Milk as a symbol of immortality in the “Orphic” gold tablets from Thurii and Pelinna
This article offers an interpretation of the enigmatic “kid-in-milk” formula which appears in four of the “Orphic” gold tablets from Thurii and Pelinna. These tiny tablets accompanied the dead in their graves and contained texts of various lengths which were believed to help the deceased on his or h...
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Language: | English |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing
2014-11-01
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Series: | Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur |
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Online Access: | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/3187 |