Figure and meaning of Venus in the artwork of Botticelli
Laura CASADO BALLESTEROS
Original title: Figura y significado de Venus en la obra de Botticelli
Published in
Keywords: Botticelli, Mythology, Médici, Neoplatonism, Renaissance, Venus, Virgin.
The representation of Venus in Botticelli’s painting has always been present, not only to reflect the goddess as another image, but as a representation in which the painter goes beyond the mythological theme that the goddess occupies, reflecting a whole series of elements that are part of the world of the symbol. As well as the importance of the philosophical lessons of Neoplatonic character in the subject that occupies to us, that already were object of debate in this epoch and will be us of great utility to establish a correct and coherent interpretation of the hidden message of these mythological works.
Hávamál: annotated translation from Old Norse to Portuguese
Elton O. S. MEDEIROS
Original title: Hávamál: tradução comentada do Nórdico Antigo para o Português
Published in Mulier aut Femina. Idealism or reality of women in the Middle Ages
Keywords: Hávamál, Medieval Scandinavia, Mythology, Poetic Edda.
Present in the manuscript of the Poetic Edda, the poem Hávamál is one of the most famous texts of the Old Norse literature. With elements which allude the mythological past of northern Europe, social practices of conduct and signs of pre-Christian religiosity. With this annotated translation done from the original idiom to Portuguese we intend to shed some new light upon this work to the modern public, whether to the scholar as to those that are taking your first contact with the poem.
The flood and its universality, a transcultural approach
André BUENO; José Maria Gomes de Souza NETO
Original title: O dilúvio e sua universalidade, uma abordagem transcultural
Published in The Kingdom of the Spirit
Keywords: China, Deluge, India, Mythography, Mythology, Near East, Universal Flood.
A transcultural analysis of mythography’s about universal floods in ancient civilizations reveals important narrative splits, which make explicit the problem of trying to unify them. In our text, we will seek to present and discuss some issues related to flood/deluge myths in civilizations from the Levant, passing through India and reaching China, an important counterpoint to Western narratives. This comparison allows us to understand the different epistemes from which these myths have been worked and disseminated, and the challenges for a heterotopic claim of narrative fusion.
