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Gemini and the Sacred

- Twins and Twinship in Religion and Mythology

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Throughout human history twins have been an unsettling and ambiguous presence. Rarely treated neutrally, in any cultural context, twins present an anomaly: the appearance from the same womb of two human beings when only one is expected. The anxiety they caused could often only be resolved through ritual and belief.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781848859319
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 320
  • Udgivet:
  • 30. november 2018
  • Størrelse:
  • 162x242x36 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 1008 g.
  • 2-4 uger.
  • 11. december 2024
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Throughout human history twins have been an unsettling and ambiguous presence. Rarely treated neutrally, in any cultural context, twins present an anomaly: the appearance from the same womb of two human beings when only one is expected. The anxiety they caused could often only be resolved through ritual and belief.

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