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Živa may refer to: * Živa (mythology), fertility and love goddess in Slavic mythology * Živa (Vajska), small settlement near Vajska, Serbia *Živa (journal) Živa may refer to: *Živa (mythology), fertility and love goddess in Slavic mythology *Živa (Vajska) Vajska (Serbian Cyrillic: Вајска ; ro, Vaisca) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bač municipality, in the South Bačka Dis ..., journal founded by Jan Evangelista Purkyně {{disambig ...
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Živa (mythology)
Živa, Zhiva (Latin ''Siwa'') is a goddess of the Obodritic tribe of the Polabian Slavs. The goddess so appears only in the ''Chronicle'' of Helmold of Bozov. He described the strengthening of the pagan cult during the reign of Niklot: In the original name is spelled as ''Siwa'' (Copenhagen copy), in later manuscripts as ''Siwe'' (Lübeck), ''Silue'' (Vienna), ''Synna'' (Szczecin). The Copenhagen, Lübeck and Szczecin manuscripts indicate that the name contained the grapheme ''w'' (''v''); the Szczecin notation (''Synna'') was created as a result of frequent ''u'' → ''n'' replacement and reflected the form ''*Syuua'', while the double ''u'' = ''w'', which indicates the original form ''*Sywa'' (''*Syva''). The Viennese transcript is the most distorted in relation to the original. Scholars agree on the etymology of this theonym. It is read as the Slavic feminine adjective ''*Živa'' "Alive, Live, Living". ''Živa'' is also a personal name attested in several Slavic languages, ...
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Živa (Vajska)
Vajska (Serbian Cyrillic: Вајска ; ro, Vaisca) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bač municipality, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. Two neighbouring settlements, Labudnjača ( sr-cyr, Лабудњача; ) and Živa, are also officially regarded as parts of Vajska although they are physically separated from it. The name ''Labudnjača'' is derived . Name In Serbian the village is known as ''Vajska'' (Вајска), in Croatian as ''Vajska'', in Hungarian as ''Vajszka'' or ''Józsefháza'', in German as ''Wajska'' and in Romanian as ''Vaisca''. History During the early stage of the Yugoslav Wars and following the Battle of Borovo Selo in neighbouring Croatia, Danube river link was established between Vajska and Borovo 4 of May 1991 which during its operation reportedly served between 10-30,000 passengers including Croat refugees leaving the village of Borovo. Demographics The population of the village numbered 2,834 people as of the 2011 c ...
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Živa (journal)
Živa may refer to: *Živa (mythology), fertility and love goddess in Slavic mythology *Živa (Vajska) Vajska (Serbian Cyrillic: Вајска ; ro, Vaisca) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bač municipality, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. Two neighbouring settlements, Labudnjača ( sr-cyr, Лабудњача; ) and ..., small settlement near Vajska, Serbia * Živa (journal), journal founded by Jan Evangelista Purkyně {{disambig ...
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