Karl Kerényi (1897–1973)
Autor/a de The Gods of the Greeks
Sobre l'autor
Those interested in Jungian psychology and ancient religions should look carefully at the work of Karoly (or Karl) Kerenyi. Kerenyi was a friend of, and coauthor with, Carl Jung, a cofounder of the Jung Institute in Zurich, and a regular participant in the Eranos conferences in Ascona, Switzerland. mostra'n més His work is not, however, Jungian in the strictest sense of the word. Trained as a classical philologist, Kerenyi attempted to transcend the limits of historical study and to reveal the "theological" or contemporary significance of ancient myths. In doing so, he relied not solely on literary and archaeological documentation but also invoked a relationship of sympathy between the scholar and the evidence. Among an incredible number of publications, Kerenyi pursued this agenda in a series of volumes devoted to the mythologies of individual Greek gods and goddesses. Throughout, his writing is accessible to the general reader. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Sèrie
Obres de Karl Kerényi
Oedipus Variations: Studies in Literature and Psychoanalysis (Dunquin Series, No. 19) (1991) 28 exemplars
Introduccion a la esencia de la mitologia/ Introduction to the Essence of Mythodology (2004) 10 exemplars
Dialogo 3 exemplars
Pythagoras und Orpheus 3 exemplars
Felicità difficile. Un carteggio 3 exemplars
Geburt der Helena 2 exemplars
Romanzo e mitologia: un carteggio 2 exemplars
Archetypal Images in Greek Religion: 5. Zeus and Hera: Archetypal Image of Father, Husband, and Wife (Archetypal Images… (2016) 2 exemplars
Római ókortudományunk a háború után 1 exemplars
Scritti sull'arte 1 exemplars
Geistiger Weg Europas fünf Vorträge über Freud, Jung, Heidegger, Thomas Mann, Hofmannsthal, Rilke, Homer… 1 exemplars
De Odyssee 1 exemplars
Άδης και Περσεφόνη 1 exemplars
Az Énekek Éneke Szent Jeromos latin fordításában 1 exemplars
Griekse Mythologie 1 exemplars
Die Mythologie der Griechen 1 exemplars
Pseudo-Antistene : conversazioni sull'amore 1 exemplars
℗Gli ℗dei e gli eroi della Grecia 1 exemplars
La religione antica nelle sue linee fondamentali 1 exemplars
Figlie del sole 1 exemplars
Mythologie und Gnosis (Albae Vigiliae) 1 exemplars
Humanistische Seelenforschung 1 exemplars
Ekloe 1 exemplars
Greece In Colour 1 exemplars
Stunden in Griechenland : Horai Hellenikai 1 exemplars
Felicità difficile: un carteggio 1 exemplars
Das Ägäische Fest Erläuterungen zur Szene "Felsbuchten des Ägäischen Meers" in Goethes Faust II 1 exemplars
Mythologie der Griechen: Götter, Menschen und Heroen - Teil 1 und 2 in einem Band (2014) 1 exemplars
Prometheus 1 exemplars
Der erste Mensch 1 exemplars
Die Götter und die Weltgeschichte 1 exemplars
Die griechisch-orientalische Romanliteratur in religionsgeschichtlicher Beleuchtung ein Versuch (1973) 1 exemplars
Telesphoros zum Verständnis etruskischer, griechischer und keltisch-germanischer Dämonengestalten 1 exemplars
Sophren oder der griechische Naturalismus 1 exemplars
Dionysos und das Tragische in der Antigone 1 exemplars
Orphische Seele 1 exemplars
Niobe mit 6 Kunstdrucktafeln 1 exemplars
Religio academici 1 exemplars
Katull 1 exemplars
Die Papyri und das Problem des griechischen Romans Vortrag, 5e Congrès de Papyrologie, Oxford 30.8.-3.9.1937 1 exemplars
Was ist Mythologie? 1 exemplars
Zum Urkind-Mythologem 1 exemplars
Apollon-Epiphanien 1 exemplars
Urmensch und Mysterium 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Voyages of Ulysses: A Photographic Interpretation of Homer's Classic (1961) — Introducció, algunes edicions — 58 exemplars
Exempla historica, Band 9: Römisches Imperium und frühes Mittelalter. Dichter (1985) — Autor — 3 exemplars
Wege zu Vergil (Publius Vergilius Maro). Drei Jahrzehnte Begegnungen in Dichtung u. Wissenschaft (1976) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Exempla historica, Band 3: Von den frühen Hochkulturen bis zum Hellenismus. Griechische Dichter und bildende Künstler (1985) — Autor, algunes edicions — 2 exemplars
海 1971年01月号 — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Kerényi, Károly
- Altres noms
- KERENYI, Karl
KERENYI, Karoly
KERENYI, Carl
KERÉNYI, Károly - Data de naixement
- 1897-01-19
- Data de defunció
- 1973-04-14
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Hungary
- Lloc de naixement
- Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (now Timişoara ∙ Romania)
- Lloc de defunció
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Llocs de residència
- Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (birthplace ∙ now ∙ Timişoara ∙ Romania)
Berlin, Germany
Ticino, Switzerland
Ascona, Switzerland
Budapest, Hungary - Educació
- University of Budapest
- Professions
- classical scholar
teacher - Organitzacions
- Royal Norwegian Academy of Sciences
Bollingen Foundation
University of Szeged
University of Pécs - Premis i honors
- Gold medal of the Wilhelm von Humboldt-Gesellschaft
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 126
- També de
- 8
- Membres
- 2,615
- Popularitat
- #9,817
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 14
- ISBN
- 156
- Llengües
- 14
- Preferit
- 6
Considering that Greeks weren't very fond of their pantheon (at least not in a way monotheistic religions are) - by giving some of them very human nature and habits they tried to ground them into the reality of the world as they saw it. They might have been mighty and immortal, but squabbling bunch with short tempers. They weren't omnipotent but part of the greater scene where primordial forces like time (Kronos) and creation (Gaia) ruled everyone. So nobody was outside the reach so to speak - there was order of things in the universe. New gods led by Zeus and his Olympians were just that - new pantheon ruling in the skies that managed to obtain power after bringing old order - Titans - down. But as any rule achieved by force it is an unsteady one and soon they turn their attention to humanity they see as a potential threat.
And this is how we get to myth of Prometheus. By going through Prometheus myth from ancient times and legends to modern writers like Goethe and Shelley Kerenyi manages to give us clear picture of the Prometheus' life and role he played.
Titan (old god) who defied Zeus (ruler of heaven) in order to make sure humanity survives and prospers - by acts of trickery and outright theft of fire. Titan who accepted his punishment because he wanted to be closer to humanity, who decided to suffer in the same way humanity does (seemingly caught in infinite loop of suffering - in body and in mind - while always striving to be better) aware that it will take millennia to be relived of it.
By taking this suffering on himself Prometheus tries to get closer to man (which is usually opposite from "standard" stories of men trying to get closer to divine) - in some of legends Prometheus created the humanity -and gives him a nudge toward science, prosperity and civilization in general. He becomes the embodiment of humanity - "forethought" that always pushes forward to new achievements but [unfortunately] always with "afterthought" given to possible consequences of their actions.
His punishment is temporary (although for humans this time span is just too huge so it looks like eons) and he knows he will, ultimately, be saved. So you might say there is no tension here but this does not minimize his actions. He decides to take the punishment on himself because he knows he can handle it while humanity might end up wiped out from the face of the world. So it is quite something to have a deity ready to sacrifice itself to ensure survival of human kind against ever changing temper of "righteous" gods.
Very interesting book. Recommended to everyone interested in the mythology.
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