Embodiments of evil Gog and Magog : interdisciplinary studies of the "other" in literature & Internet texts
This volume "Embodiments of evil: Gog and Magog" reveals in eight essays the images of the "other" in genres ranging from contemporary folk religion on the internet to the rich literary heritage of Alexander romances.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Leiden] :
Leiden University Press
©2011.
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| Colección: | Open Research Library ebooks.
Iranian studies series. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b45857258*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- In Europe. Gog and Magog in medieval and early modern western tradition / W.P. Gerritsen
- Magog, dogheads and other monsters in the Byzantine world / W.J. Aerts
- In the Arab world. Dogfaces, snake-tongues, and the wall against Gog and Magog / F.C.W. Douflikar-Aerts
- Gog and Magog in modern garb / R. Kruk
- Is my firewall secure? Gog and Magog on the internet / A. Jaber
- In the Berber tradition. A note on Gog and Magog in Tashelhiyt Berber of south Morocco / H.J. Stroomer
- In the Persian tradition. Unfathomable evil: the presentation of Gog and Magog in Persian literature / A.A. Seyed-Gohrab
- Gog and Magog in contemporary Shiite Quran-commentaries / J.G.C. ter Haar
- In Javanese tradition. Juja-Makjuja as the Antichrist in a Javanese end-of-time narrative / E. Wieringa.
