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TUMULI [2 records]

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Record 1 2002-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
DEF

A mound raised over a single or multiple burial contained in a cist, mortuary enclosure, chamber tomb.

CONT

The zone was to encompass ten other sites of archaeological interest, including the so-called heroic tombs: great tumuli heaped up in Hellenistic times - probably over the sites of archaic tombs - to please the most ardent Homer seekers. ... The tumuli were built by the ancients so that people far away could see the tombs of the supposed heroes of the Trojan War.

OBS

Plural of tumulus: tumuli.

Key term(s)
  • tumuli

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
DEF

Grand amas artificiel de terre ou de pierres que l’on élevait au-dessus d’une sépulture.

OBS

Pluriel : tumulus ou tumuli.

Key term(s)
  • tumuli

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mythology
  • History of Religions
DEF

A general term for the various lands of the gods, both good and evil, and for the place where one was reborn after death. The Celts were one of the first European people to evolve a doctrine of immortality of the soul.

CONT

The Otherworld embodies the half-way state, between one world and the next, which is a vital theme of Celtic art and myth. The sacred places have retained their numinous quality down to the present.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mythologie
  • Histoire des religions
CONT

D'une façon générale, l'Autre Monde est situé dans les îles, réelles ou imaginaires, les tertres, tumuli; Monde de Jeunesse Éternelle, on y trouve à volonté fruits, fleurs, des palais précieux, de l'hydromel, des chants d’oiseaux, des pommiers de cristal dont les rameaux apaisent la douleur.

CONT

La vie dans l’Autre Monde était surtout faite de chasses et de réjouissances; on n’y ressentait ni douleur ni maladie et l’on n’y vieillissait pas. C’était le Pays de l’Éternelle Jeunesse.

Spanish

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