The Fortune-Telling of Liver, Bird-Flying in Hittites and Their Tracks on Etruscans

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作者
Orhun, Murat [1 ]
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[1] Pamukkale Univ, Fen Edebiyat Fak, Tarih Anabilim Dali, Denizli, Turkey
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GAZI AKADEMIK BAKIS-GAZI ACADEMIC VIEW | 2009年 / 3卷 / 05期
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Hittite; Etruscan; Roman; fortune-telling; track;
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C [社会科学总论];
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03 ; 0303 ;
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The human in ancient times regarded certain supernatural objects or events, which looked superior to them as celestial because he was afraid of the nature. As a result, he made up a number of totems in the nature such as the sun, moon, sky, soil, water, plants and etc.; for this reason all religious movements were built on a politeist and pantheonist mind. On the other hand, the irresistible desire in man to find out what gods thought of him was the main constituent of the fortune-telling. As in all ancient societies, Hittites and Etruscans also developed certain techniques of fortune-telling to know about the theological wish, among which were fortune-telling of liver or bird-flying. In this study, in spite of the highly distant time zones of Hittites and Etruscans, these two similar techniques were depicted. In that way, it is correlated that there could be a cultural link between Hittites, who established a prominent civilization in Anatolia, and Etruscans, assumed to be an Anatolian originated society before establishing another prominent civilization in Europe, who also had a prominent effect on Roman culture.
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页数:20
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