UID:
almahu_9949384353402882
Format:
1 online resource
Edition:
1 [edition].
ISBN:
9781351028684
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1351028685
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9781351028707
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1351028707
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9781351028691
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1351028693
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9781351028677
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1351028677
Content:
This book offers a radical reinterpretation of the Slavic pagan religion made onthe basis of a thorough re-examination of all reliable sources. What did Slavic pagan religion have in common with the Afro-American cult of voodoo? Why were no Slavic gods mentioned before the mid-tenth century, and why were there no Slavic gods at all between the Dnieper and the Oder? Why were Slavic foundation legends similar to the totemic myths of the nomadic peoples of theEurasian Steppe, and who were Slavic Remus and Romulus? What were the Indo-European roots of Slavic hippomantic rituals, and where wasthe Eastern Slavic dragon Zmey Gorynych born? Answers to these and many other provocative questions can be found in this book.
Note:
Slavic Gods and Heroes- Front Cover; Slavic Gods and Heroes; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of charts; List of tables; Preface; Introduction; Notes; PART I: Ancient Slavs; Chapter 1: Ancient Slavs and their neighbors; Slavic languages; Slavs' homeland; Hydronymics; Names of the Slavs and Slavic names for their neighbors; Slavic migrations; Slavic scripts; Slavic society; Slavic states; The Christianization of the Slavs; Chapter 2: The earliest evidence of Slavic religion; Procopius, The Gothic War; St. Boniface, A Letter to King Ethelbald of Mercia; Ahmad ibn Fadlan, Travel-Report
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Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De administrando imperioWidukind of Corvey, Deeds of the Saxons; Leo the Deacon, History; Chapter 3: Conclusions; PART II: Gods; Chapter 4: Sources; Documentary evidence; Historiography; Hagiograph; Poetry; Chapter 5: Svarozhich; Chapter 6: Sventovit; Chapter 7: Rugevit; Chapter 8: Porevit, Porenut, and Turupid; Chapter 9: Pizamar and Chernoglav; Chapter 10: Prove and Podaga; Chapter 11: Triglav; Chapter 12: Gerovit; Chapter 13: Pripegala; Chapter 14: "Vladimir's gods"; Perun; Khors; Dazh'bog (Dazhd'bog); Stribog; Simar'gl; Mokosh'; Chapter 15: Volos (Veles)
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Chapter 16: ConclusionsPART III: Heroes; Chapter 17: Sources: Slavic national historiography; Cosmas of Prague, The Chronicle of the Czechs; Gallus Anonymus, The Deeds of the Princes of the Poles; Wincenty Kadłubek, Chronicles of the Kings and Princes of Poland; The Chronicle of Great Poland; The Chronicle of Dalimil; Jan Długosz, Annals or Chronicles of the Famous Kingdom of Poland; Chapter 18: Bohemia; Čech; Krok; Kazi; Tetka; Libuše; Chapter 19: Little Poland; Wiślanie; Lędzianie; Chapter 20: Great Poland; Chapter 21: Kiev; Chapter 22: Croatia; Chapter 23: Reconstruction
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Appendix 1: Indo-European hippomancyIndia; Persia; Parthia; Greece; Rome; Germanic tribes; Slavs; Ireland; Reconstruction; Appendix 2: Zmey Gorynych; Afterword; Bibliography; Sources; Research literature; Index
Additional Edition:
Print version: Slavic gods and heroes New York : Routledge, 2018. ISBN 9781138493193 (hardback : alk. paper)
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.4324/9781351028707
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351028707
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