خلاصة:
The Mesopotamian mythology represents a variation of monsters and hybrids.
Among them, the fantastic creatures in the composition of the animal and the
man are very important; it is about the "man-animal". What attracts our
interest; it is the composite creature, the "man-bull", because of its diverse
aspect, as well as its symbolic characteristic.
On the other hand, we notice one of the very practical figures and very
renowned, "Master of animals", it is appreciated as much as all the
Mesopotamian regions represented it in their arts.
Problematic: what types of the "man-bull" had most importance in
Mesopotamia? Which is the relationship enters the "man-bull" and "Master
of animals"? What physical evolution arose during the transformation of the
"man-bull" to "Master of animals"?
Hypothesis: there is doubtless a narrow relation enters the "man-bull" and
"Master of animals ", as regards the symbolizing character to be able to it and
their appearances in vertical position. Mesopotamia represents a particular
character of the real or fantastic animals, which spread towards the other
parts of the country; it is about the representation of animals in vertical
shape.
ملخص الجهاز:
The "Man-Bull" and the «Master of Animals» in Mesopotamia and in Iran Ali reza Taheri 1 Received: 201/11/4 Accepted: 2012/7/17 Abstract The Mesopotamian mythology represents a variation of monsters and hybrids.
J. Humanities (2013) Vol. 20(1) At the same time, we indicate under the pre-dynastic name, in neighboring Elam, a border Iranian territory of Sumer, in which appear demons' faces on the head of animal and, from there appear however already on top of that big number on the stamps of Susa, they appear have entered the figurative type of Sumer as such, where they can find them in number growing for the proto-dynasty period.
Certain faces of this type of hybrid were shown: a man with often long and aggressive horns, a human torso with horns and legs and with the hoofs of a bull … The most ancient listed evidence goes back to the 8th millennium BC: it is about a figure with the horn of an ibex or of a goat illustrated on the surface of the fragments of ceramics found in Susa.
The figure of the "bull-man", with human head torso but taurine horns, lower body and legs, first appeared in the second phase of the Early Dynastic Period, when the creature was commonly seen on the cylinder seals.
The art of Luristan represents a big collection of the faces of the masters of animals with different features: - The man in vertical form is fond of the hands of the real or fantastic animals.