2014
Význam péče o lidské pozůstatky ve vybraných neapolských kostnicích
MAIELLO, GiuseppeBasic information
Original name
Význam péče o lidské pozůstatky ve vybraných neapolských kostnicích
Name in Czech
Význam péče o lidské pozůstatky ve vybraných neapolských kostnicích
Name (in English)
The importance of caring for human remains in selected Neapolitan ossuaries
Authors
Edition
Kumšt (k) smrti z kulturologických priezorov, 2014
Other information
Type of outcome
Presentations at conferences
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
Organization unit
University of Finance and Administration
Keywords (in Czech)
antropologie náboženství - antropologie smrti - Očistec - Kostnice - Fontanelle
Keywords in English
anthropology of religion - anthropology of death - Purgatory - Ossuary - Fontanelle
Changed: 22/4/2025 09:14, doc. Giuseppe Maiello, Ph.D.
Abstract
In English
The study describes the development and significance of the so-called Cult of the abandoned souls in Purgatory, which developed and still partly persists in the crypts of two churches and one ossuary in Naples. It is a modern cult of the dead, probably associated with the economic decadence typical in the city of Naples, which contradicts the commandments of the Catholic Church. The approach to study this phenomenon is generally anthropological, with regard to what Claude Lévi-Strauss called "implicit mythology", ie., a mythology that only exists on the level of drawings and subsidiary narratives.