Traktat o slovanskih bogovih iz XVII. stol.: M. Fren(t)zel, Dissertationes historicae tres de idolis Slavorum<br>Ein Traktat über die slawischen Götter aus dem XVII. Jh.: M. Fren(t)zel, Dissertationes historicae tres de idolis Slavorum</br>
The paper examines a mythological tractate of the Lusatian researcher Michael Frenzel (Fren{t}zel) on Slavic deities from the 17th century. The tractate (“three dissertations”), which contains an eclectic description of the Slavic and the Lusatian pantheons, is a typical case of the so-called “cabin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC
2015-05-01
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| Series: | Studia Mythologica Slavica |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/sms/article/view/1808 |
| Summary: | The paper examines a mythological tractate of the Lusatian researcher Michael Frenzel (Fren{t}zel) on Slavic deities from the 17th century. The tractate (“three dissertations”), which contains an eclectic description of the Slavic and the Lusatian pantheons, is a typical case of the so-called “cabinet mythology”. This kind of literature, nevertheless, also needs to be analyzed: in part as a monument to scientific thought, partly (although with a large dose of caution) as a secondary source for the reconstruction of local - in this case Lusatian - mythological tradition. |
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| ISSN: | 1408-6271 1581-128X |