DIFÚZIA ALEBO SPOLOČNÉ KULTÚRNE DEDIČSTVO? TRIADICKÉ ANTROPOMORFNÉ, ZOOMORFNÉ, HYBRIDNÉ, ORNITOANTROPOMORFNÉ A ORNITOMORFNÉ ZOBRAZENIA V STREDOEURÓPSKEJ, NORDICKEJ A EGEJSKEJ DOBE BRONZOVEJ

The paper selects a comparison of triadic motifs in the Central European, Nordic and East Mediterranean cultural circles, represented mainly by the Minoan and Mycenaean culture. The subject of the analysis is the anthropomorphic, zoomorphic and ornitomorphic forms, as well as their hybrid forms. The aim of the analysis is to point out the similarities and differences of selected iconographic types, as well as their use in the individual monitored areas, which should prove their cultural belonging and mutual influence or, conversely, their independence as symbolic systems. Triadic compositions occur in all three areas during the Bronze Age. Upon closer inspection, one may observe differences that raise the question of whether they may have spread by diffusion from a single centre or, conversely, prove the independence of the three symbolic systems based on a common cultural heritage.