Asclepius’ Myths and Healing Narratives: Counter-Intuitive Concepts and Cultural Expectations
Asclepius’ Myths and Healing Narratives: Counter-Intuitive Concepts and Cultural Expectations
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阿斯克勒庇俄斯的神话和治愈叙事：反直觉的概念和文化期望
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10.16995/olh.34
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2016
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O. Panagiotidou
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O. Panagiotidou
本文提出了一种生物文化的方法，以探讨阿斯克勒庇俄斯邪教的吸引力和记忆力的宗教思想，神话，和叙述的神圣治疗师。阿斯克勒庇俄斯从一个凡人的医生到一个神圣的医生的转变可以追溯到希腊古代的神话传说。简要介绍了当地宗教、政治和经济利益对神话形成的干预。然后，重点转移到神话中所蕴含的吸引人们注意力的内在特征。根据古特里的理论（1992年），有人认为古希腊神的拟人化感知投射到阿斯克勒庇俄斯身上。波耶的理论（1996年，2001年）的反直觉概念的宗教思想是适用于神话的阿斯克勒庇俄斯。这表明，他的行为，而不是他的形象和性格的写照，是什么违反了人类对世界的直觉期望，抓住了祈祷者的注意力，并成为保存在记忆中。此外，直觉本体论的期望和世俗的知识，通过文化条件反射获得的相关性进行检查。来自asclepieia的愈合铭文似乎支持Porubanova-Norquist和她的同事（2013，2014）进行的研究结果，根据该研究，违反文化期望在注意力和记忆过程中具有与反直觉概念相似的效果。有人进一步认为，阿斯克勒庇俄斯的活动违背了古希腊世界人民共同的文化期望。这一活动特别突出，因为它涉及到人类的疾病和疾病的经验，并揭示了阿斯克勒庇俄斯愿意帮助病人。
This article suggests a bio-cultural approach to the Asclepius cult in order to explore the attractiveness and memorability of the religious ideas, myths, and narratives about the divine healer. The transformation of Asclepius from a mortal doctor to a divine physician is traced in mythical sagas developed in Greek antiquity. The interference of local religious, political and financial interests in the formation of myths are briefly presented. Then, the focus is shifted to the inner features that were embedded in the myths and attracted people’s attention. Following Guthrie’s theory (1992), it is suggested that the anthropomorphic perception of the ancient Greek gods was projected onto Asclepius. Boyer’s theory (1996, 2001) of counter-intuitive concepts of religious ideas is applied to the myths of Asclepius. It is suggested that his actions, rather than the portrayal of his figure and character, are what violated human-intuitive expectations about the world, grabbing the attention of supplicants and becoming conserved in memory. Further, the correlation of intuitive ontological expectations and mundane knowledge acquired through cultural conditioning is examined. The healing inscriptions from the asclepieia seem to support the findings of research conducted by Porubanova-Norquist and her colleagues (2013, 2014), according to which violations of cultural expectations have similar effects in attention and memory processes as the counter-intuitive concepts. It is further suggested that the activity of Asclepius violated cultural expectations shared by people of the ancient Greek world. This activity was particularly salient because it pertained to human experiences of illness and disease, and revealed Asclepius’ willingness to help the sick.