The Dawn of the Potnia. Reception and Re-Interpretation of an Archetypal Model in Protohistoric Peninsular Italy

This contribution aims to deepen the complex iconographic dossier of Potnia theron by focusing attention on its early stages of reception in protohistoric peninsular Italy. The analysis of the mode of recognition and elaboration of this mythical archetypal model offers important insights for the understanding of cultural and religious dynamics of interaction among the proto-historic populations of ours Peninsula, central Europe and the Mediterranean world during the 8th century BCE.