Sökning: "Underworld"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 uppsatser innehållade ordet Underworld.

  1. 1. Vattnet, nymferna och gudinnan - Anna Perennas nymphaeum som en plats för magicae artes

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Författare :Olivia Peukert Stock; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Anna Perenna; nymphaeum; fountain; fons; fontän; spring; källa; shrine; helgedom; water; vatten; magic; magicae artes; magi; curse tablets; defixiones; förbannelsetavlor; deposition; magic ritual; magisk ritual; nymph; nymphs; nymf; nymfer; goddess; gudinna; contextual study; kontextuell studie; underworld; underjorden; cistern; källhelgedom; ancient religion; antik religion.; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : The fountain of Anna Perenna and her nymphs was discovered in an excavation around twenty years ago in northern Rome and its cistern was found to house both religious votives and magical objects, such as curse tablets (defixiones). Thus, this water shrine constitutes a unique setting for magical practices, magicae artes, in the city of Rome and ancient Italia, which this essay aims to further examine. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Utvecklingen av antika berättelser : Skildringar av Odysséens och Aeneidens underjord.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Författare :Emma Bergström; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Homeros; Vergilius; Underjorden; döden; politik; propaganda; jämförande analys;

    Sammanfattning : Science has studied ancient litterateur and poetry for a long time. This paper has chosen to turn its eyes towards Virgil’s Aeneid as its focus. One of the central points and the theory of the paper is to explore the ways in which the time Virgil lived have affected how he wrote the Aeneid as well as the reason for writing. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Masthuggets asociala : En postkolonial analys av Zac O´Yeahs Tandooriälgen

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :david gottfridson; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Zac O´Yeah; Postkolonialism; Otherness; Mimicry; Tandooriälgen;

    Sammanfattning : In this study, I analyze Zac O´Yeah´s novel Tandooriälgen (2006) and discuss how it relates to postcolonial theory and terms like otherness and mimicry. The novel takes place in a not so distant future, where Sweden and Europe have joined the Asian Union which is governed by India. LÄS MER

  5. 4. (UNTITLED, DATE UNKNOWN) or the potential of the once forgotten as seen by Nietzsche and Warburg

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Författare :Kirsti Taylor Bye; [2018-08-15]
    Nyckelord :Nietzsche; Warburg;

    Sammanfattning : This essay attempts to explore the notion of memory and forgetfulness in relation to the collection at the Trondheim Museum of Art. Memory can in this case be understood as the information about the collection, what is known about the objects and how they came into the possession of the museum, forgetfulness being the instances where this information is missing, often without the museum being conscious about it. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Shrines of Gebel el-Silsila : and their function

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Alexandra Boender; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Gebel el-Silsila; shrines; cenotaphs; Qasr Ibrim; function; religion; helgedom; kenotaf; funktion; Gebel el-Silsila; Qasr Ibrim; religiös; funktion;

    Sammanfattning : In 1963 came Ricardo Caminos to the conclusion that the shrines of Gebel el-Silsila functioned as cenotaphs. However, his views have never been reassessed by contemporary Egyptologists, which has led to the shrines still being interpreted as cenotaphs today. LÄS MER