Isis Pelagia : images, names and cults of a goddess of the seas /

Isis Pelagia : images, names and cults of a goddess of the seas /

In Isis Pelagia: Images, Names and Cults of a Goddess of the Seas<>/i>, Laurent Bricault, one of the principal scholars of the cults of Isis, presents a new interpretation of the multiple sources that present Isis as a goddess of the seas. Bricault discusses a wealth of relatively unknown a...

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Main Author: Bricault, Laurent (Author)

Other Authors: Renberg, Gil H. (Translator)

Format: eBook

Language: English
French

Published: Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World; volume190.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004393820.

Subjects:

Isis > (Egyptian deity)
Ocean > Religious aspects.

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Call Number: BL2450.I7

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Preface
  • Illustrations, Tables and Map
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • The Origins of Isis, Goddess of the Seas
  • The Canonization of a New Prerogative
  • Representations of Isis, Goddess of the Seas
  • The Names of Isis, Goddess of the Seas
  • A Cult for Isis, Goddess of the Seas
  • Sarapis and the Sea
  • Disappearance and Renaissance of Marine Isis and Sarapis
  • Conclusion
  • Back Matter
  • General Bibliography
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • General Index.