Diipetes

Diipetes are objects, likely meteorite fragments, with coincidental human and animal forms, venerated in Ancient Greece as "thrown by the gods".^[1] See also Acheiropoetos (literally ‘not-made-by-hand’), an early Judeo-Christian tradition, and icon.^[2]

Examples

Diipetes Xoano of Athena

Other uses

The Diipetes Journal is a quarterly journal in Greek published in Greece covering classical paganism and Hellenic polytheism since 1991.

References

^ Gogola, Matej (2018-12-30). "Prolegomena to the Christian Images Not Made by Human Hands". Studia Ceranea. Journal of the Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe. 8: 121–137. doi:10.18778/2084-140X.08.07. hdl:11089/26924. ISSN 2449-8378.
^ Zchomelidse, Nino (2010). "THE AURA OF THE NUMINOUS AND ITS REPRODUCTION: MEDIEVAL PAINTINGS OF THE SAVIOR IN ROME AND LATIUM". Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. 55: 221–263. ISSN 0065-6801.

[1] Gogola, Matej (2018-12-30). "Prolegomena to the Christian Images Not Made by Human Hands". Studia Ceranea. Journal of the Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe. 8: 121–137. doi:10.18778/2084-140X.08.07. hdl:11089/26924. ISSN 2449-8378.

[2] Zchomelidse, Nino (2010). "THE AURA OF THE NUMINOUS AND ITS REPRODUCTION: MEDIEVAL PAINTINGS OF THE SAVIOR IN ROME AND LATIUM". Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. 55: 221–263. ISSN 0065-6801.

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