The Ritualized Bodies of Cybele's Galli and the
 Methodological Problem of the Plurality of Explanations

The Ritualized Bodies of Cybele's Galli and the
 Methodological Problem of the Plurality of Explanations

The explanandum in this article is the self-castration of Cybele's Galli. The explanans is the various theories that have been put forward to elucidate this phenomenon. The author begins by sketching out the complicated religio-historical scene for this ritual, then introduces the plurality of...

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Main Author: J. Södergård
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Donner Institute 1993-01-01
Series:Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis
Subjects:
Ritual
Body, Human
Methodology
Psychoanalysis
Mythology, Greek
Mythology, Roman
Online Access:https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67211

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