A rítus mint információ. A Haldi-kultusz szerepe az urartui állam kibontakozásában
Ritual Practice as Information. The Role of the Haldi Cult in the Formation of the Urartian State

Summary/Abstract: It has long been known for its sketchy categorization of various religions that, in contrast to their modern manifestations (Christianity, Islam, modern Jewishness), archaic religions do not focus on some kind of confession of faith, but on ritual practice of respecting and serving the gods. Surely this is also the case with the Haldi cult, which is widespread in Urartu. The study analyses this cult practice from the point of view of the role it could play in the formation of the Urartan state and the legitimacy of the ruling power. According to the inscriptions and the Haldi-cult practice venues, Haldi is more likely to be regarded as a patronizing deity of a particular dynasty, whose cult practice–beyond the religious message–provided information about the close relationship between the deity and the ruling person to the participants of the widespread cult practice, thus indirectly it served to legitimize the rulers of Urartu.

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