In Ancient Greek mythology, Maniae or Mania (Ancient Greek: Μανίαι/Μανία, romanized: Maniae/Mania) are the spirits personifying insanity, madness, and crazed frenzy. They operate …

Oct 21, 2019 · ‘Maniae’ reflects the ancient Greek understanding of mental illness as being influenced by divine or supernatural forces. Rather than purely physical causes.

In ancient Etruscan and Roman mythology, Mania (Etruscan: 𐌀𐌉𐌍𐌀𐌌), also spelled Manea, was a goddess of the dead, spirits and chaos: she was said to be the mother of ghosts, the …

The Maniae were the ancient Greek personified spirits (daimones) of madness, insanity, and crazed frenzy. They were closely related to Lyssa, the spirit of mad-rage, and the Erinyes …

Jan 20, 2025 · Mania, the Etruscan-Roman goddess of death and the underworld, managed the spirits of the deceased, promoting harmony between the living and the dead. Celebrated …

Warriors’ mania, expressed in intrepid courage and a blatant disregard of pain, as well as bestial cruelty to the enemy, was known in Archaic Greece, valued as a praised social asset, and …

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Maniae were spirits that personified insanity and madness. Along with their sister Lyssa, the spirit of rage and rabies, they worked together; …

Oct 19, 2018 · In this excellent book, Yulia Ustinova deals with the complex concept of god-sent mania in classical Greece. As a historian of the ancient mind, she investigates certain forms of …

In Ancient Greek mythology, Maniae or Mania (Ancient Greek: Μανίαι/Μανία, romanized: Maniae/Mania) are the spirits personifying insanity, madness, and crazed frenzy. They operate …

From the perspective of individual and public freedom, the prominent position of mania in Greek society reflects its openness and acceptance of the inborn human proclivity to experience …