{"product_id":"ancestors-goddesses-and-heroes","title":"Ancestors, Goddesses, and Heroes","description":"\u003cp\u003eProtecting, healing, or punishing—people of various eras and origins have attributed such powers to the sculptures that are being presented together here for the first time: be it the sculpture of the Mangaaka from what is today the Republic of Congo, the protective goddess Mahamayuri from China, or the Maria on the globe from Southern Germany. Forty-five objects created between the fourth and the nineteenth century from two museums in Berlin provide a vivid testimony to the ever-present need for protection and orientation when dealing with individual or social crises. They represent the existence of an invisible world of gods, spirits, or ancestors, and create a connection between this world and a \"different reality.\" As a result of how they are presented in museums, their context of use is, however, often lost—a situation that is reflected on by the authors of this book. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLook inside\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54220866126168,"sku":"9783422990906","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783422990906.jpg?v=1752073244","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/ancestors-goddesses-and-heroes","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}