De mères à Grande Mère
Sicily has an impressive number of terracottas representing women with children, between them we find a very rare motif in the ancient world (above all in continental Greece) : the breast-feeding woman. In the effort to explain this extraordinary archaeological documentation, it is necessary to revi...
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Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Antiques
2015-02-01
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| description | Sicily has an impressive number of terracottas representing women with children, between them we find a very rare motif in the ancient world (above all in continental Greece) : the breast-feeding woman. In the effort to explain this extraordinary archaeological documentation, it is necessary to review the very powerful « myths » of the « Sicilian Great Mother » and of Sicily as a land completely sacred to Demeter and Kore. The origins of the cults connected with the terrecottas of women with children have to be searched for, in our opinion, in the ante-hellenic cultures, taking onto account the possibility of direct contacts with the ancient Near East. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a61d646f540443c091acd12c04badb6d2022-12-22T00:54:29ZengAnthropologie et Histoire des Mondes AntiquesCahiers Mondes Anciens2107-01992015-02-01610.4000/mondesanciens.1366De mères à Grande MèreGiulia PedrucciSicily has an impressive number of terracottas representing women with children, between them we find a very rare motif in the ancient world (above all in continental Greece) : the breast-feeding woman. In the effort to explain this extraordinary archaeological documentation, it is necessary to review the very powerful « myths » of the « Sicilian Great Mother » and of Sicily as a land completely sacred to Demeter and Kore. The origins of the cults connected with the terrecottas of women with children have to be searched for, in our opinion, in the ante-hellenic cultures, taking onto account the possibility of direct contacts with the ancient Near East.http://journals.openedition.org/mondesanciens/1366kourotrophoiSicilyNear EastGreat Motherdivine motherhoodbreast-feeding |
| spellingShingle | Giulia Pedrucci De mères à Grande Mère Cahiers Mondes Anciens kourotrophoi Sicily Near East Great Mother divine motherhood breast-feeding |
| title | De mères à Grande Mère |
| title_full | De mères à Grande Mère |
| title_fullStr | De mères à Grande Mère |
| title_full_unstemmed | De mères à Grande Mère |
| title_short | De mères à Grande Mère |
| title_sort | de meres a grande mere |
| topic | kourotrophoi Sicily Near East Great Mother divine motherhood breast-feeding |
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