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RECEPCJA ŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH MOTYWÓW W ŚWIECIE GWIEZDNYCH WOJEN

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DELIMATA-PROCH M.

Historia@Teoria

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2018

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vol. 1

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issue 7

53-75

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The paper makes up an attempt to systematize and occasionally verify the views on the medieval motifs which were to be used while creating the world of Star Wars. The synchronic method applied in various publications lies behind opinions according to which the inspiration here included: Arthurian legends, the medieval concept of minne, visions of hell, the history and tradition of the Knights Templar, as well as the samurai in feudal Japan. These opinions cannot be regarded as entirely grounded. The remarks on the reception of some motifs related to the samurai or the Knights Templar seem justified as well as the plot of courtly love and the medieval image of hell. However, insistent juxtaposing, among others, of the individual stages of the lives of the saga’s main characters with the fortunes of king Arthur is controversial.

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Amazonki - mit czy reminiscencja zwyczajów koczowników

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Janik P.

Studia Azjatystyczne

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2017

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issue 3

61-76

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There is evidence (archaeological, historical, linguistic, iconographic, ethnological and other mentioned in this article) to show that the formation of the myth of the Amazons could be a result of observations of habits of Iranian nomads who used to live in the areas of the northern coast of the Black Sea and Central Asia in Antiquity. Some datum indicates that women from these communities (as in many other groups of nomads) had a much higher social status than in many settled communities such as the ancient Greeks and Romans. Women in the Iranianspeaking nomadic communities were likely to participate in hunting and, to some limited extent, in fighting. In addition, some of them might have become the heads o f these groups as queens (that is not as wives of kings but as independent rulers). All o f it influenced the imagination of people from Greek culture who had met the nomads. Stories about these warrior women spread into Greek ecumene, increasingly evolving and subject to distortion, thus affecting the myth of the Amazons. The Amazons in Greek mythology and art often have nomadic features - they ride on horseback, wear bows and “Scythian” costumes and weapons. Tales of warlike women did not only contribute to the mythology of the ancient world, but they were inherited by Turkic-speaking groups and are still present in the culture of Iran.

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Remarks on Captives and Warriors in an Old Bulgarian Collection of Miracle Stories

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Hristov Y. M., Kostadinova D.

Studia Ceranea

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2022

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vol. 13

419-441

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When scholars’ efforts are focused on the ethnic, religious and social diversity in certain parts of the Byzantine commonwealth during the middle ages, the hagiographic literature stands out as a key primary source. One such source is a voluminous early tenth-century collection of miracle stories titled A Tale of the Iron Cross. Its essential role when trying to uncover data, specific information and truths about Bulgaria’s medieval past is undeniable. A number of highly informative records have been found and are well-preserved within the covers of this impressive literary work. Many of them have been used repeatedly in various scholars’ academic initiatives and undertakings. However, other Tale’s records, regardless of their unique peculiarities and immeasurable contemporary information, still remain outside of the main research work when it comes to the subject matter of captivity and warfare.

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Wykorzystanie terakot ptolemejskich w badaniach nad religiami domowymi i osobistą pobożnością egipskich wojowników. Wybrane problemy

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Jędraszek S.

Acta Archaeologica Lodziensia

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2016

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vol. 62

51-61

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Artykuł prezentuje problematykę związaną z interpretacją wybranych egipskich terakot z okresu hellenistycznego, przedstawiających egipskie bóstwa w konwencji wojowników. Autor, starał się odpowiedzieć na pytanie o znaczenie tej grupy zabytków rozpatrywanych w aspekcie prywatnej (indywidualnej) pobożności, domowego kultu oraz religii. Szczególna uwaga została poświecona egipskiej elicie: zwłaszcza żołnierzom/kapłanom – oficerom z funkcjami kapłańskimi, którzy w II wieku przed Chr. byli rekrutowani przez władców ptolemejskich spośród egipskich rodzin, oraz rodzimą klasę wojowników, którą Grecy określali jako machimoi. W ramach tej bogatej kategorii zabytków terakotowych, zaprezentowano pewne aspekty analizy ikonograficznej, skupiając się przede wszystkim na egipskich bóstwach, takich jak apotropaiczny Bes, szczególnie w jego wojskowej formule. Zanalizowano również militarną formułę manifestacji Horusa, boga Harpokratesa, syna Izydy i Ozyrysa, wyobrażonego w jego militarnej konwencji (często w pełnym uzbrojeniu). Te terakotowe wyobrażenia, mogły funkcjonować w kilku kategoriach prywatnego rytuału oraz kultu indywidualnego, związanego z wizerunkiem bóstwa, kultem oficjalnym, jak i w czynnościach związanych z magicznymi obrzędami. Niniejszy artykuł, nie odnosi się tylko do samej ikonograficznej analizy przykładów bóstw jak Bes czy Harpokrates, ale przedstawia również społeczne tło, żołnierzy niższego szczebla oraz oficerów pełniących funkcje kapłańskie w ptolemejskiej armii.

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The subject of the following article is the problems surrounding the interpretation of Egyptian military terracotta figurines representing Egyptian deities from Hellenistic period. In the present paper, I will attempt to find an answer to the question the study of this class of objects permits us to answer contemporary questions concerning the personal (individual) piety, worship, household cult and religion. Special attention will be given to the Egyptian elite: especially soldier/priests – officers with priestly functions, which from the second century BC the Ptolemaic rulers recruited from among Egyptians families, and to the native military class, whom the Greeks called machimoi. The iconographic range of this category of objects is very wide, and I also intend to raise certain aspects of the iconographic analysis. I will concentrate above all on Egyptian deities such as the protective, dwarf god Bes, especially in his military forms. Then I shall turn to the god Harpocrates, the son of Osiris and Isis, a manifestation of Horus, showing his military manifestations (often fully armed). These terracotta figurines might conceivably function in the domestic practice of several types of ritual. The worship of deities where the terracotta served as a cult image of deities, also in the royal cult, and in the performance of magical rites. This article is, therefore, not only concerned with the iconographic analysis of chosen terracotta examples of a single deity, such as Bes or Harpocrates, but also presents social background of the lower-level soldiers, and officers with priestly functions within the Ptolemaic army.

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1 Kostadinova D.

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RECEPCJA ŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH MOTYWÓW W ŚWIECIE GWIEZDNYCH WOJEN

Amazonki - mit czy reminiscencja zwyczajów koczowników

Remarks on Captives and Warriors in an Old Bulgarian Collection of Miracle Stories

Wykorzystanie terakot ptolemejskich w badaniach nad religiami domowymi i osobistą pobożnością egipskich wojowników. Wybrane problemy