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Navigating the Study of Myth, Ritual, and Belief
Models from the Ancient Mediterranean to the Present Day; Essays in Honor of Sarah Iles Johnston
Series: - Numen Book Series, Volume: 181
Sarah Iles Johnston has innovated in the study of myth, ritual, and belief, and her scholarship in these areas informs the contributions to this volume, each of which uses Johnston to innovate in turn. The capacity of Johnston's work to underpin scholarship on phenomena from the ancient Mediterranean to the present day--from Isis charms in Christian Egypt to American goddess worship; from healing in the Epidaurian iamata to the medicine of Linda Hogan's Indios; from the believability of a Syriac ghost story to that of theurgic ritual--illustrates Johnston's impact and the vibrant state of work on myth, ritual, and belief.
Carman Romano has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at Bryn Mawr College since 2021. Her work explores how ancient poets led their audiences to conceptualize and interact with the supernatural entities that populate their performances.
James C. Wolfe, Ph.D. (2020), is a Teacher of Latin and Assistant Varsity Golf Coach at Severn School. His publications explore issues of genre in Syriac historiography and Roman law in Syriac documentary parchments (Journal of Near Eastern Studies 82.2).
James C. Wolfe, Ph.D. (2020), is a Teacher of Latin and Assistant Varsity Golf Coach at Severn School. His publications explore issues of genre in Syriac historiography and Roman law in Syriac documentary parchments (Journal of Near Eastern Studies 82.2).
Contents
Foreword: the Lives of Myths
âSarah Iles Johnstonâs Contributions to the Study of Living Narrative
âSabina Magliocco and Caroline Stampliaka
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: The Intersection of Myth, Ritual, and Belief
âCarman Romano and James C. Wolfe
1 Hesiodâs Winter Maiden
A New Interpretation
âLaurie OâHiggins
2 Belief and Believability in Bacchylides 17 and 18
âKathryn Caliva
3 Womenâs Dance for Dionysus: the Godâs Gift
âEva Stehle
4 Healing and Believing
Two Case Studies
âFritz Graf
5 Itâs Only a Myth?!
On the Word âÎῦθοÏâ in Inscribed Epitaphs
âColleen Kron
6 Believability in and between Orphic Hymns 11 and 34
âCarman Romano
7 Cerberus Unbound
Dogs and the Dead in Attraction Spells and Harmful Magic
âAdria Haluszka
8 âAnd You Will See â¦â
Second Person Narration, Enargeia, and Textual Immersion in the âMithras Liturgyâ
âRadcliffe G. Edmonds III
9 Heracles, Dionysus, and Damascius
Late Platonism and Early Mysteries
âWarren Huard
10 Syriac Ghost Stories
Narratives of Belief and Misbelief in the Aftermath of Chalcedon
âJames C. Wolfe
11 Isis/Horus Charms in Christian Egypt
A Challenge to the âBeliefâ Model of Religion and Narrative
âDavid Frankfurter
â12âFrom Goddesses to the Goddess
An Itinerary from Ancient Greece to Modern California
âJan N. Bremmer
â13âMedicine and Rematriation in Linda Hoganâs Indios A Native American Medea Myth
âJulia Nelson Hawkins and Tom Hawkins
14 From Myth to Religious Narrative
Mediality, Emotion, Experience
âLaura Feldt
Index
Foreword: the Lives of Myths
âSarah Iles Johnstonâs Contributions to the Study of Living Narrative
âSabina Magliocco and Caroline Stampliaka
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: The Intersection of Myth, Ritual, and Belief
âCarman Romano and James C. Wolfe
1 Hesiodâs Winter Maiden
A New Interpretation
âLaurie OâHiggins
2 Belief and Believability in Bacchylides 17 and 18
âKathryn Caliva
3 Womenâs Dance for Dionysus: the Godâs Gift
âEva Stehle
4 Healing and Believing
Two Case Studies
âFritz Graf
5 Itâs Only a Myth?!
On the Word âÎῦθοÏâ in Inscribed Epitaphs
âColleen Kron
6 Believability in and between Orphic Hymns 11 and 34
âCarman Romano
7 Cerberus Unbound
Dogs and the Dead in Attraction Spells and Harmful Magic
âAdria Haluszka
8 âAnd You Will See â¦â
Second Person Narration, Enargeia, and Textual Immersion in the âMithras Liturgyâ
âRadcliffe G. Edmonds III
9 Heracles, Dionysus, and Damascius
Late Platonism and Early Mysteries
âWarren Huard
10 Syriac Ghost Stories
Narratives of Belief and Misbelief in the Aftermath of Chalcedon
âJames C. Wolfe
11 Isis/Horus Charms in Christian Egypt
A Challenge to the âBeliefâ Model of Religion and Narrative
âDavid Frankfurter
â12âFrom Goddesses to the Goddess
An Itinerary from Ancient Greece to Modern California
âJan N. Bremmer
â13âMedicine and Rematriation in Linda Hoganâs Indios A Native American Medea Myth
âJulia Nelson Hawkins and Tom Hawkins
14 From Myth to Religious Narrative
Mediality, Emotion, Experience
âLaura Feldt
Index
This volume is of interest primarily to historians of ancient Mediterranean religions, as well as students (undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate) and scholars of myth, religion, and narrative more generally.