Karl Kerényi

Prometheus

Archetypal Image of Human Existence (Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 1)
Übersetzer: Manheim, Ralph

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Produktbeschreibung

A landmark account of the Prometheus story as myth and archetype The god Prometheus stole fire from heaven and bestowed it on humans. In punishment, Zeus chained him to a rock, where an eagle clawed unceasingly at his liver until Herakles freed him. For the Greeks, the myth of Prometheus’s release reflected a primordial law of existence and the fate of humankind. Carl Kerényi examines the story of Prometheus and the very process of mythmaking as a reflection of the archetypal function and seeks to discover how this primitive tale was invested with a universal fatality, first in the Greek imagination and then in the Western tradition of Romantic poetry. Kerényi traces the evolving myth from Hesiod and Aeschylus, and in its epic treatment by Goethe and Shelley. He goes on to consider the myth from the perspective of Jungian psychology as the archetype of human daring signifying the transformation of suffering into the mystery of the sacrifice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780691281759
• ISBN-10: 0691281750
• Artikelnr.: 75598895

Autorenporträt

Carl Kerényi (1897–1973) was a Hungarian scholar of classical philology and the history of religion. He made significant contributions to the modern study of Greek mythology and collaborated with figures like C. G. Jung in exploring mythological archetypes.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Plates
Introduction
I
Who Is Goethe's Prometheus?
3
II
The Titanic, and the Eternity of the Human Race
19
III
The Prometheus Mythologem in the 'Theogony'
33
IV
Archaic Prometheus Mythology
50
V
Methodological Intermezzo
63
VI
The World in Possession of Fire
69
VII
The Fire Stealer
77
VIII
The 'Prometheus Bound'
83
IX
Prometheus the Knowing One
93
X
The Promethean Prophecy
107
XI
'Prometheus Delivered'
112
XII
Conclusion after Goethe
129
Abbreviations
134
List of Works Cited
135
Index
145