Mythology and Symbolism of Eurasia and Indigenous America : : Manifestations in Artifacts and Rituals / / Małgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2022
• VerfasserIn: Oleszkiewicz-Peralba, Małgorzata,
• MitwirkendeR: West-Durán, Alan,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (162 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Foreword --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction. Worldview --; Chapter 1. Cervids and Their Associations --; Chapter 2. Goddess Civilizations and Their Symbols --; Chapter 3. Image of the Universe --; Chapter 4. Weaving and Embroidery: A Semblance of the Cosmos --; Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781800738171; 9783110997668
• DOI: 10.1515/9781800738171
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Małgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba.

A system of myths, symbols, and rituals, dating back to the Paleolithic and Neolithic, survives in present-day imagery. In exploring this system, special attention is drawn to the linkage between ancient and contemporary civilizations of Eurasia and Mesoamerica, as seen in their cosmology, and expressed in common mythological and iconographic themes. The author examines contemporary Middle American and eastern European textiles, especially women’s garments, that contain an elaborated sacred code of symbols, and include remnants of the four horizontal directions, and the three vertical worlds that portray the structure of the universe. The cosmology contained in patterns around the world denotes striking parallels that attest to internal connections between different cultures, beyond time and place.