Embodiments of Evil: Gog and Magog
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Embodiments of Evil: Gog and Magog: Interdisciplinary Studies of the "Other" in Literature & Internet Texts(Iranian Studies Series)

Embodiments of Evil: Gog and Magog: Interdisciplinary Studies of the "Other" in Literature & Internet Texts(Iranian Studies Series)


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Gog and Magog, as archetypes of evil, have dwelt in our consciousness since their threatening appearance in the Bible and Quran. Maps, literature and texts ranging from Medieval Europe, the Byzantine and Arab world, in Berber, Persian and Indonesian traditions, to contemporary internet texts: all use these imaginary monstrous creatures. The figures are constantly reinterpreted as the enemies of order change. Gog and Magog have been represented with dog heads, snake tongues. On the covers of contemporary Arab apocalyptic literature they may be giants or half-humans. This volume Embodiments of Evil: Gog and Magog reveals in eight essays the images of the ‘Other’ in genres ranging from contemporary folk religion on the internet to the rich literary heritage of Alexander romances.

Table of Contents:
Embodiments of Evil: Gog and Magog - 2 Contents - 8 Gog and Magog in Medieval and Early ModernWestern Tradition - 10 Gog, Magog, Dogheads and other monstersin the Byzantine World - 24 Dogfaces, Snake-tongues,and the Wall against Gog and Magog - 38 Gog and Magog in Modern Garb - 54 Is my firewall secure? Gog and Magog on the Internet - 70 A note on Gog and Magog in Tashelhiyt Berber of South Morocco - 82 Unfathomable Evil: The Presentation of Gog and Magog in Persian Literature - 92 Gog and Magog in Contemporary Shiite Quran commentaries - 112 Juja-Makjuja as the Antichrist in a Javanese End-of-Time Narrative - 124 Works cited - 149 CONTRIBUTORS - 154

About the Author :
A.A. Seyed-Gohrab is track leader of the Persian studies programme at Leiden University and Vice-Chairman of the Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Faustina Doufikar-Aerts is researcher at the Leiden School of Middle Eastern Studies. Sen McGlinn is an independent scholar who writes and translates in the fields of Bahai studies, Iranian studies and Islamic studies.


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  • ISBN-13: 9789400600119
  • Publisher: Leiden University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Leiden University Press
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Iranian Studies Series
  • ISBN-10: 9400600119
  • Publisher Date: 30 Sep 2011
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 164
  • Sub Title: Interdisciplinary Studies of the "Other" in Literature & Internet Texts


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