Of Anthropophagy and Anthropology: Monsters and Men in Beowulf and Northwest Coast Myth and Ritual

Monsters can be divided into two categories: human-like and non-human. Non-human monsters tend to be chthonic beings that are associated with the earth and natural forces. Humanoid monsters represent metaphorical transformations of humanity itself, and as such reveal basic cultural values, such as s...

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Autor principal:	Harkin Michael E.
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Sciendo 2021
Materias:	anthropology anthropophagy beowulf monsters myth native americans northwest coast ritual Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology GN301-674
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:44c13c1bc91f447a903e1b136d2240c32021-12-05T14:11:06ZOf Anthropophagy and Anthropology: Monsters and Men in Beowulf and Northwest Coast Myth and Ritual1339-787710.2478/eas-2021-0018https://doaj.org/article/44c13c1bc91f447a903e1b136d2240c32021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/eas-2021-0018https://doaj.org/toc/1339-7877Monsters can be divided into two categories: human-like and non-human. Non-human monsters tend to be chthonic beings that are associated with the earth and natural forces. Humanoid monsters represent metaphorical transformations of humanity itself, and as such reveal basic cultural values, such as sociability, while displaying their opposite. Humanoid monsters are the more terrifying, precisely because we recognize ourselves in them, although in an uncanny refraction. In the epic poem Beowulf and in myth and ritual of the Kwakiutl and Heiltsuk cultures of the Northwest Coast, manlike monsters play a central role.Harkin Michael E.Sciendoarticleanthropologyanthropophagybeowulfmonstersmythnative americansnorthwest coastritualEthnology. Social and cultural anthropologyGN301-674ENEthnologia Actualis, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 11-24 (2021)
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description	Monsters can be divided into two categories: human-like and non-human. Non-human monsters tend to be chthonic beings that are associated with the earth and natural forces. Humanoid monsters represent metaphorical transformations of humanity itself, and as such reveal basic cultural values, such as sociability, while displaying their opposite. Humanoid monsters are the more terrifying, precisely because we recognize ourselves in them, although in an uncanny refraction. In the epic poem Beowulf and in myth and ritual of the Kwakiutl and Heiltsuk cultures of the Northwest Coast, manlike monsters play a central role.
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Of Anthropophagy and Anthropology: Monsters and Men in Beowulf and Northwest Coast Myth and Ritual

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