ΤΟ ΝΕΡΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΑΙΜΑ ΣΤΙΣ ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΑΚΕΣ ΛΑΤΡΕΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΟΡΩΜΑΙΚΗΣ ΕΠΟΧΗΣ

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WATER AND BLOOD WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE RITES OF THE MYSTERY CULTS OF THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD. THEIR IMPORTANCE IS EVIDENT NOT ONLY IN THE MYSTERY CULTS BUT ALSO IN THE RITES OF THE FORMAL GRAECO-ROMAN RELIGION. THEIR PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE CAN BE UNDERSTOOD IF WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS ON THE PART OF THE DEVOTEES TO ACQUIRE PURITY. THE PURIFICATIONS RITUALS (CULT OF ISIS/SARAPIS-MITHRAS) DISPLAYED A VARIETY OF FORMS IN THE WAY THEYWERE PERFORMED (BATH, SPRINKLING OF WATER, POURING OF WATER OVER THE DEVOTEE'SHEAD). THESE RITUALS HAD AN INITIATORY CHARACTER AND PROVIDED ONLY CATHARSIS TO THE DEVOTEE, AND NEVER REGENERATION. REGENERATION CAME TO THE INITIATE ONLY DURING THE INITIATION, WHOSE MAIN AIM WAS TO BRING REGENERATION THROUGH A VOLUNTRY (SYMBOLIC) DEATH AND CONSEQUENTLY IDENTIFICATION WITH THE GOD. OF ALL THE FORMS WHICH THE AFOREMENTIONED RITUALS COULD TAKE, THERE WAS SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE ATTACHED TO THE BATH, WHICH OCCURED EITHER PRIOR TO INITIATION OR BEFORE ANY ACT IN THE DAILY LIFE OF WORSHIP. THE ELEMENT OF BLOOD IN THE RITES OF WORSHIP OF CYBELE AND ATTIS PLAYED AN EQUALLY IMPORTANT ROLE, PARTICULARLY IN THE RITUALS OF THE "DIES SANGUINIS" AND THE TAUROBOLIUM/CRIOBOLIUM. (SHORTENED)

Grantor dc:publisher

Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

Year dc:date

1988

Authors dc:creator

• Pachis, Panagiotis
• Παχής, Παναγιώτης

• Blood
• CULT OF ISIS/SARAPIS
• Initiation
• MYTHS OF THE
• Purification
• RITES OF "DIES SANGUINIS"
• RITUALS OF THE
• TAUROBOLIUM/CRIOBOLIUM
• Water
• Αίμα
• Κάθαρση
• ΛΑΤΡΕΙΑ ΙΣΙΔΑΣ/ΟΣΙΡΗ
• Μύηση
• Μύθος
• Νερά
• ΤΑΥΡΟΒΟΛΙΟ/ΚΡΙΟΒΟΛΙΟ
• ΤΕΛΕΤΕΣ ΤΗΣ "ΗΜΕΡΑΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΙΜΑΤΟΣ"
• Τελετές
• Ανθρωπιστικές Επιστήμες και Τέχνες
• Φιλοσοφία, Ηθική και Θρησκεία
• Humanities and the Arts
• Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Language dc:language

gre

Identifier

10.12681/eadd/0820

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:10442/0820