Chasing Down Religion - In the Sights of History and the Cognitive Sciences - Panayotis Pachis
Miracles Memory and Meaning: a Cognitive Approach to Roman Myths
Chasing Down Religion - In the Sights of History and the Cognitive Sciences - Panayotis Pachis
Alison B. Griffith [+]
University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand
GRIFFITH B. ALISON is a senior Lecturer at the University of
Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand and the chief editor of the
Electronic Journal of Mithraic Studies. She is the author of numerous
articles on the worship of Mithras in Rome and also on Roman religion
and its alternatives.
Description
Alison Griffith considers a number of Roman myths about miraculous events. Looking at a number of different historical recollections Griffith explains why counter-intuitive event become structurally integral to myths.