Семиотични аспекти на оръжието през древността
Semiotic Aspects of Weapons in Antiquity

Summary/Abstract: The topic of the study is the symbolic role of the offensive weapons in the antiquity. The analyses and conclusions are based mainly on the monuments and pictorial texts from ancient Thrace. Some aspects of the weapons as marker of culture, as signs of age and warrior initiation are of special interest. The most important weapons as the spear, sword and bow acquire their symbolic meaning from myth and ritual. The implicit meanings of some natural fenomena as sexuality, moon and plants, as well as cultural symbols like weddings, branding of the spear, ritual implementing of the marked weapons, exchanging the roles between weapons and tools, and power connotations of the weapons are studied in detail.

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