Evidence of Shamanism in Early Predynastic Egypt
Three C-ware or White cross-lined vases (Cairo Museum JdE 99072; Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels: E. 3002 and the Petrie Museums: UC15339) dating to Naqada I (ca. 4000–3500 b.c. ) have thematically similar motifs comprising at least one large human figure with arms held aloft and curved...
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| Language: | English |
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2019
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Shaman
Year: 2019, Volume: 27, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 117-138 |
| Summary: | Three C-ware or White cross-lined vases (Cairo Museum JdE 99072; Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels: E. 3002 and the Petrie Museums: UC15339) dating to Naqada I (ca. 4000–3500 b.c. ) have thematically similar motifs comprising at least one large human figure with arms held aloft and curved over the head in the style of bovine horns who is accompanied by a much smaller human figure or figures. The motifs have been interpreted by Egyptologists as depicting dance or war/victory scenes. However, with reference to anthropological thinking, the motifs can be interpreted as depicting an initiation ritual led by a shaman. |
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| ISSN: | 1216-7827 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Shaman
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