Les Nymphes dans les rites du mariage

Marriage, where the Nymphs appear both as supernatural powers and as human numphai, is a rich intersection of literary, archaeological and epigraphic data concerning the cult of the Nymphs. Preliminary rites for the Nymphs might consist in proteleia sacrifices, loutrophoria and premarital baths. Nym...

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Main Author: Sébastien Dalmon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Antiques 2011-07-01
Series:Cahiers Mondes Anciens
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/mondesanciens/400