The seven-headed beast and its antecedents in texts of the ancient culture

This article analyzes the metaphor of the seven-headed beast and its intertextuality in the Apocalypse of John and ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian texts as well as with the Old Testament. It is based on the concepts of metaphor, according to Lakoff and Johnson; the concepts of texts of culture, in...

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Main Author: Dorneles, Vanderlei (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:Portuguese
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2017]
In: Horizonte
Year: 2017, Volume: 15, Issue: 48, Pages: 1423-1445
Further subjects:B besta de sete cabeças
B Mitologia
B seven-headed beast
B Metáfora
B Mythology
B Metaphor
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