Teonymní interpretatio v antickém diskursu a význam planetárního týdne při ustalování interpretačních schémat
| Title in English | Theonymic interpretatio in Graeco-Roman discourse and the importance of the planetary week in establishing interpretive schemes |
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| Year of publication | 2025 |
| Type | Peer-reviewed scientific article |
| Magazine / Source | RELIGIO: REVUE PRO RELIGIONISTIKU |
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| web | Plný text článku |
| Doi | https://doi.org/10.5817/Rel2025-41825 |
| Keywords | Interpretatio Romana; Interpretatio Graeca; Planetary Week; Numerical Week; Seven Classical Planets |
| Description | The study presents the concepts of interpretatio Romana and interpretatio Graeca as a discourse with which Roman and Greek authors approached foreign deities, „interpreting“ them as their own gods under different names. Although this discourse was shared by a number of other ancient cultures, mutual identifications of gods were usually made on an ad hoc basis and did not form established patterns. The main exception was the concept of the classical seven theonymic planets and the seven planetary days of the week. These patterns of seven deities spread across the languages and cultures of classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, and the names of the seven selected gods were repeatedly „translated“ from one language to another. It was by no means always necessary for the concepts of seven planets and seven days to spread together. The theonymic week had a significant „competitor“ in the form of the numerical week associated mainly with Abrahamic monotheisms. However, sometimes the concept of the seven theonymic planets alone, or conversely the concept of the seven theonymic days alone, was sufficient for the scheme of seven interpretable theonyms to survive. |
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