Tag: Georges Dumezil

Odhinn and TΓ½r: war, law and magic in the Germanic tradition

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Notes on mythical sovereignty in the Germanic tradition: a comparison between the two divinities (Odhinn and TΓ½r) assigned to the ambit, from the point of view of the "Indo-European functional tripartite division", of the so-called "First function" - in the light of the historical evidence emerging from Tacitus's β€œGermany” and of comparative studies (with the Vedic and Roman traditions) of the French historian of religions Georges DumΓ©zil.

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Germanic Isis

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On the identity of the "naval" Isis mentioned by Tacitus in "Germany" a real quarrel has opened up between those who consider it a Roman import -- which would have its reflection in the practice of β€œNavigium Isidis” - e who, like Georges DumΓ©zil, considers it connected to an original Germanic goddess, Freyja or Nerthus. But, beyond the denominations, the category to which the goddess can be ascribed is the broadest one of the Great Goddesses of the archaic period, including Rhea and Cybele.

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The myth of concealment in Eurasian traditions

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Brief excursus along the historical, philosophical and religious path through which the theme of the concealment of the divine in the great Eurasian space developed: a theme that once again demonstrates the primordial spiritual unity of this vast inner continent

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