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theos Divine being is other than human being Divine being is deinos both awesome and awful Divine being manifests itself primarily as powerful Direct contact with divine being or what belongs to it is dangerous ID: 718198

deity divine qualified morality divine deity morality qualified immanence human chthonic attributes ground ouranian dynamis elpis knowledge god meal transcendence nature epithets

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GREEK DEITYSlide2

Divine being (

theos

)

• Divine being is

other

than human being

• Divine being is

deinos

: both awesome and awful

• Divine being manifests itself primarily as powerful

• Direct contact with divine being or what belongs to it is dangerous

• Contact with divine being must be carefully controlledSlide3

nature

uranian

divine being

god chthonic hero human being mortal Slide4

Ouranian / Chthonic Deity

OURANIAN

CHTHONIC

deity above ground

deity below ground

daytime

sacrificenighttime sacrifice

white, unblemished victim

dark victimraised altar

pit or trench

shared mealno shared mealSlide5

Characteristics of Deity

form

anthropomorphic/traces of

theriomorphism

immanence/transcendence

immanence: corporealitylongevity

athanatos v.

thnêtospower

dynamis + elpis

knowledge

qualified omniscienceorganization

bureaucratization: attributes and epithets

morality

qualified morality: orthopraxySlide6

Binary Functions

ARTEMIS

APHRODITE

HERA

virginity

sexual activity

marriage, childbirth

nympha

adolescent girlgynê

woman

gynêmarried womanSlide7

Characteristics of Deity

form

anthropomorphic/traces of

theriomorphism

immanence/transcendence

immanence: corporealitylongevity

athanatos v. thnêtos

power

dynamis + elpis

knowledge

qualified omniscience

organizationbureaucratization: attributes and epithets

morality

qualified morality: orthopraxySlide8

Benefits of Worship (

kharis

)

• fertility of crops, livestock, human beings

• economic prosperity

• health• safety and securitySlide9

(unspecified) god

daimôn

(pl.

daimones)~*dain- (apportion?) divine powerSlide10

Kinds of Space

NATURE

wilderness

uncultivated, “raw”

NYMPHS

garden

self-cultivated, “self-cooked”

CULTURE

farmcultivated,

“cooked”