Narcissus – 𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐒 ֎ 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈

Germanic Isis

Published on: January 6 2020 Last updated on: November 21, 2020 Written by: Federica Zigarelli Categorized into: Anthropology, Mito, History of Religions

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 “Navigium Isidis” - e who, like Georges Dumézil, 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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"Ancient hypocrisy" and "modern hypocrisy": the mask and the "daimon"

Published on: June 15 2018 Last updated on: 20 September 2018 Written by: Daniele Capuano Categorized into: Anthropology, Philosophy, History of Religions

Nine glosses (and an appendix) on the intimate meaning of “hypocrisy”, on the mask as a form of sacred discipline, on the personification of Yeats's “daimon” or anti-self; and again on the Rite, on the “Fall”, and on Love.

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