Nebris (mythology)

The nebris (νεβρίς bellows of νεβρός, the stag calf) is an attribute of Bacchus or Dionysus ( Euripides , Die Bakchen ( ed.Kjeld Matthiessen ): 97, 125, 157, 790) and of his worshipers, worshipers in Greek mythology and representation or Bacchantes (see Dionysus cult ). As a young boy, for example, Dionysus was wrapped in such a brown, lightly spotted fur: as protection from Hera, who was striving for his life - The fur is - also of Pan and satyrs (seen on numerous Greek and Roman reliefs) - the front legs carried slung under the right shoulder.

literature

• James Yates : Nebris. On LacusCurtius .
• Karl Ernst Georges : Comprehensive Latin-German concise dictionary . Hannover 81918 (reprint Darmstadt 1998), Volume 2, Sp. 1118 ( online version at zeno.org )
• Otto Keller : Animals of classical antiquity in a cultural-historical relationship. Georg Olms Verlag 2001, ISBN 978-3-487-09424-3 , pp. 94, 149.

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