Published by De Gruyter

Mythological Studies

Edited by: Annette Zgoll and Christian Zgoll

ISSN: 2626-9163

e-ISSN 2626-9171

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Volumes

Die Reihe Mythological Studies (MythoS) ist der Erschließung von Mythen in verschiedenen medialen Konkretionen aus disziplinärer wie fächerübergreifender, transmedialer und komparativer Perspektive gewidmet. Einen geographischen und zeitlichen Ausgangspunkt bilden Mythen aus dem Bereich der antiken Mittelmeerkulturen und des Alten Orients, doch sind Ausweitungen bis in die Moderne projektiert. Einen inhaltlichen Schwerpunkt stellt eine vornehmlich stoffanalytische Herangehensweise dar, nach der Mythos nicht als Text oder Gattung, sondern als Erzählstoff verstanden wird, der sich in verschiedenen Formen medial konkretisieren läßt wie in Texten oder Bildern, aber bspw. auch in Form von rituellen Handlungen, Tänzen, Pantomimen, mündlichen Vorträgen oder Filmen.

In die Reihe werden wissenschaftliche Editionen und Arbeiten zu Mythen aus verschiedenen Epochen und Kulturen aufgenommen sowie Studien zu Theorie und Methodik der Mythosforschung. Veröffentlichungssprachen sind Englisch und Deutsch. Manuskripte werden von zwei Gutachter*innen beurteilt. Dabei gilt das Single-blind peer review-Verfahren.

Herausgeber*innen:

Annette Zgoll und Christian Zgoll, Göttingen.

Wissenschaftlicher Beirat:

Heinrich Detering (Germanistik/ Komparatistik, Göttingen)

Angela Ganter (Alte Geschichte, Regensburg)

Katja Goebs (Ägyptologie, Toronto)

Wilhelm Heizmann (Nordistik, München)

Martin Worthington (Altorientalische Philologie, Trinity College Dublin)

Katharina Lorenz (Klassische Archäologie, Gießen)

Topics

Book 2022

Hundert Jahre Forschungen zum antiken Mythos (1918/20–2018/20)

Ein selektiver Überblick (Altertum – Rezeption – Narratologie)

Udo Reinhardt

Volume 5 in this series

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Extensive research report that systematically records the overarching literature of the last one hundred years on the key area of ancient myth (including reception and narratology). This volume gives a selective overview while also providing initial overall orientation.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110786545
ISBN:: 9783110786545
ISBN:: 9783111536040
ISBN:: 9783110786583
ISBN:: 9783110786347
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient History
Subject:: Ancient Religion
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Topics in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Other Topics
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Narratology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2021

Was vom Himmel kommt

Stoffanalytische Zugänge zu antiken Mythen aus Mesopotamien, Ägypten, Griechenland und Rom

Gösta Ingvar Gabriel, Brit Kärger, Annette Zgoll, Christian Zgoll, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Volume 4 in this series

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In ancient myths, the sky is a numinous space. What comes from it is of outstanding importance. This transdisciplinary volume by the Collegium Mythologicum explores myths that involve transfers from the sky. The volume utilizes the hylistics established by Christian Zgoll to combine and compare its findings. Ultimately, transfers from the sky prove to be indicators of numinosity in mythical garb.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110743005
ISBN:: 9783110743005
ISBN:: 9783110743098
ISBN:: 9783110742879
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient Religion
Subject:: Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Egyptology
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Ancient Religions
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2021

Mesopotamische Schöpfungstexte in Ritualen

Methodik und Fallstudien zur situativen Verortung

Kerstin Maiwald

Volume 3 in this series

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Creation is a central theme in Mesopotamian texts. In which contexts were creation texts employed? Using clearly situated sources, the author develops a methodological process for answering this question. Ten famous creation texts are examined in terms of their performance and meaning in Mesopotamian religious practice, thus providing insights into the ritual use of myth.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110719222
ISBN:: 9783110719222
ISBN:: 9783111115818
ISBN:: 9783110718201
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Ancient Religion
Subject:: Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Old Testament / Ancient Near East
Subject:: Ancient Near East
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Ancient Religions
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2020

Mythische Sphärenwechsel

Methodisch neue Zugänge zu antiken Mythen in Orient und Okzident

Annette Zgoll, Christian Zgoll, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Volume 2 in this series

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Journey to the realm of the dead, transfer to the Island of the Blessed, ascension to heaven - with innovative theoretical and methodological approaches, myths about the change of spheres can be reconstructed as narrative materials with different variants and strata. The new approaches pursued here open up dynamic processes of myth transmission and surprise with the proof of different strata, which reveal an intertwining of several levels of meaning.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110652543
ISBN:: 9783110652543
ISBN:: 9783111125060
ISBN:: 9783110652529
ISBN:: 9783110652840
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2019

Tractatus mythologicus

Theorie und Methodik zur Erforschung von Mythen als Grundlegung einer allgemeinen, transmedialen und komparatistischen Stoffwissenschaft

Christian Zgoll

Volume 1 in this series

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The volume is a programmatic manifesto for the new series MythoS. The author develops new methods – the hyleme analysis and the stratification analysis – and applies them on mythological materials, reconstructing myths as “Stoffe” and making them understandable in their polymorphic nature. In this groundbreaking work, the author sets the stage for a general theory of myth based on a new comprehensive, transmedial and comparative Stoff-research.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110541588
ISBN:: 9783110541588
ISBN:: 9783111125275
ISBN:: 9783110541311
ISBN:: 9783110541199
Subject:: Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Classical Studies
Subject:: Greek
Subject:: Greek Language and Literature
Subject:: Latin
Subject:: Latin Language and Literature
Subject:: Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Comparative Literary Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter