Motif
Ray-crowned solar charioteer
ray_crowned_solar_charioteer
A motif of the Sacred Fire and Divine Light family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hermetic
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Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. II: Sermons (Corpus Hermeticum) DEFINITIONS OF ASCLEPIUS TO KINO AMMON 277 / COMMENTARY / DEFINITIONS OF ASCLEPIUS TO KING AMMON 279 / DEFINITIONS OF ASCLEPIUS TO KING AMMON 281; lines 12009-12091 confidence: high
Reitzenstein is said to compare the Sun as a charioteer wearing a crown of rays with the Aurelian Sun-god; the commentary acknowledges symbolic similarity but says dating by it is too vague because the image is fundamental in Mithras and found in Greece earlier.
The passage discusses the Sun under the image of a charioteer wearing a crown of rays and compares that image across solar traditions.
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