Znaczenie włosów w obrzędach żałobnych wybranych kultur antycznych: grecko-rzymskiej i egipskiej

• Authors: Liwoch Beata

Title variants

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Hair in the Mourning Rites of Selected Ancient Cultures: Greco- Roman and Egyptian

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Hair carried a significant symbolic value among the cultures of ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt. In this article I analyse the connection between hair and funeral customs, ceremonies and the mourning. Firstly I discuss Greek and Roman rituals. Subsequently I try to confront mentioned notions with Egyptian culture. Main rituals that undergo comparison are: shaving, cutting, growing and letting hair loose. I also try to explain these ceremonial gestures. In the analysis that I carried out I use examples of literary nature as well as historic ones.

Keywords

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hair; mourning; funeral rituals; symbol; Greece; Rome; Egypt

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Załącznik Kulturoznawczy
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 103-115

Contributors

author

Liwoch Beata

• Akademia "Ignatianum" w Krakowie