Gemini and the sacred: twins and twinship in religion and mythology
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN :
9781848859319
Date de publication :
3 nov. 2022
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.