Авг 14, 2024 | English, Славяне, Язычество
The article studies a literary fragment written by Notker Labeo around 1000 in Old High German, which mentions a strange cannibalistic custom of the Slavs. This fragment had almost been forgotten by scholars of pre-Christian Slavic culture. It is a commentary on...
Окт 4, 2023 | English, Мифология, Славяне, Язычество
“Those of their narrations which I heard with regard to the gods I am not earnest to relate in full, but I shall name them only, because I consider that all men are equally ignorant of these matters” Herodotus, “Histories” II, 3 (Trans. G.C. Macaulay) PDF Abstract....
Мар 1, 2021 | English, Мифология, Славяне, Язычество
The paper is concerned with the detailed consideration of one of the most well-known and frequently mentioned Slavic pagan deities: Dazhbog (or Daž(d)bog). At the same time, the historiographic stereotypes full of contradictions and problems have been fixed in...
Фев 26, 2021 | English, Мифология, Славяне
Abstract: This paper is concerned with the pagan Slavic deity Dazhbog (Dazhdbog, Dažbog). The most important data on him are briefly considered in the paper: from ancient medieval sources to the latest texts of Modern Age distorting his image. Further, special...
Фев 5, 2019 | English, Мифология, Славяне, Язычество
B.A. Rybakov and his predecessor’s interpretations Oleg V. Kutarev etnogenez@mail.ru PDF Abstract. Such characters of Slavic mythology as Rod and Rozhanicy have been scientifically studied for more than 150 years. It seems that quite a true notion of them should have...
