Aśvamedha - A Vedic Horse Sacrifice<br>Aśvamedha - vedsko žrtvovanje konja</br>
The article investigates the ancient Vedic ritual of horse immolation, known as Aśvamedha. The ritual spans in time from a dawn of Hindu history to the early modern times. It explores its origins, and its cultural and social functions. As there is evidence that horses sacrifice was known among the R...
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2005-10-01
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| description | The article investigates the ancient Vedic ritual of horse immolation, known as Aśvamedha. The ritual spans in time from a dawn of Hindu history to the early modern times. It explores its origins, and its cultural and social functions. As there is evidence that horses sacrifice was known among the Romans, Celts, Scythians, Slavs and other Indo-European people the paper examines possible common conceptual origin of these and similar rites. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-42ef526a1e2c49a5a867ca25786738992022-12-22T03:43:16ZdeuZRC SAZU, Založba ZRCStudia Mythologica Slavica1408-62711581-128X2005-10-018758610.3986/sms.v8i0.17471414Aśvamedha - A Vedic Horse Sacrifice<br>Aśvamedha - vedsko žrtvovanje konja</br>Roman ZaroffThe article investigates the ancient Vedic ritual of horse immolation, known as Aśvamedha. The ritual spans in time from a dawn of Hindu history to the early modern times. It explores its origins, and its cultural and social functions. As there is evidence that horses sacrifice was known among the Romans, Celts, Scythians, Slavs and other Indo-European people the paper examines possible common conceptual origin of these and similar rites.https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/sms/article/view/1747 |
| spellingShingle | Roman Zaroff Aśvamedha - A Vedic Horse Sacrifice<br>Aśvamedha - vedsko žrtvovanje konja</br> Studia Mythologica Slavica |
| title | Aśvamedha - A Vedic Horse Sacrifice<br>Aśvamedha - vedsko žrtvovanje konja</br> |
| title_full | Aśvamedha - A Vedic Horse Sacrifice<br>Aśvamedha - vedsko žrtvovanje konja</br> |
| title_fullStr | Aśvamedha - A Vedic Horse Sacrifice<br>Aśvamedha - vedsko žrtvovanje konja</br> |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aśvamedha - A Vedic Horse Sacrifice<br>Aśvamedha - vedsko žrtvovanje konja</br> |
| title_short | Aśvamedha - A Vedic Horse Sacrifice<br>Aśvamedha - vedsko žrtvovanje konja</br> |
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| url | https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/sms/article/view/1747 |
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