Velká Matka a Attis na proklínacích tabulkách: Role orientálních božstev v antické magii a náboženství

CHALUPA, Aleš. Velká Matka a Attis na proklínacích tabulkách: Role orientálních božstev v antické magii a náboženství (Great Mother and Attis on Curse Tablets: The Role of Oriental Deities in Ancient Magic and Religion). Religio: Revue pro religionistiku. Brno: Česká společnost pro religionistiku, 2011, roč. 19, č. 2, p. 237-252. ISSN 1210-3640.

Basic information

• Original name: Velká Matka a Attis na proklínacích tabulkách: Role orientálních božstev v antické magii a náboženství
• Name (in English): Great Mother and Attis on Curse Tablets: The Role of Oriental Deities in Ancient Magic and Religion
• Authors: CHALUPA, Aleš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Religio: Revue pro religionistiku, Brno, Česká společnost pro religionistiku, 2011, 1210-3640.

Other information

• Original language: Czech
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/11:00050409
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords (in Czech): proklínací tabulky; prosby za zadostiučinění; magie; Velká Matka; Attis; Ísis
• Keywords in English: curse tablets; prayers for justice; magic; Great Mother; Attis; Ísis
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: Reviewed

Abstract

Článek poskytuje překlad a komentář k vybraným exemplářům proklínacích tabulek, které byly nalezeny v německé Mohuči.

Abstract (in English)

This article provides a translation and preliminary evaluation of selected curses written on lead tablets discovered in the joint temple of the Great Mother and Isis in the German town of Mainz. They belong in the category of prayers for justice and the most remarkable features or information we can obtain from them are especially the facts that: (1) they invoke, quite unexpectedly, the Great Mother and Attis, whose presence on curse tablets had been previously either only very rarely attested (in case of Attis) or completely unknown (in case of the Great Mother); (2) the relatively early dating of these tablets (75-125 CE), together with the use of very deferential epithets in addressing Attis and allusions to mysteric components, might lead to a reconsideration of the traditional opinion that the deification of Attis should be placed in the reign of the Antonine dynasty or even later; (3) they use colorful persuasive analogies and proleptic expressions probably attesting a very good knowledge of the Attis myth and rituals taking place during the March festival of this god in Rome or in Ostia and thus making the traditional demarcation between magic and religion problematic.

Links

• GP401/09/P267, research and development project: Name: Antické mysterijní kulty a jejich působení v náboženském světě římského císařství: vlivy, interakce a konflikty

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Ancient Mystery Cults and Their Existence in the Religious World of the Roman Empire: Influences, Interactions and Conflicts