Visitation and Awakening

Cross-Cultural and Functional Parallelisms between the Zoroastrian Srōš and Christian St. Sergius

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12957482
AutoresGianfilippo Terribili (0000-0002-6322-4023, Sapienza University of Rome, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen14
Número1-2
Páginas152-177
Fecha de publicación2022-08-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Persianate Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1874-7094 • E-ISSN: 1874-7167
EditorialBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/18747167-bja10013
OpenAlexW4292702397
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas12

Similarities between the two celestial entities, the Zoroastrian Srōš (or Sraoša) and the Christian St. Sergius, have occasionally been mentioned in studies on late-antique and medieval Iran. Comparing the Zoroastrian and Syriac Christian traditions, the study will deal with evidence describing a phenomenological complex that includes the manifestation of celestial entities through a revelatory dream or vision and the consequent awakening of the individual consciousness. The parallelisms will be viewed in the perspective of historical and cultural dynamics that characterized the socio-political horizon of the late Sasanian Empire, especially during the reign of Khosrow II Parviz (Husraw II Parvēz). The heterogeneous society of the frontier zone between Rome and Iran determined the development of trans-cultural elements fostering dialogue among different components of the population. This phenomenon, along with the increasing integration of the Christian community in late Sasanian society, favored processes of assimilation and hybridization of narrative motifs connected to the representation of salvific and protective figures extremely popular at that time

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