From Ama Lur to the Anthropocene and Back: The Earth in Basque Mythology
What I propose is that, by delving into the world of mythologies, there we might find some indications, helpful for understanding what is happening with the environment today. To do so, I will revisit a particular mythology from the South of Europe, an archaic (probably, a pre-Indo-European one), na...
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| description | What I propose is that, by delving into the world of mythologies, there we might find some indications, helpful for understanding what is happening with the environment today. To do so, I will revisit a particular mythology from the South of Europe, an archaic (probably, a pre-Indo-European one), namely Basque mythology. Here, earth (lurra) appears as a maternal character (Ama-lur) and becomes, in a sense, divine in the figure of the goddess Mari, who occupied a central and predominant position in this cosmovision. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a99af3d619814505a5e1a3aa462befbf2024-04-03T08:49:05ZengMDPI AGPhilosophies2409-92872022-01-01711210.3390/philosophies7010012From Ama Lur to the Anthropocene and Back: The Earth in Basque MythologyLuis Garagalza0Department of Philosophy, University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, SpainWhat I propose is that, by delving into the world of mythologies, there we might find some indications, helpful for understanding what is happening with the environment today. To do so, I will revisit a particular mythology from the South of Europe, an archaic (probably, a pre-Indo-European one), namely Basque mythology. Here, earth (lurra) appears as a maternal character (Ama-lur) and becomes, in a sense, divine in the figure of the goddess Mari, who occupied a central and predominant position in this cosmovision.https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/7/1/12mythologygoddessearthenvironment |
| spellingShingle | Luis Garagalza From Ama Lur to the Anthropocene and Back: The Earth in Basque Mythology Philosophies mythology goddess earth environment |
| title | From Ama Lur to the Anthropocene and Back: The Earth in Basque Mythology |
| title_full | From Ama Lur to the Anthropocene and Back: The Earth in Basque Mythology |
| title_fullStr | From Ama Lur to the Anthropocene and Back: The Earth in Basque Mythology |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Ama Lur to the Anthropocene and Back: The Earth in Basque Mythology |
| title_short | From Ama Lur to the Anthropocene and Back: The Earth in Basque Mythology |
| title_sort | from ama lur to the anthropocene and back the earth in basque mythology |
| topic | mythology goddess earth environment |
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