Fortune and Fertility Rites among the Pre-Christian Western Slavs<br>Fortuna e riti di fertilità presso gli slavi occidentali precristiani</br>
The purpose of the present paper is to analyze the fertility rites attested in the Medieval sources about the Western Slavic Pre-Christian Religion in order to make an assessment of such texts. It allows us to elaborate a hierarchy: the more reliable text belongs to Saxo Grammaticus and narrates the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Studia Mythologica Slavica |
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/sms/article/view/1580 |
| Summary: | The purpose of the present paper is to analyze the fertility rites attested in the Medieval sources about the Western Slavic Pre-Christian Religion in order to make an assessment of such texts. It allows us to elaborate a hierarchy: the more reliable text belongs to Saxo Grammaticus and narrates the festival made every autumn in the temple of Arkona; in second term we place the fragment of Thietmar of Merseburg relating to the obtaining of auguries about the harvest by the sacred lake of Glomuzi; finally we can read a text of Ebbo about a yearly feast at the beginning of summer in the city of Wollin, inspired by the biblical story of the Golden Calf. |
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| ISSN: | 1408-6271 1581-128X |