Gemini and the sacred: twins and twinship in religion and mythology

Twins may be allied with the celestial or animal realms: they have sometimes been construed as 'extra-human'. This multi-disciplinary work explores the imaginative sacred history of twinship, and examines the multiple ways in which the 'doubling' of a human being may be religious...

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Contributors: Patton, Kimberley C. 1958- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London New York Oxford New Delhi Sydney Bloomsbury Academic 2023
In:Year: 2023
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Twin / Zwillingsgötter / Religion / Mythology
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
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