Women as allegory for the life force of plants - or just a plant biology lesson?
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Both the Zoroastrian yazatas and Paracelsan "archaei" seem potentially interesting. In particular, the Zoroastrian calendar has 30 deities associated with the days of the month: this looks like a good parallel for the 30 nymphs surrounding the Voynich zodiac medallions (but the Persian deities are both male and female, as far as I know).

It is not clear to me how much the Paracelsan "archei" are close to be actual personifications. They do sound similar to the concepts discussed by Taiz and Taiz. Of course, Paracelsus is about one century too late for a possible influence on the VMS, but one could search for similar concepts in earlier writers.
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RE: Women as allegory for the life force of plants - or just a plant biology lesson? - by MarcoP - 24-05-2018, 08:42 AM

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