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Vanth and Charun on the relief urns in the context of the Hellenistic period in Etruria.
Zubajová, Marína ; Musil, Jiří (advisor) ; Kysela, Jan (referee)
This thesis presents a research on Vanth and Charun type demon depicted on relief urns from northern Etruria. The research focuses on urns from the Hellenistic period in Etruria (from the end of the 4th till 1st century BC). These urns were made in workshops in three Etruscan cities, which are now called Volterra, Chiusi and Perugia. The urns along with the centers of their production are described in one of the introductory chapters. Subsequently, the thesis focuses on a female demon Vanth and a male demon Charun, identified by their names inscribed on various media. Based on these, basic characteristics of these demons are evaluated and used as a basis for identification of demons on the relief urns in the database. The database is the core of the thesis. Its items are then classified by the production centers and the type of scenes that are in the reliefs on the front of the urns. Description of the urns is supplemented by pictures labeled with the names of the demons identified for a better representation. The data followed in the database are summarized in two analytical tables attached to the thesis. The database is evaluated in the last chapter and the appearance of demons and the attributes they hold in their hands are paid attention to. They are often related to the involvement of Vanth...
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Ritual and its Depiction in the Material Culture of the Etruscans
Zubajová, Marína ; Titz, Pavel (advisor) ; Kysela, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with the depictions of rituals on Etruscan bronze mirrors. The first part studies and defines the term "ritual". Attention is then given to the Etruscans and their religion with an emphasis on Etruscan doctrine, known as the etrusca disciplina. The text is enlivened by references of ancient Roman and Greek authors who expressed their opinion on the subject. The next chapter is dedicated to the Etruscan rituals, thematically divided into divinatory and family. After the introduction of the Etruscan bronze mirrors, in the second part a catalogue has been created through the representations of divinatory and family rituals on the Etruscan mirrors. The catalogue includes illustrations, places where they are today exposed, places and years of their discovery, dimensions and description of the scene on the mirror. Catalogued data is then analysed using charts, maps and graphs that aim to sort the collected data and to produce a better understanding of the datasets. Based on the defined Etruscan rituals, references of ancient authors and the analysed catalogue, the aim of this thesis is to discover the kind of rituals depicted in these mirrors and who carry them out. Following this, the next topic of the thesis is also to try to understand, whether this is possible to argue, if these...
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