Antimachus's Enigma On Erytheia, the Latvian Sun-goddess and a Red Fish
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Antimachus's Enigma On Erytheia, the Latvian Sun-goddess and a Red Fish. / Massetti, Laura.
In: Journal of Indo-European Studies, Vol. 47, No. 1&2, 2019, p. 223–240.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Antimachus's Enigma On Erytheia, the Latvian Sun-goddess and a Red Fish
AU - Massetti, Laura
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In this paper I focus on a character named Erutheia (‘the red one’), who, according to Antimachus of Colophon, escorts Helios’s golden cup. I compare the characteristics and the role played by this figure with those of the Latvian Sun-goddess Saule, who is associated to the color red in various ways. In particular, in one Latvian Daina, it is a red fish, the rauda, which guides Saule’s vehicle. Therefore, I argue that the rauda fish, whose name is etymologically related to Greek Erutheia, has a similar role as that of Helios’s red guide. Finally, I compare the Latvian tradition about the solar fish with the iconography of the Danish razors from the Late Bronze Age, on which a fish escorts the Sun-boat between the end of the night and the beginning of the day.
AB - In this paper I focus on a character named Erutheia (‘the red one’), who, according to Antimachus of Colophon, escorts Helios’s golden cup. I compare the characteristics and the role played by this figure with those of the Latvian Sun-goddess Saule, who is associated to the color red in various ways. In particular, in one Latvian Daina, it is a red fish, the rauda, which guides Saule’s vehicle. Therefore, I argue that the rauda fish, whose name is etymologically related to Greek Erutheia, has a similar role as that of Helios’s red guide. Finally, I compare the Latvian tradition about the solar fish with the iconography of the Danish razors from the Late Bronze Age, on which a fish escorts the Sun-boat between the end of the night and the beginning of the day.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - myth
KW - sun
KW - sun-goddess
KW - sun-god
KW - Antimachus
KW - Antimaco
KW - Erutheia
KW - Dainas
KW - mythology
KW - religion
KW - Greek
KW - Indo-European
KW - poetics
M3 - Journal article
VL - 47
SP - 223
EP - 240
JO - The Journal of Indo-European Studies
JF - The Journal of Indo-European Studies
SN - 0092-2323
IS - 1&2
ER -
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