Naslov
From the Anatolian Bird of Prey Goddess through the Ancient Greek Sirens to the Sea Virgins in Croatian Oral Legends

Autori
Marjanić, Suzana

Izvornik
Cosmos (Edinburgh) (0269-8773) 28 (2012); 171-198

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, izvorni znanstveni rad, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
siren; mermaid; merman; Croatian oral legends; The Mediterranean Monk Seal; green cultural studies.

Sažetak
Marija Gimbutas, an archeomythologist, writing about the Sirens, the half-women – half-birds in Greek legends, stresses that, like Harpies, they stem from the Anatolian Vulture Goddess, or other Bird of Prey Goddess. So in the Hellenistic Era as well as later in the Middle Ages – with modifications of Sirens into Women-Fish in Mediaeval times – the Sirens were shown as women with bird feet and wings and figured as a symbol of obsession, nightmares and daydreams. What has remained of Greek iconography in Croatian oral legends is that very acoustic image of Siren-song, while there is a complete absence of the Ancient Greek conception that these were Women-Birds.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Etnologija i antropologija

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