Esseri rapitori e divinità femminili vendicatrici
The discovery of a long Latin defixio in Rome has given us new and important information about the conception of the Roman underworld. The presence of a numerous and so varied set of mythical figures and divine entities, some of which new or unknown to the underworld landscape of defixiones, and the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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2010
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Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2010, Volume: 76, Issue: 1, Pages: 77-99 |
| Further subjects: | B
Goddess religion
B Rome B Mythology B Roman goddesses B Roman magic |
| Summary: | The discovery of a long Latin defixio in Rome has given us new and important information about the conception of the Roman underworld. The presence of a numerous and so varied set of mythical figures and divine entities, some of which new or unknown to the underworld landscape of defixiones, and their inclusion in a solemn textual structure of narrative style make it a document, so far, unique and exceptional, in which connections can be detected with the Greek mythical world. The analysis of this text and a recent study on the divine figure of Aurora, who quite unexpectedly enters the curse to fulfill a crucial and brutal role, led me to begin a research on the impact of the myth in the texts of defixiones, especially the Greek ones, and to focus, preliminary, some mythical female figures which recall aspects of the personality and attitudes of the mythical Aurora, the "goddess bringer of light and wealth". These women share an unfortunate, painful, and bloody history with Aurora-Eos, which makes them particularly suitable and functional to the pantheon of defixiones. (English) |
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| ISSN: | 2611-8742 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
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