APPROACH TO THE ROLL OF THE SERPENT IN THE THRACIAN CULTS (I MILLENIUM BC.) -. Dra. Ana Mª Vázquez Hoys.

APPROACH TO THE ROLL OF THE SERPENT IN THE APPROACH TO THE ROLL OF THE SERPENT IN THE THRACIAN CULTS (I MILLENIUM BC.) -THRACIAN CULTS (I MILLENIUM BC.) -

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Dra. Ana Mª Vázquez HoysDra. Ana Mª Vázquez Hoys

2.My research: Snake cult in2.My research: Snake cult in

1.Ancient mediterranean cults1.Ancient mediterranean cults

2.Mesopotamia2.Mesopotamia

3.Egypt3.Egypt

4.Prerroman Iberia/Roman Spain4.Prerroman Iberia/Roman Spain

5.Grecian cults or imagens5.Grecian cults or imagens

Grateful and Grateful and PrecisionsPrecisions.No feminist.No feministNo difusonistNo difusonist

3.THRACE3.THRACE

Importance of Importance of European/Thracian areas, origin European/Thracian areas, origin of many of many

Scrips and cultsScrips and cults

Gradesnica, Dispilio, VinCa, Gradesnica, Dispilio, VinCa, SitovoSitovo

4.Thracian cults4.Thracian cults

Mother-Goddess-Serpent -Earth-Paredro-Nenkovo, Bulgaria), Letnitsa treasure

5.Traditional Theories5.Traditional Theories

Oriental origin of our Oriental origin of our mediterranean culturemediterranean culture

Egyptian hieroglyphs ,cuneiform scrip, phoenician alphabet

6.New Theories: Ancient scripts : Unity from Neolithic6.New Theories: Ancient scripts : Unity from NeolithicPower of peoples of limits: Thrace and Iberia:Power of peoples of limits: Thrace and Iberia:

Huelva Script from Megalithic timesHuelva Script from Megalithic timesPaleolithic signsPaleolithic signs

7. Possible origin in Thrace of many cults7. Possible origin in Thrace of many cults in relation with Great Neolithic Goddess of fertility in relation with Great Neolithic Goddess of fertility and eternal life and its paredroi , relationed with the and eternal life and its paredroi , relationed with the

serpentserpent(Rogozen, Mogilanska)(Rogozen, Mogilanska)

Dionisos-Sabazio,Orpheus-Dionisos-Sabazio,Orpheus-Thracian HorsemanThracian Horseman

    Votive tablet from the cult to Dionysus (3 c.)

8. Orpheus and Euridyce8. Orpheus and Euridyce Dead of Eurídice (1636/37)Dead of Eurídice (1636/37)Erasmus QuellinusErasmus QuellinusMuseo del PradoMuseo del Prado

                 : Kadmos and the dragonSide B: Pan, bust of Hermes, young Satyr

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Orfeo in wall painter of Pompeya house

9 9 OPOSITION BETWEENOPOSITION BETWEEN

DEITIESDEITIES

Earth -Moon SunEarth -Moon Sun

St. George.

10. BENDIS10. BENDIS

Cthonic Goddess: Cthonic Goddess: InmortalityInmortality

MoonMoon

SnakeSnake

11. DIONISIO-ZAGREUS11. DIONISIO-ZAGREUS

Son of Semele and a Snake God/ZeusSon of Semele and a Snake God/Zeus

12. Opposition from Neolithic to historical 12. Opposition from Neolithic to historical times serpent<--> suntimes serpent<--> sun

Votive relief from Galene. It represents Votive relief from Galene. It represents a Thracian horseman-hero and bears a Thracian horseman-hero and bears an inscription with his name: "Jason". an inscription with his name: "Jason". Dated to the 1st century B.C. Dated to the 1st century B.C.

Neolithic snake Goddess

1313. . Hypothesis/ConclusionsHypothesis/Conclusions

11..Snake important autochthonous goddess ?Snake important autochthonous goddess ?

2. Earthian power of Neolithical Great Goddess ?2. Earthian power of Neolithical Great Goddess ?

Fertilty-life and death Fertilty-life and death

3. Opposition Pre-indoeuropean –Indoeuropean cultures 3. Opposition Pre-indoeuropean –Indoeuropean cultures symbols ? symbols ?

The Great and eternal ennemy ?The Great and eternal ennemy ?

14. Ex Occidente Lux14. Ex Occidente Lux

The Phoenicians The Phoenicians came to the West to came to the West to recover the lost recover the lost market of market of metales(copper) in metales(copper) in the I milleniumthe I milleniumRiotinto, Riotinto, Rodalquilar, Rodalquilar,

Cástulo, Almadén, Cástulo, Almadén, Sierra AlmagreraSierra Almagrera

The mining wealth of The mining wealth of the Iberian the Iberian Peninsula justifies Peninsula justifies its importance from its importance from the Calcolíticothe Calcolítico

15.FINALLY15.FINALLY

I believe that the cults to I believe that the cults to the serpent in Greece the serpent in Greece and Rome are a and Rome are a pervivencia of the pervivencia of the preindeuropeans cults, of preindeuropeans cults, of which Thracian was the which Thracian was the origin. origin. And that the importance And that the importance of these cults related to of these cults related to serpents in Thracia and serpents in Thracia and Iberia agrees in indicating Iberia agrees in indicating zones of much wealthzones of much wealth

16.HYPOTHESIS FINAL16.HYPOTHESIS FINAL

The serpent was in the ancient world , in The serpent was in the ancient world , in meny places, also in Thrace , in addition to all meny places, also in Thrace , in addition to all the this (fertility, fecundity, eternal life in the this (fertility, fecundity, eternal life in relation with a Great Goddes) one nails relation with a Great Goddes) one nails wealth indicatorwealth indicator

HERAKLES &Hesperides GardenHERAKLES &Hesperides Garden

Alexander & son of serpentAlexander & son of serpent

Cistophoroi: Coin &serpent: To Nº 1, pleaseCistophoroi: Coin &serpent: To Nº 1, please

And one independent and very important And one independent and very important deity wo remains deity wo remains