Danze estatiche e culti misterici: Miti storiografici e fonti antiche = Ecstatic dances and mystery cults : Historiographic myths and ancient sources
The article focuses on the presence of ecstatic dances in the celebration of mystery cults. Historiography has often emphasized the existence of a link between ecstasy (or possession) and wild dances in honor of a deity. The underlying idea is that the mysteries aimed to establish a personal relatio...
| Published in: | Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni |
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| Subtitles: | Ecstatic dances and mystery cults |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Morcelliana
2021
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| In: |
Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Antiquity
/ Mysteries
/ Dance
/ Ecstasy
/ Historiography
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions TB Antiquity |
| Further subjects: | B
Cybele (Goddess)
B Cibele B Poetics B Ancient religions B Religioni antiche B Historiography B Luciano di Samosata B Mystery cults B Culti misterici B Cybele B Ecstasy (Psychology) B Ecstatic dances B danze estatiche B Lucian of Samosata B Mysteries & miracle-plays |
| Summary: | The article focuses on the presence of ecstatic dances in the celebration of mystery cults. Historiography has often emphasized the existence of a link between ecstasy (or possession) and wild dances in honor of a deity. The underlying idea is that the mysteries aimed to establish a personal relationship with the divine, which in turn was possible through ecstatic dances. After tracing the main stages of the modern debate, the article reflects on the role of poetic representations in the construction of a mystery ecstatic imaginary. Taking the late antique cults of the goddess Cybele as an example, the analysis shows that these texts are not fit for providing a picture of the ritual practices celebrated during mystery cults. (English) |
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| ISSN: | 2611-8742 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
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