Personified Mountains in Ancient Canonical Narratives

Eric J. P. Wagner identifiziert und analysiert personifizierte Berge im Gilgameš-Epos, in der Ilias und Odyssee sowie in Genesis 2 Könige. Diese »verkörperten Landschaften« stehen für mythisches Denken und laden zu einer neuen Lektüre ein, die ihre Bedeutung(en) und Funktion(en) in jedem Korpus nachzeichnet.Chapter 1: Introduction
1. Approaching Personified Mountains in Ancient Canonical Narratives - 2. Project Goals, Findings, and Outline

Chapter 2: The Argument's Nature, Shape, and Objects
1. The Nature of the Argument: Abductive - 2. The Approach: Comparative - 3. The Method: Mythic Spatial and Myth-Critical - 4. The Objects of Study - 5. Summation

Chapter 3: Personified Mountains in the Epic of Gilgameš
1. Introduction - 2. The Epic of Gilgameš as Canonical Narrative - 3. Lexical Analysis of »Mountain« Terms in the Epic of Gilgameš - 4. Mythic Analysis of Personified Mountains in the Epic of Gilgameš - 5. Summation

Chapter 4: Personified Mountains in the Iliad and Odyssey
1. Introduction - 2. The Iliad and Odyssey as Canonical Narratives - 3. Lexical Analysis of »Mountain« Terms in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey - 4. Mythic Analysis of Personified Mountains in the Iliad and Odyssey - 5. Summation

Chapter 5: Personified Mountains in Genesis-2 Kings
1. Introduction - 2. Genesis-2 Kings as Canonical Narrative - 3. Lexical Analysis of »Mountain« Terms in Genesis-2 Kings - 4. Mythic Analysis of Personified Mountains in Genesis-2 Kings - 5. Summation

Chapter 6: Conclusion
1. Summation of Findings - 2. Key Contributions and Avenues for Future Research