Los ojos de la diosauna Diosa Madre de "larga duración": de la "Diosa de los Ojos a "Astart" y "Ataecina"

  1. Martín Almagro Gorbea 1
  2. José Ángel Ocharan Ibarra 2
  3. Daniel Iborra Pellín 3
  1. 1 Real Academia de la Historia
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    Real Academia de la Historia

    Madrid, España

  2. 2 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

  3. 3 Universitat d'Alacant
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    Universitat d'Alacant

    Alicante, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05t8bcz72

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Journal:
Anas

ISSN: 1130-1929

Year of publication: 2022

Issue: 35

Pages: 27-71

Type: Article

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Abstract

Analysis of a paradigmatic example of ethno-archaeological study of a «longterm» tradition: the pareidolias in caves and sacred rocks of Extremadura, Andalusia and the Southeast of Iberia that resemble the eyes of a human face. These anthropomorphic pareidolias contribute to understanding the evolution of pre-Roman popular religion and mentality. They are associated with the “Eyes Goddess” or Mother Goddess with ancestral Neolithic roots, from whom the Chalcolithic eyed idols and the Bronze Age female stelae come. This divinity was identified with the Phoenician goddess Astart, with the goddess Ataecina of the Celtici of the Southwest of Iberia and with Proserpina in Roman times, until been Christianized in some popular rites and legends that have survived to the present day

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