Abstract: The present paper takes the bull of Çatal Höyük as an example to propose some methodological points for the interpretation of iconographic representations in non-literate societies. It emphasizes first the difference between deciphering the symbolism of sculptures or paintings and reconstruction of the religious beliefs which these representations are supposed to illustrate. It argues then that differences in height or position between beings shown in pictures are related to hierarchy only inside a single unit of representation. It maintains, taking again many critics formulated against Mellaart’s interpretation, that the bull is always in a dominating position. There are no data to support the idea of the bull as a god. Rather, b...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
Bovine iconography is one of the most important components for understanding social identities among...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
Abstract: The present paper takes the bull of Çatal Höyük as an example to propose some methodologic...
The bull was a potent symbol of power, strength, and, to a lesser degree, fertility to the peoples ...
The importance of the symbolism of the bull in Late Bronze Age Crete is well known. It has been the ...
The importance of the symbolism of the bull in Late Bronze Age Crete is well known. It has been the ...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
In the region of the sacred mountain of the mount Bego, Hornshapes, bovine symbol (bull, ox or cow) ...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
Animal symbolism is a ubiquitous and powerful component of human ideology. Cattle were clearly the p...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
Bovine iconography is one of the most important components for understanding social identities among...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
Abstract: The present paper takes the bull of Çatal Höyük as an example to propose some methodologic...
The bull was a potent symbol of power, strength, and, to a lesser degree, fertility to the peoples ...
The importance of the symbolism of the bull in Late Bronze Age Crete is well known. It has been the ...
The importance of the symbolism of the bull in Late Bronze Age Crete is well known. It has been the ...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
In the region of the sacred mountain of the mount Bego, Hornshapes, bovine symbol (bull, ox or cow) ...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
Animal symbolism is a ubiquitous and powerful component of human ideology. Cattle were clearly the p...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...
Bovine iconography is one of the most important components for understanding social identities among...
Illustration of a bull head with male and female human figures executed on the interior walls of shr...