Hermanubis
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Description
Hermes' and Anubis's similar responsibilities (they were both conductors of souls) led to the god Hermanubis. He was popular during the period of Roman domination over Egypt.[3] Depicted having a human body and a jackal head, with the sacred caduceus that belonged to the Greek god Hermes, he represented the Egyptian priesthood. He engaged in the investigation of truth.[4][5][6]
The divine name Script error: No such module "Lang". (Hermanoubis) is known from a handful of epigraphic and literary sources, mostly of the Roman period. Plutarch cites the name as a designation of Anubis in his underworldly aspect, while Porphyry refers to Hermanubis as Script error: No such module "Lang". (sýnthetos) "composite" and Script error: No such module "Lang". (mixéllin) "half-Greek".[7][8]
Although it was not common in traditional Greek religion to combine the names of two gods in this manner, the double determination of Hermanubis has some formal parallels in the earlier period. The most obvious is the god Hermaphroditus, attested from the fourth century BC onwards, but his name implies the paradoxical union of two different gods (Hermes and Aphrodite) rather than an assimilation in the manner of Hermanubis.[9]
Gallery
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Hermanubis in the November panel of a Roman mosaic calendar from Sousse, Tunisia
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Hermanubis, depicted on a wall painting in an Isis Sanctuary, Mainz
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A 2nd-century AD statuette identified as Hermanubis[10]
See also
References
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- ^ Statue of the god Anubis, Vatican Museums
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stefanovic, Danijela. "The "Christianisation" of Hermanubis, Historia 4, 2013, 506-5014". Journal of Ancient History. 62.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Smith, William (1878). A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography Mythology and Geography Partly Based Upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Harper. p. 72.
- ^ Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride 61
- ^ Diodorus, Bibliotheca historica i.18, 87
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Peck, Harry Thurston (1897). Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities. Harper. p. 799.
- ^ Porphyry, De imaginibus fr. 8, p. 18. 1–2 Bidez
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Budge, Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis (1904). The Gods of the Egyptians: Or, Studies in Egyptian Mythology. Methuen & Company. p. 493.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Benaissa, Amin (2010). "The Onomastic Evidence for the God Hermanubis". The Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Papyrology. 25 (1). hdl:2027/spo.7523866.0025.116.
- ^ Bricault, pp. 226–227.
Bibliography
- Bricault, Laurent, "A Statuette of Hermanubis in the J. Paul Getty Museum", in Getty Research Journal, Vol. 10, pp. 225–231, 2018. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers"..
- A history of Egypt Under Roman Rule by Joseph Grafton Milne (1992) p. 195
- Who's Who in Egyptian Mythology by Anthony S. Mercatante (2002) p. 56
External links
- Statue of Hermanubis (Alexandria, early 2nd century CE) Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Antiquities Museum of Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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