2020/12/31 by Dušan Valent, Pavol Jelínek · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies #Historical and Archaeological Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.31577/slovarch.2020.suppl.1.49
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Séhul and Her Representations in the Material Culture of the Bronze Age. the Bronze age solar cult of the carpathian Basin represents autochtonous central-european development with indo-european roots.it was centered on a deity perceived in anthropomorphic, probably feminine form.We stress the complementarity of archeology and indo-european comparative mythology in the pursuit to better understand its cult.We also argue that its potential approximation -the proto-indo-europan solar deity, in contrast to its middle-eastern counterparts, did not enter a subterranean underworld and was not associated with rebirth, but most likely with the desired destination in the afterlife, which may lead to different interpretations of some cult-related archeological finds.