Pregledni rad
Animals in the Religions and Mythology of Ancient Peoples (Part 4)
Petar Džaja
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Jozo Grbavac
; Agronomski i prehrambeno-tehnološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru, Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina
Magdalena Palić
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Zlatko Horvat
Krešimir Severin
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
In the fourth part of this study, the following animals are described as deities, mythical beings or monsters: elephants, pigs, scorpions, tigers, otters, squirrels, wolves, rabbits, snakes and frogs. Of all the animals depicted in this study, the snake is most often worshipped, whether depicted in its original form or with some human or animal body parts, including the body parts of different animal species (hybrid). Besides the snake, the following animals were most often worshipped in ancient civilizations: the elephant, tiger, and wolf. According to their characteristics, different civilizations considered these animals to be a symbol of strength (the elephant), prosperity, happiness, courage, well-being, passion, naivety and dirt (the pig), courage and absolute power (the tiger), feminine energy (the otter), the balance of work and play (the squirrel), a greedy outlaw and fugitive (the wolf), rebirth and the source of life (the rabbit), scientific secrets and fertility (the snake) and a symbol of fertility (the frog).
Ključne riječi
religion; mythology; ancient peoples; hybrids; monsters; oracular animals
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27.3.2023.
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