Ormkvinna i Dansk bronsåldershög

[iznogoud]

Det här är ett riktigt spännande utgrävning av en kvinna i Maglestrand, Danmark. Hon hade mängder av djurdelar och även en Eskulapsnok med sig i graven. Det känns som att artikeln spårar ur i spekulationer på slutet, men ett väldigt intressant fynd oavsett.

http://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/sham ... angekvinde

[Starkodder]

Det här är ett riktigt spännande utgrävning av en kvinna i Maglestrand, Danmark. Hon hade mängder av djurdelar och även en Eskulapsnok med sig i graven. Det känns som att artikeln spårar ur i spekulationer på slutet, men ett väldigt intressant fynd oavsett.

http://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/sham ... angekvinde

Intressant! Som biolog har jag läst en del om fynden av den värmekrävande eskulapsnoken i Danmark, fram till i slutet av 1800-talet. Rimligen är det så den måste betraktas som en värmerelikt snarare än införd under sten- och bronsålder. Även kärrsköldpaddan spred sig norrut under den postglaciala värmeperioden och nådde norra Östergötland.

[Bäckahästen]

Tack för informationen iznogoud! Riktigt intressant!

Den tanke som slår mig är att många apotek har en orm på sina skyltar. Kan det finnas ett samband? Var det en läkekvinna som var högt uppskattad?

[anganatyr]

Här är lite info om ormen (Zamenis longissimus) ifråga.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesculapian_snake

[Bäckahästen]

Ormen verkar ha fått sitt namn efter Asclepius som var guden för medicin i grekisk mytologi. Han hade flera döttrar som var gudinnor för att tex hela mm.

[anganatyr]

Så här står det i de olika wiki-länkarna.

The common name of the species — "Aesculape" in French and its equivalents in other languages — refers to the classical god of healing (Greek Asclepius and later Roman Aesculapius) whose temples the snake was encouraged around. It is surmised that the typical depiction of the god with his snake-entwined staff features the species. Later from these, modern symbols developed of the medical professions as used in a number of variations today. The species along with Four-lined Snakes also is carried in an annual religious procession in Cocullo in central Italy, which is of separate origin and was later made part of the catholic calendar.

Asclepius (/æsˈkliːpiəs/; Greek: Ἀσκληπιός, Asklēpiós [asklɛːpiós]; Latin: Aesculapius) was a god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts; his daughters are Hygieia ("Hygiene", the goddess/personification of health, cleanliness, and sanitation), Iaso (the goddess of recuperation from illness), Aceso (the goddess of the healing process), Aglæa/Ægle (the goddess of beauty, splendor, glory, magnificence, and adornment), and Panacea (the goddess of universal remedy). He was associated with the Roman/Etruscan god Vediovis. He was one of Apollo's sons, sharing with Apollo the epithet Paean ("the Healer").[1] The rod of Asclepius, a snake-entwined staff, remains a symbol of medicine today. Those physicians and attendants who served this god were known as the Therapeutae of Asclepius.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius

The most famous temple of Asclepius was at Epidaurus in north-eastern Peloponnese, dated to the fourth century BC. Another famous healing temple (or asclepieion) was built approximately a century later on the island of Kos, where Hippocrates, the legendary "father of medicine", may have begun his career. Other asclepieia were situated in Trikala, Gortys (in Arcadia), and Pergamum in Asia.

From the fifth century BC onwards, the cult of Asclepius grew very popular and pilgrims flocked to his healing temples (Asclepieia) to be cured of their ills. Ritual purification would be followed by offerings or sacrifices to the god (according to means), and the supplicant would then spend the night in the holiest part of the sanctuary - the abaton (or adyton). Any dreams or visions would be reported to a priest who would prescribe the appropriate therapy by a process of interpretation. Some healing temples also used sacred dogs to lick the wounds of sick petitioners. In honor of Asclepius, a particular type of non-venomous snake was often used in healing rituals, and these snakes — the Aesculapian Snakes — slithered around freely on the floor in dormitories where the sick and injured slept. These snakes were introduced at the founding of each new temple of Asclepius throughout the classical world.

The original Hippocratic Oath began with the invocation "I swear by Apollo the Physician and by Asclepius and by Hygieia and Panacea and by all the gods ...".

Some later religious movements claimed links to Asclepius. In the 2nd century AD the controversial miracle-worker Alexander claimed that his god Glycon, a snake with a "head of linen" was an incarnation of Asclepius. The Greek language rhetorician and satirist Lucian produced the work Alexander the False Prophet to denounce the swindler for future generations. He described Alexander as having a character "made up of lying, trickery, perjury, and malice; [it was] facile, audacious, venturesome, diligent in the execution of its schemes, plausible, convincing, masking as good, and wearing an appearance absolutely opposite to its purpose." In Rome, the College of Aesculapius and Hygia was an association (collegium) that served as a burial society and dining club that also participated in Imperial cult.

The botanical genus Asclepias (commonly known as milkweed) is named after him and includes the medicinal plant A. tuberosa or "Pleurisy root".

Asclepius was depicted on the reverse of the Greek 10,000 drachmas banknote of 1995-2001.

Jag tror också att ormen symboliserar helande och läkande kraft, även om bronsåldershögen är äldre.

[Wurner]

Här är en artikel som kan vara intressant i sammanhanget:
The Monstrous Goddess: The Degeneration of Ancient Bird and Snake Goddesses into Historic Age Witches and Monsters

[Bäckahästen]

Den verkar intressant! Jag ska läsa den så fort jag får tid.