Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Pagan Survivals, Rural Customs, and Hellenic Belief in Comparative StudyBy J. C. Lawson
Length30h 10m
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Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals is a learned inquiry into the persistence of ancient Hellenic beliefs beneath the practices, tales, and rituals of modern rural Greece. Moving between philology, comparative religion, and field observation, Lawson examines nymphs and nereids, revenants, death customs, seasonal rites, and popular demonology as evidence of cultural continuity. Its prose is sober, argumentative, and richly documented, belonging to the early twentieth-century tradition of anthropological "survivals" associated with Frazer and classical scholarship. J. C. Lawson was a British classicist and archaeologically trained observer whose residence and travels in Greece furnished him with unusually direct access to local customs and oral traditions. His command of ancient texts and modern Greek life allowed him to ask how pagan conceptions endured, altered, or were absorbed within Orthodox Christian society. The book reflects both scholarly rigor and the period's fascination with tracing living folklore back to antiquity. This volume is recommended for readers of classics, folklore, religious history, and Greek cultural studies. Though some assumptions reflect its age, Lawson's work remains a stimulating, erudite, and indispensable starting point for understanding the long afterlife of ancient Greek religion in popular imagination.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length30 hrs 10 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 9, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2PREFACE.
3CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
4§ 1. Modern Folklore as a source for the study of Ancient Religion.
5§ 2. The survival of Ancient Tradition.
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6§ 3. The survival of Hellenic Tradition.
7§ 4. The Survival of Pagan Tradition.
8CHAPTER II. THE SURVIVAL OF PAGAN DEITIES.
9§ 1. The Range of Modern Polytheism.
10§ 2. Zeus.
11§ 3. Poseidon.
12§ 4. Pan.
13§ 5. Demeter and Persephone.
14§ 6. Charon .
15§ 7. Aphrodite and Eros.
16§ 8. The Fates.
17§ 9. The Nymphs.
18§ 10. The Queens of the Nymphs.
19§ 11. Lamiae, Gelloudes, and Striges.
20§ 12. Gorgons.
21§ 13. The Centaurs. (pt. 1)
22§ 13. The Centaurs. (pt. 2)
23§ 14. Genii.
24CHAPTER III. THE COMMUNION OF GODS AND MEN. (pt. 1)
25CHAPTER III. THE COMMUNION OF GODS AND MEN. (pt. 2)
26CHAPTER IV. THE RELATION OF SOUL AND BODY.
27§ 1. The Modern Greek Vampire.
28§ 2. The Composition of the Superstition. Slavonic, Ecclesiastical, and Hellenic Contributions.
29§ 3. Revenants in ancient Greece.
30§ 4. Revenants as Avengers of Blood.
31CHAPTER V. CREMATION AND INHUMATION.
32CHAPTER VI. THE BENEFIT OF DISSOLUTION.
33CHAPTER VII. THE UNION OF GODS AND MEN. (pt. 1)
34CHAPTER VII. THE UNION OF GODS AND MEN. (pt. 2)
35GENERAL INDEX
36INDEX OF GREEK WORDS AND PHRASES
37Footnote (pt. 1)
38Footnote (pt. 2)
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