Cláudia Cerqueira do Rosario

To The God and The Goddess That I Know and That I Don´t Know: the Tremendum in a Sumero-Akkadian Prayer

Ao Deus e à Deusa que conheço e que não conheço: oTremendum numa prece sumero-acadiana

Published in Mirabilia 4

Keywords: Keywords: mysterium tremendum, prayer, religious phenomenom.

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This paper analyses the notion of mysterium tremendum posed by the historian and philosopher of religions Rudolf Otto, through a prayer produced in the sumero-akkadian historical context – circa 3500/1800 BCE. This notion becomes a fundamental one for the study and understanding of the religious phenomenon's essence.