Indo-European Religion and Poetics

A Comparative Approach: Myth, Ritual and Language



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Der blaue Dämon (1931) by Gabriele Münter
Gabriele Münter und Johannes Eichner-Stiftung, München

Photo: Laura Massetti, Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen, 2018.06.03

Religion and poetics, ritual and myth are central, fascinating dimensions of the ancient world, which somehow have never stopped talking to us. Indeed, as Aby Warburg wrote, “where the technical explanation of cause and effect replaces the mythical imagination, man loses his primitive fears. But we should be loth to decide whether this emancipation from the mythological view really helps mankind to find a fitting answer to the problems of existence” (A Lecture on Serpent Ritual, Journal of the Warburg Institute 2/4: 291). Through the study of ancient myth and ritual we learn more about the ancient societies to which they belonged. At the same time, the in-depth analysis of ancient stories teaches us something about modern man's truest fears and desires.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The conference is organized by Laura Massetti. She is head of the project 'Family Myths' which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 793479.

Programme and abstracts

Final programme (pdf) and Book of abstracts (pdf).

Talks

Handouts and powerpoint presentations will be available here shortly after the conference.

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Registration

Please register here no later than 30 September 2019.

Organiser

The conference is organized by Laura Massetti. She is head of the project Family Myths which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 793479.