An Aboriginal Australian myth: 'the Moon and the origins of death'
Anthropologist Chris Knight brings together stories of the origins of death across continents
People once died only for a few days before returning to life as the Moon does each month. After examining some Australian variants on this world-wide tale, Chris Knight will connect it with the 'Bird-Nester' myths so central to Claude Lévi-Strauss' four-volume 'Introduction the Science of Mythology'.
The image shows Australian ancestral artefacts of the story of the fight betweenTapara, who becomes the Moon, and Purukupali, whose son dies (at his insistence when the Moon offers to bring him back to life after he had sex with Purukupali's wife Bimi)
Everyone is welcome
LIVE in the UCL Anthropology Dept (room to be confirmed)
or on ZOOM ID 952 8554 1412 passcode Wawilak
Invite link
https://ucl.zoom.us/j/95285541412?pwd=LjI5yIagplvPmFXVwSnLbDbV1xUiep.1
Anthropologist Chris Knight brings together stories of the origins of death across continents
People once died only for a few days before returning to life as the Moon does each month. After examining some Australian variants on this world-wide tale, Chris Knight will connect it with the 'Bird-Nester' myths so central to Claude Lévi-Strauss' four-volume 'Introduction the Science of Mythology'.
The image shows Australian ancestral artefacts of the story of the fight betweenTapara, who becomes the Moon, and Purukupali, whose son dies (at his insistence when the Moon offers to bring him back to life after he had sex with Purukupali's wife Bimi)
Everyone is welcome
LIVE in the UCL Anthropology Dept (room to be confirmed)
or on ZOOM ID 952 8554 1412 passcode Wawilak
Invite link
https://ucl.zoom.us/j/95285541412?pwd=LjI5yIagplvPmFXVwSnLbDbV1xUiep.1
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- 1 hour 30 minutes
- In person
Location
UCL Anthropology
14 Taviton Street
London WC1H 0BW
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