Twins Flashcards
What did Aristotle think of twins?
monstrosity
what did hippocrates think of twins?
admirable
what concept does twinship challenge?
concept of social norm
who classified social attitudes towards twins?
Gilles Pison
what are the social attitudes towards twins?
- veneration of twins “yoruba culture” - ibji statuettes
- aversion of twins “Ndembe culture”
- intermediate conceptions - Haiti “marasa”
Stele of Suty and Hor
new kingdom
text read by 2 characters at the same time
both oversaw works of Amun
stele says brother not twin, insists on similarity
prayed addressed to sun and creative aspect
where is the double of stele of suty and Hor located?
cairo, it is mirrored
what does the names Suty and Hor represent?
Seth and Horus, opposition/complementary between twins
who wrote the story of the lynx and what does it say?
Claude Levi -Strauss
identical things amongst cultures and everything exists cause of dualism
who believed that twins were represented as one person in order to correct abnormality?
John Baines
what challenged the idea that twins appeared as one?
Cube statues of Hor and of Suty
How is Khnum represented at the entrance of the first room in the chapel of Niankhnum and Khnumhotep?
2 jars
The titles of Niânkhnum and Khnumhotep at the
entrance to the chapel
same tiles to both twins
what were the functions of Niankhnum and Khnumhotep?
worked the same jobs
hairdressers to the king, high position
special to be able to touch the king, dwarfs?
Khnumhotep fishing in the marshes
caught 2 tilapia
tilapia is linked with rebirth, since children can go in parents mouth and parent spit them out
may mean they’ll have an afterlife together
