Dialogism and Representations of Nymphs in Folk, Literary and Artistic Tradition

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Aitana Martos García
Alberto Eloy Martos García

Abstract

The nymphs, from their mythological avatars to literary modernity, form an example of ecosimbolism that demonstrates a parallel between the feminist discourse and the nature discourse, backed by Gimbutas theories. According to her, the culture of the Goddess was associated with a culture of peace and cooperation, unlike the emergence of the patriarchal order of the Olympic gods. In this line, the stereotypes of nymphs in the myth or western literature often obscure or distort the role of these female deities. Hence the connections of these numbers with iconologies of monsters and figures such as the Potnia Theron, whose violent or crazy behavior glosses Calasso. Postmodernity has reused these icons —in decadent, lustful or mystical ways— to radiate this bundle of meanings, as in pre-Raphaelism and other artistic-literary discourses.

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Aitana Martos García, Universidad de Almería (España)

Aitana Martos García 
Universidad de Almería 
aitmartos@gmail.com 

Alberto Eloy Martos García, Universidad de Extremadura (España)


Universidad de Extremadura
albertomg@unex.es