Wczesnośredniowieczne maski Słowian. Obrazy zmarłych, bogów, czy rekwizyty rytualne?
Masks have played an important role in human culture since the earliest times. In the present paper Slavic masks that date back to the Early Middle Ages are analyzed. The collection of artefacts consists of extraordinary finds from Opole and their somewhat later analogies from Veliky Novgorod and it...
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| description | Masks have played an important role in human culture since the earliest times. In the present paper Slavic masks that date back to the Early Middle Ages are analyzed. The collection of artefacts consists of extraordinary finds from Opole and their somewhat later analogies from Veliky Novgorod and its surroundings, which constitutes the whole catalogue of Slavic finds. Masks are connected with different kinds of performative activities. However, I will make an attempt to prove that in the discussed chronological and cultural context they were explicitly associated with the world of the dead. Such information can be found in several written sources related to the religious beliefs of the Slavs. The article presents possible interpretation paths that allow us to see masks as images of gods, the deceased, or to interpret them as ritual props connected with annual rites, during which hosting the dead was one of the key elements. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e8b3997877e84a2b83562c51285fd9152022-12-22T04:08:03ZdeuInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of SciencesPrzegląd Archeologiczny0079-71382657-40042020-12-016810.23858/PA68.2020.008Wczesnośredniowieczne maski Słowian. Obrazy zmarłych, bogów, czy rekwizyty rytualne?Paweł Szczepanik0Instytut Archeologii, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Szosa Bydgoska 44/48, 87-100 ToruńMasks have played an important role in human culture since the earliest times. In the present paper Slavic masks that date back to the Early Middle Ages are analyzed. The collection of artefacts consists of extraordinary finds from Opole and their somewhat later analogies from Veliky Novgorod and its surroundings, which constitutes the whole catalogue of Slavic finds. Masks are connected with different kinds of performative activities. However, I will make an attempt to prove that in the discussed chronological and cultural context they were explicitly associated with the world of the dead. Such information can be found in several written sources related to the religious beliefs of the Slavs. The article presents possible interpretation paths that allow us to see masks as images of gods, the deceased, or to interpret them as ritual props connected with annual rites, during which hosting the dead was one of the key elements.https://journals.iaepan.pl/pa/article/view/2476masksEarly Middle AgesSlavic religious beliefsafterlifepre-Christian rituals |
| spellingShingle | Paweł Szczepanik Wczesnośredniowieczne maski Słowian. Obrazy zmarłych, bogów, czy rekwizyty rytualne? Przegląd Archeologiczny masks Early Middle Ages Slavic religious beliefs afterlife pre-Christian rituals |
| title | Wczesnośredniowieczne maski Słowian. Obrazy zmarłych, bogów, czy rekwizyty rytualne? |
| title_full | Wczesnośredniowieczne maski Słowian. Obrazy zmarłych, bogów, czy rekwizyty rytualne? |
| title_fullStr | Wczesnośredniowieczne maski Słowian. Obrazy zmarłych, bogów, czy rekwizyty rytualne? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wczesnośredniowieczne maski Słowian. Obrazy zmarłych, bogów, czy rekwizyty rytualne? |
| title_short | Wczesnośredniowieczne maski Słowian. Obrazy zmarłych, bogów, czy rekwizyty rytualne? |
| title_sort | wczesnosredniowieczne maski slowian obrazy zmarlych bogow czy rekwizyty rytualne |
| topic | masks Early Middle Ages Slavic religious beliefs afterlife pre-Christian rituals |
| url | https://journals.iaepan.pl/pa/article/view/2476 |
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