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In his latest work, the principal archaeologist Peter Ingelheim as a native of the tracks Rheinhessen myths and legends. For each of the many traditions, he explained an interesting and entertaining archeology and history of their origins. The texts are supplemented with 229 mostly color illustrations.
Summary
myths, legends and opinions as a moralizing or didactic narratives often the subject of linguistic research and ethnography. Here a different approach is used: The traditions are on originated studied primarily in the light actually existing monuments: monuments, places, objects or persons in Rheinhessen as a focal point of historical development particularly common starting point for myths and legends.
Rheinhessen is not poorer or richer in say, than other regions - such as the nearby Rhine River. The almost romantic landscape but held many authors of the past from which to deal with the cultural, Rheinhessen say have failed, therefore, in the 19th to reach century in the classical repertoire of German lore. At most, yet the legend of Binger Mouse Tower or legends of Charlemagne Great and his palace in Ingelheim are exceptions.
Many other traditions seem to have more local importance, such as various treasure legends, tales of devils, witches and wicked legends and ghost stories to sources. A large number of such deliveries is cited in the text and, by topic, placed in a cross-border context.
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Introduction of the author
Archaeological and historical monuments and relics of the constant change of our cultural landscape are part of our cultural heritage, which in turn is essential for the identity of our society. The answers to the questions who we are and where we come from, definitions of home and culture, all this requires the knowledge of our past. Looking at the past as a dark forest, it leaves behind, while treading a little predictable way in the future, are ancient places and objects that you can touch and see signposts that show us where we once have gone along. Rheinhessen is full of such milestones, and they let us look back many millennia into the past.
Now one could really expect from an archaeologist to report based on the current state of scientific knowledge about these monuments. But you can such as a prehistoric monument like the Long Stone on the Wörrstadt height alone that fair? Scientific knowledge is never a final truth, it is subject to constant revision with new questions and results: Almost no statement made today will be repeated by future generations of researchers identical, in many cases likely to conflicting hypotheses. So, any description monuments of our past at some point become obsolete. But why not make that a virtue? This should succeed, by the focus is directed specifically to those archaeological and historical monuments, of which overtook opinions and statements are known - and from the realm of myths and legends that were once commonplace, and even in modern times often greater develop effective force than some sober scientific analysis. The selection of one of the monuments was so after the test is whether there is an older, legendary interpretation of it. Initial fears that this could be particularly important objects outside ago, remain dispersed gradually, for precisely those parts of the cultural heritage of which we are well known to be shrouded in regular way by early reviews of their origin, function or effect. We must start in the distant past, some older than the kind of man himself As a result, many facets of the cultural landscape genesis of a new page will be illuminated. so that those interested can study them yourself and to other interpretations are possible -
The sources are varied, but care was taken largely to its easy accessibility. This is also an indication of the intended works and further reading.
Author: Peter Main
Year: 2010
489 pages in A4 format, 229 illustrations, 169 in color
file sizes: epub: 24MB, pdf: 23MB
Price: 18,90 € including VAT
ePub ISBN 13: 978-3 -942593-03-8
PDF ISBN 13: 978-3-942593-02-1
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