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Kruta, Venceslas, “«Têtes jumelées» et jumeaux divins : essai d’iconographie celtique”, Études Celtiques 42 (2016): 33–57.
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“«Têtes jumelées» et jumeaux divins : essai d’iconographie celtique”
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Études Celtiques 42 (2016)
Études Celtiques 42 (2016).
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33–57
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[FR] Le thème des têtes jumelées – généralement deux visages représentés de face ou de profil, directement reliés ou associés sur le même objet – fait partie des sujets qui caractérisent l’art celtique depuis le Ve siècle avant J.-C. Il figure pendant cinq siècles sur une grande variété d’objets – parures, pièces de l’armement, cruches cérémonielles, monnaies – qui témoignent d’une ample diffusion spatiale et temporelle. On peut discerner un lien certain entre ces représentations et le personnage associé à l’Arbre cosmique, identifié à Lug, que les spécialistes de la religion celtique considèrent comme le représentant principal chez les Celtes des jumeaux divins, «fils du Ciel diurne» de la tradition indo-européenne. L’identification de ce thème constitue ainsi une nouvelle contribution à la connaissance et à la compréhension de l’arrière-plan religieux du répertoire de l’art des anciens Celtes.
[EN] “Twin Heads” and the divine Twins : essay in Celtic iconography.The theme of the “Twin Heads” – generally two human faces, opposed, juxtaposed, superposed or associated in other modes on the same object – is frequent in the Celtic art from the 5th century B. C. It probably represents the Celtic Dioscuroi, descendants of the Indo-European “Sons of the diurnal Heavens”, mentioned in the written sources. The most important and famous of these two brothers was Lug, principal divinity of the ancient Celts. His face is often represented alone, crowned with the palmette or “double mistletoe-leaf”, like the Master of the “Universe Axis” or “Tree of Life”, associated with the two monsters in permanent struggle in the cyclic season change.
[EN] “Twin Heads” and the divine Twins : essay in Celtic iconography.The theme of the “Twin Heads” – generally two human faces, opposed, juxtaposed, superposed or associated in other modes on the same object – is frequent in the Celtic art from the 5th century B. C. It probably represents the Celtic Dioscuroi, descendants of the Indo-European “Sons of the diurnal Heavens”, mentioned in the written sources. The most important and famous of these two brothers was Lug, principal divinity of the ancient Celts. His face is often represented alone, crowned with the palmette or “double mistletoe-leaf”, like the Master of the “Universe Axis” or “Tree of Life”, associated with the two monsters in permanent struggle in the cyclic season change.
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