El dios indígena Bandua y el rito del toro de San Marcos
ISSN: 1131-6993
Datum der Publikation: 1997
Nummer: 8
Seiten: 205-222
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: Complutum
Zusammenfassung
In this paper an approach is made to the possible relations between three of the most frequently represented ancient divinities of the Iberian Peninsula: Bandua, Cosus, and "indigenous" Mars. The hypothesis is postulated that the three theonyms, in which respects to their religious significance, allude to a single divinity, on the basis of three arguments: their names appear together in some inscriptions, all three are associated with bulls and their cult territories appear as complementary and excluding each other. Also some indications are presented that certain modern ritual ("Bull of Saint Marc"), historically recorded in some places of the same region, could actually be a survival of the protohistoric cult.