MAIASP. 2022. No. S1 THE GODS OF SARMATIANS DOI: 10.53737/2713-2021.2022.89.30.006 Access this
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The anthropomorphization process and the
probable identification of nine Sarmatian gods and
goddesses are considered. There are two times fewer visualized female deities
than male ones. Some of the characters were visualized only in a single case, others had two or even three versions of the
iconography. Few of them are visualized without the obvious influence of
other cultures (Nos. 1, 9), in most cases
Greek-Roman iconography was used. For four characters the contribution of |
Key words: gods of Sarmatians,
identification with Alano-Ossetian personages,
variants and stages of anthropomorphization of
images, the use of images of foreign deities, 2nd c. BCE — 4th
c. CE. |
Received
November 30, 2022 Accepted
for publication December 12, 2022 |
About the author: Yatsenko Sergey Aleksandrovich ( E-mail: sergey_yatsenko@mail.ru
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