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ikhet_sekhmet) wrote2011-03-16 07:15 pm
ikhet_sekhmet) wrote2011-03-16 07:15 pm
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Gender in, erm, Ugarit
"Sometimes it is masculinity in the sense of battle prowess which is desired by the person who invests himself/herself in the symbols, as for example Paghat (ANET, p. 155), who in order to secure for herself masculine battle prowess to slay her brother's murderer dons masculine attire and even stains her skin with red murex, yet for purposes of disguising her intent she then puts on women's clothes over the men's clothes!"
- Hoffner Jr, Harry A. Symbols for Masculinity and Feminity: Their Use in Ancient near Eastern Sympathetic Magic Rituals. Journal of Biblical Literature 85(3) September 1966, pp. 326-334.
- Hoffner Jr, Harry A. Symbols for Masculinity and Feminity: Their Use in Ancient near Eastern Sympathetic Magic Rituals. Journal of Biblical Literature 85(3) September 1966, pp. 326-334.