Price: $59.95
(as of Mar 23, 2025 00:10:58 UTC – Details)
The three essays presented in this volume reveal the symbolic complexity and poetic visions of ancient Near Eastern mythology. The author explores the interrelated themes of erotic desire, divine conflict, and death’s realm in selected ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian mythological narratives using contemporary methods of literary analysis. Topics include the construction of desire in the Gilgamesh epic, a psychoanalytic approach to ‘The Contendings of Horus and Seth’, and gender and the exercise of power in the stormy romance of Nergal and Ereshkigal. Walls’ fresh treatment of these three important myths brings them to life for the specialist and mythology buff alike.
Publisher : American Schools of Oriental Research; First Edition (October 1, 2001)
Language : English
Hardcover : 212 pages
ISBN-10 : 0897570561
ISBN-13 : 978-0897570565
Item Weight : 1.15 pounds
Dimensions : 6.25 x 0.75 x 9 inches