{"product_id":"myth-ritual-and-metallurgy-in-ancient-greece-and-recent-africa-9780521855006","title":"Myth Ritual and Metallurgy in Ancient Greece and Recent Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this volume, first published in 2006, Sandra Blakely considers technological myths and rituals associated with ancient Greek daimones, who made metal; and African rituals in which iron plays a central role.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; Part I. Data and Methodologies: 1. The Greek daimones; 2. Iconography and metallurgy; 3. African iron: history, ritual, and investigation; Part II. Metallurgy and Birth: 4. Birth, craft, and the daimones: the Erectrian hymn to the Daktyloi; 5. Gender and production: the Fipa; 6. The daimones: fertility and ritual performance; 7. Pharmaka and apotropaia; Part III. Metallurgy and Political Power: 8. Iron and political power: Africa; 9. Bakongo investiture: kings, iron, and autochthones; 10. Daimones and political power: Idaian Daktyloi in the Phoronis; 11. Pindar's Telchines; Conclusion.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767753539927,"sku":"9780521855006","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/myth-ritual-and-metallurgy-in-ancient-greece-and-recent-africa-9780521855006","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}