Le jeune garçon à la huppe, sur les bas-reliefs d’Ancien Empire
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https://doi.org/10.14428/babelao.vol15.2026.92573Keywords:
Hoopoe, Solar symbol, Sexual metaphor, Language of imagesAbstract
Lorsqu’un jeune garçon tient en main une huppe, comme on le voit sur les parois des mastabas, l’oiseau constitue probablement pour l’adolescent une double garantie de prolongement de la vie : par l’assimilation de la huppe au soleil, qui intègre le fils du défunt au cycle solaire, et comme promesse de virilité, c’est-à-dire de descendance.
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