The "Lamia" and Aristotle's Beaver: The Consequences of a Mistranscription

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The "Lamia" and Aristotle's Beaver: The Consequences of a Mistranscription

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In Greek mythology, Lamia was a monster with the manners and physical traits of an animal; in the Vulgate, Isaiah 34.14 lists the "lamia" among the animals, beasts and monsters which will despoil Jerusalem when God's judgement befalls the city. Ancient zoological works and medieval encyklopedias add several more meanings: a species of shark, a hybrid creature which looks like a woman with horse legs, and a four-legged animal which damages plants in gardens and attacks people. The origins of most conceptions of the "lamia" have been traced more or less satisfactorily. The only tradition which remains unexplained is that of the fierce quadruped which threatens property and people's lives. The purpose of the present study is to explore the origins of this ferocious creature, to determine what animal or animals may have inspired it, and to map the ways in which it entered medieval culture under the new name of "lamia". The answers to these questions are to be found in the medieval reception of Aristotle's zoological observations, through the Arabic and Latin translations of his "Historia animalium".

Název v anglickém jazyce

The "Lamia" and Aristotle's Beaver: The Consequences of a Mistranscription

Popis výsledku anglicky

In Greek mythology, Lamia was a monster with the manners and physical traits of an animal; in the Vulgate, Isaiah 34.14 lists the "lamia" among the animals, beasts and monsters which will despoil Jerusalem when God's judgement befalls the city. Ancient zoological works and medieval encyklopedias add several more meanings: a species of shark, a hybrid creature which looks like a woman with horse legs, and a four-legged animal which damages plants in gardens and attacks people. The origins of most conceptions of the "lamia" have been traced more or less satisfactorily. The only tradition which remains unexplained is that of the fierce quadruped which threatens property and people's lives. The purpose of the present study is to explore the origins of this ferocious creature, to determine what animal or animals may have inspired it, and to map the ways in which it entered medieval culture under the new name of "lamia". The answers to these questions are to be found in the medieval reception of Aristotle's zoological observations, through the Arabic and Latin translations of his "Historia animalium".

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AA - Filosofie a náboženství

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes

ISSN

0075-4390

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

LXXIX

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

prosinec 2016

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

295-306

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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