Potnia Theron
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| + | '''Potnia Theron''' (Ἡ Πότνια Θηρῶν, "The Mistress of the Animals") is a term first used (once) by [[Homer]] (Iliad 21. 470) and often used to describe female divinities associated with animals. The word ''[[Potnia]]'', meaning mistress or lady, was a Mycenaean word inherited by [[Ancient Greek|Classical Greek]], with the same meaning, cognate to [[Sanskrit]] ''{{IAST|patnī}}.'' | ||
| - | '''Walter Burkert''' (born 2 February 1931, [[Neuendettelsau]]; died 11 March 2015, [[Zurich]]) was a German scholar of [[Greek mythology]] and [[Cult (religion)|cult]]. | + | Homer's mention of ''potnia theron'' is thought to refer to [[Artemis]] and [[Walter Burkert]] describes this mention as "a well established formula". An Artemis type deity, a 'Mistress of the Animals', is often assumed to have existed in prehistorical religion and often referred to as Potnia Theron, with some scholars positing a relationship between Artemis and goddesses depicted in Minoan art and "''Potnia Theron'' has become a generic term for any female associated with animals." |
| - | A professor of classics at the [[University of Zurich]], Switzerland, he taught in the UK and the US. He has influenced generations of students of religion since the 1960s, combining in the modern way the findings of archaeology and [[epigraphy]] with the work of poets, historians, and philosophers. | ||
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| - | He published books on the balance between lore and science among the followers of [[Pythagoras]], and more extensively on ritual and archaic cult survival, on the ritual killing at the heart of religion, on mystery religions, and on the reception in the [[Greece|Hellenic]] world of [[Near East]]ern and [[Persian culture]], which sets Greek religion in its wider Aegean and Near Eastern context. | ||
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| - | He is best known for his 1981 work on ancient Greek religious anthropology, ''[[Homo Necans]]''. | ||
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| - | *[[Ancient Greek religion|Greek religion]] | + | {{Commons category|Potniai theron}} |
| - | *[[Human sacrifice]] | + | *[[Lord of the animals]] |
| - | *[[Mystery religion]] | + | *[[Inara (goddess)]] |
| - | *[[Potnia Theron]] | + | *[[Mother Goddess]] |
| + | *[[Feronia (mythology)]] | ||
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Potnia Theron (Ἡ Πότνια Θηρῶν, "The Mistress of the Animals") is a term first used (once) by Homer (Iliad 21. 470) and often used to describe female divinities associated with animals. The word Potnia, meaning mistress or lady, was a Mycenaean word inherited by Classical Greek, with the same meaning, cognate to Sanskrit Template:IAST.
Homer's mention of potnia theron is thought to refer to Artemis and Walter Burkert describes this mention as "a well established formula". An Artemis type deity, a 'Mistress of the Animals', is often assumed to have existed in prehistorical religion and often referred to as Potnia Theron, with some scholars positing a relationship between Artemis and goddesses depicted in Minoan art and "Potnia Theron has become a generic term for any female associated with animals."
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