Hoz, María Paz de (Author)
MHNH (Revista Internacional de Investigación sobre Magia y Astrología Antiguas)
Volume: 2
Pages: 189--202
A short series of epigraphic monuments presents us with an apparently idiosyncratic iconography on the Moon-god Men crowned with sun-rays that awaits for a clarification. Many of the most relevant and characteristic atributes of the Moon-god Men as we know them from funerary imprecations and confessional inscriptions (his importance in judicial appeal, of the protection of tombs and his sovereign-like character) resemble the main features of the Sun god Helios. During Roman imperial times the rise of the god Men to the highs of a cosmic god made him even more likely to be assimilated with the Sun god (who plays such an important role in the syncretic religion of the time) as epigraphy and Greek magical papyri bear witness of. We may infer that the representation of Men with sun-rays or even teh iconography of the sun and the moon as manifestation of Men's attributes are both congruous with this new sphere of power.
...MoreDescription This article studies depictions of Moon-god men and their transformation during Roman imperial times into a cosmic deity that was eventually assimilated with the Sun god.
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