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The Goddess Isis on a Wolf | Isis reitet auf einem Wolf | Isis et le loup
Wolf-Man-Hybrid: Hermanubis | Wolf-Mann-Hybrid: Hermanubis
Da der ägyptische Anubis und der griech.-röm. Hermes/Merkur ähnliche Funktionen hatten, v. a. im Bezug auf die Seelen der Toten, entstand ein in römischer Zeit sehr populärer 'Hybrid'-Gott: Hermanubis: ein Mensch mit dem Kopf eines Wolfes.
Since the Egyptian Anubis and the Graeco-Roman Hermes/Mercury has similar functions, notably with regards to the souls of the dead, a new 'hybrid' deity deveopped, the so-called Hermanubis (Hermes+Anubis) that became rather popular in the Roman world.
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Anubis in Roman Egypt | Römisches Ägypten | Égypte romaine
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Pre-Dynastic Egypt and the Painted Wolves (lycaon pictus, African Wild Dogs) // Le lycaon (ou 'loup paint') en Egypte pre-dynastique // Afrikanischer Wildhund in prädynastischer ägyptischer Kunst
Interestingly, in pre-dynastic Egypt we find a much larger variety of canine species in art. Among them, the lycaon pictus (the painted wolves or African wild dogs) that once roamed across Egypt, but are unfortunately almost extinct today. They seem to have played a particular role in early Egyptian art. Hendricks (2006), for example, argued that they present 'order over chaos' in pre-dynastic Egypt. They often represented in a heraldic position. And the lycaon pictus can be identified, for example, by the three coloured tail, the long legs, the rounded ears and the non-pointed muzzle.
(More to come... when I find the time...) Bibliography on the Painted Wolves in Egyptian Art: see for example: Hendrickx, Stan (2006) The dog, the Lycaon pictus and order over chaos in Predynastic Egypt. Archaeology of Early Northeastem Africa Studies in African Archaeology 9, 723-749. Asselberghs, H. (1961) Chaos en beheersing: Documenten uit Aeneolithisch Egypte. Leiden. Bianchi, Alberto (1998) On the presence of the wild dog in ancient Egyptian iconography. Discussions in Egyptology 42, 7-14. |
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