In mythography of the 19th and early 20th century, as for example in The Golden Bough of J.G. Frazer, the figure is related to the "corn spirit", "corn" in this sense meaning grain in general. That triviality is giving the concept its tendency to turn into a meaningless generality, as Walter Friedrich Otto remarked of trying to use a "name as futile and yet pretentious as 'Vegetation deity'".[3]
Cucuteni-Trypillian figurine with a sown field pattern
In the Mesopotamian tradition, during the journey of Inanna or Ishtar to the underworld, the earth becomes sterile, and neither humans nor animals are able to procreate. After confronting Ereshkigal, her sister and ruler of the underworld, Inanna is killed, but an emissary from the gods administers potions to restore her to life. She is allowed to return to the upper world only if someone else will take her place. Her husband, the vegetation god Dumuzi, agrees to spend half the year in the underworld, during which time vegetation dies off. His return brings regrowth.[4]
In ancient Egyptian religion, the cultural achievements of Osiris among the peoples of the earth provokes the envy of his brother Set, who kills and dismembers him. Osiris's wife Isis makes a journey to gather his fourteen scattered body parts. In some versions, she buries each part where she finds it, causing the desert to put forth vegetation. In other versions, she reassembles his body and resurrects him, and he then becomes the ruler of the afterlife.[4]
^Lorena Stookey, Thematic Guide to World Mythology (Greenwood Press, 2004), p. 99.
^Stookey, Thematic Guide to World Mythology, p. 100.
^Walter F. Otto, Dionysus: Myth and Cult, translated by Robert B. Palmer (Indiana University Press, 1965), pp. 7–12.
^ abStookey, Thematic Guide to World Mythology, p. 99.
^Gimbutas, Marija (1974). The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe: 7000 to 3500 BC Myths, Legends and Cult Images. University of California Press. p. 205. ISBN9780520019959 – via Google Books.
^Welters, Linda (1999). Folk dress in Europe and Anatolia: beliefs about protection and fertility. Berg. pp. 16–21. ISBN1-85973-282-8.
^Stone, Adam (2016). "Ningišzida (god)". Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses, Oracc and the UK Higher Education Academy.
^Unless otherwise noted, examples in this list are from Stookey, Thematic Guide to World Mythology, p. 99.
Further readingedit
Hatt, Gudmund. "The Corn Mother in America and in Indonesia." Anthropos 46, no. 5/6 (1951): 853–914. Accessed July 8, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/40449544.
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A vegetation deity is a nature deity whose disappearance and reappearance or life death and rebirth embodies the growth cycle of plants In nature worship the deity can be a god or goddess with the ability to regenerate itself A vegetation deity is often a fertility deity The deity typically undergoes dismemberment see sparagmos scattering and reintegration as narrated in a myth or reenacted by a religious ritual The cyclical pattern is given theological significance on themes such as immortality resurrection and reincarnation 1 Vegetation myths have structural resemblances to certain creation myths in which parts of a primordial being s body generate aspects of the cosmos such as the Norse myth of Ymir 2 Relief of libation to a vegetation goddess ca 2500 BC found in ancient Girsu at the Louvre In mythography of the 19th and early 20th century as for example in The Golden Bough of J G Frazer the figure is related to the corn spirit corn in this sense meaning grain in general That triviality is giving the concept its tendency to turn into a meaningless generality as Walter Friedrich Otto remarked of trying to use a name as futile and yet pretentious as Vegetation deity 3 Contents 1 Examples of vegetation myths 2 List of vegetation deities 3 See also 4 References 5 Further readingExamples of vegetation myths edit nbsp Cucuteni Trypillian figurine with a sown field pattern In the Mesopotamian tradition during the journey of Inanna or Ishtar to the underworld the earth becomes sterile and neither humans nor animals are able to procreate After confronting Ereshkigal her sister and ruler of the underworld Inanna is killed but an emissary from the gods administers potions to restore her to life She is allowed to return to the upper world only if someone else will take her place Her husband the vegetation god Dumuzi agrees to spend half the year in the underworld during which time vegetation dies off His return brings regrowth 4 In ancient Egyptian religion the cultural achievements of Osiris among the peoples of the earth provokes the envy of his brother Set who kills and dismembers him Osiris s wife Isis makes a journey to gather his fourteen scattered body parts In some versions she buries each part where she finds it causing the desert to put forth vegetation In other versions she reassembles his body and resurrects him and he then becomes the ruler of the afterlife 4 In European folklore a woman s fertility has an influence on farming 5 Vegetation goddess figurines from the Cucuteni Trypillian culture have a lozenge and dot pattern that represents a sown field and female fertility 6 The death of vegetation is also associated with the travel to the underworld of Ningishzida 7 List of vegetation deities editOther examples of vegetation deities include 8 Adonis Greek Attis Greek Baʿal Canaanite Baihua Xianzi Goddess of Flowers Chinese Blodeuwedd Welsh Ceres Roman Cronus Greek Demeter Greek Dionysus Greek Jarilo Slavic Modron Welsh Mother Nature global Ningishzida Mesopotamian Opora Greek Osiris Egyptian Ouyang Xiu God of Peony Chinese Pachamama Incan Persephone Greek Phouoibi Meitei Pi Rixiu God of Peach Blossom Chinese Proserpina Roman Qu Yuan God of Orchid Chinese Rauni Finnish Saturn Roman Su Dongpo God of Peony Chinese Tammuz Mesopotamian Tao Qian God of Chrysanthemum Chinese Xipe Totec Aztec Yang Wanli God of Lavender Chinese Zhou Dunyi God of Lotus Chinese Tra and Uất Lũy Gods of Peach Blossom Vietnamese See also editApple Tree Man Dying god Earth mother Feldgeister German corn spirits Greek primordial deities Green Man List of tree deities Myth and ritual Puer aeternus Sky father Baal CycleReferences edit Lorena Stookey Thematic Guide to World Mythology Greenwood Press 2004 p 99 Stookey Thematic Guide to World Mythology p 100 Walter F Otto Dionysus Myth and Cult translated by Robert B Palmer Indiana University Press 1965 pp 7 12 a b Stookey Thematic Guide to World Mythology p 99 Gimbutas Marija 1974 The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe 7000 to 3500 BC Myths Legends and Cult Images University of California Press p 205 ISBN 9780520019959 via Google Books Welters Linda 1999 Folk dress in Europe and Anatolia beliefs about protection and fertility Berg pp 16 21 ISBN 1 85973 282 8 Stone Adam 2016 Ningiszida god Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses Oracc and the UK Higher Education Academy Unless otherwise noted examples in this list are from Stookey Thematic Guide to World Mythology p 99 Further reading editHatt Gudmund The Corn Mother in America and in Indonesia Anthropos 46 no 5 6 1951 853 914 Accessed July 8 2020 www jstor org stable 40449544 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vegetation deity amp oldid 1219430736, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
