Heaven and Earth - Some Metaphorical Connexions

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1. Heaven and Earth: Some Metaphorical Connexions Marc Alexander and Christian Kay marc.alexander@glasgow.ac.uk | @marcgalexander christian.kay@glasgow.ac.uk
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5. Funded by the AHRC, Jan 2012-Dec 2014 Mapping Metaphor with the Historical Thesaurus
11. Timeline created using www.tiki-toki.com
12. Mapping Metaphor G01 The Supernatural G02 Deity G03 Angel G04 Devil G05 Heaven G06 Hell Historical Thesaurus of English 01.07. The supernatural 03.07. Faith
13. OED Incubus 2. “A feeling of oppression during sleep, as of some heavy weight on the chest and stomach; the nightmare” (1561 to a1862). 1. “A feigned evil spirit or demon (originating in personified representations of the nightmare) supposed to descend upon persons in their sleep, and especially to seek carnal intercourse with women. In the Middle Ages, their existence was recognized by the ecclesiastical and civil law”, found from c1275.
14. Mapping Metaphor E28 Behaviour, T05 Moral Evil devil, demon, fiend, fiendkin, fiend of hell, warlock, Satan, monster, dragon, basilisk, hag, puck, imp, urchin bad people are spirits
15. Mapping Metaphor T04 Virtue angel, cherub, seraph K04 Beauty angel, cherub, seraph, fairy, peri, charming, enchanting hag, ogre, urchin, diabolic
16. OED Giant 3. One distinguished by the possession of intellect, strength, valour, etc. in extraordinary amount or degree. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxxvi[i]. 4 Like as the arowes in the honde of the giaunte, euen so are the yonge children.
17. OED Magic 1b Natural magic n. (also †magic natural) hist. magic involving the manipulation of supposed occult properties of the natural world (usually excluding the conjuration of personal spirits); this skill as a subject of study.
19. Mapping Metaphor with the Historical Thesaurus www.glasgow.ac.uk/metaphor www.glasgow.ac.uk/thesaurus http://blogs.arts.gla.ac.uk/metaphor/ Image from Thomas Wright: An original theory or new hypothesis of the universe. London, 1750. Courtesy of University of Glasgow Library, Special Collections.