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The Genesis of Myth in V. Solovyov’s Early Writings. Myth as Theogon [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2016 In Vladimir Solovyov’s works myth is presented in two ways: as the authorial myth, which is a part of the future “universal religion”, and as an object of theoretical refl ection in the process of philosophical and religious research.
Vaganova Natal'ia
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Rediscovering the celestial cuneiform puns that imparted the "Birth of Pegasus" myth [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2017 In a recent article the author has shown that Pegasus' appearance in Greek astronomy - as a Flying Horse severed at the navel - displays a one-to-one correlation with wordplay encrypted in its older, Mesopotamian title as the "Field". The current article
McHugh, J.
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Thoughts on the Symbolism and Origin of Apollo’s Fight Against the Pythian Snake
Classica Cracoviensia, 2021 The following paper deals with the mythological story about Apollo’s fight against a she-snake at Pytho, where he eventually builds a sanctuary – the Delphic Oracle. First, it is attempted to decipher the terms Pytho, Delphi and Omphalos.
Mieszek Jagiełło
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The Study of the Past and its Present Challenges in the Study of Religions
Journal of Religious History, Volume 46, Issue 4, Page 642-652, December 2022., 2022 The article comments on the three challenges, which Mattias Brand presents in the Introduction: the questioning of central concepts, multiplication and fragmentation, and communication with a large audience. It also comments on Nickolas P. Roubekas article, “Asking Old Questions Anew: On the History of Religions.” The author stresses the lack of ...
Ingvild Sælid Gilhus
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Aristotle's dream: Evolutionary and neural aspects of aesthetic communication in the arts
PsyCh Journal, Volume 10, Issue 2, Page 224-243, April 2021., 2021 Abstract Art in general perception is something that transcends our notion of reality. In view of the earliest findings in Paleolithic sites, their abstract appearance and sometimes ceremonial context increased their status of a secret language. Even the first figurative cave paintings remained in a context of an encoded semantic whole.
Christa Sütterlin, Xinchi Yu
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Politics and Theology in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes
Literatūra (Vilnius), 2022 The Homeric Hymn to Hermes depicts integration of newborn Hermes to Olympus and is devoted to his worship. However the glorifying character of the hymn conflicts with shameful acts of Hermes – the theft of Apollo’s cattles and the deception of Apollo ...
Benediktas Vachninas
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Séparations composées dans la Théogonie
Gaia, 2023 Many commentators have already pointed out the presence, in Hesiod’s Theogony, of a recurrent motif in the myths of many cultures: the separation of heaven and earth.
Étienne Ménard
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Bogi i Titany v Teogonii Gesioda
The Gods and Titans in the Hesiod’s Theogony
Studia Mythologica Slavica, 2009 Analysed is the exclusively masculine origin of Titans in Hesiod’s “Theogony”. The author demonstrates that Titans were generated by Heaven himself without the participation of the Earth, as described by Apollodorus.
Mikhail Yevzlin
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Αἰῶνος λιταί (Nonn. Dion. 7.1-109)
Aitia, 2012 Aeon’s supplication to Zeus to save mankind in Dion. 7.1-109 is a mosaic of salvation-traditions. This paper bases the exploration of these traditions on philosophical and religious concepts coevally shared by different ...
Konstantinos Spanoudakis
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Les Nymphes dans la Théogonie hésiodique
Pallas, 2011 The word numphè occurs four times only in the Theogony. Nymphs are first mentioned as mountain inhabitants, then Hesiod tells us about the birth of the Melian Nymphs on occasion of Ouranos’s castration.
Sébastien Dalmon
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