylag geese and the ordering, comforting ritualisations of routine domesticity — rituals that need express nothing more, and nothing less fundamental, than safety and belonging — are
n contents list of illustrations page vii acknowledgments ix abbreviations xi introduction 1 part i data and methodologies 1 the greek daimones 13 2 iconography and metallurgy 32 3 african iron: history, ritual, and investigation 55 part ii metallurgy and birth 4 birth, craft, and the daimones: the eretrian hymn to the daktyloi 79 5 gender and production: the fipa 99 6 the daimones: fertility ...
B. presents the Greek daimones as distinct types, while noting common ties to the great goddess and her child, autochthony, mys- teries, dance and even certain territories. Variability, however, seems to be a hallmark of the daimones, particularly in ritual.
4 de jul. de 2023 · In light of these advances, this article revisits the use of daimones and related terms in the Greek translations of Jewish scriptures commonly called the Septuagint (LXX).
