Znaczenie odciętych głów w obrzędowości pogańskiej wczesnośredniowiecznych Słowian zachodnich<br>The Meaning of Severed Heads in Ritualism of Early Medieval Western Slavs</br>

The author of this paper analyses the sources of the early medieval Western Slavs that point to the existence of the beliefs that connected heads with the essence of the life – the spirit/soul, and considered the head as the most important part of the human body, also possessing a mediatory nature....

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Main Author: Kamil Kajkowski
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC 2014-10-01
Series:Studia Mythologica Slavica
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Online Access:https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/sms/article/view/1498