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Pripegala
Pripegala is a god of the Polabian Slavs, mentioned in a 1108 letter by the Magdeburg Bishop Adelgot, calling for a battle against the pagan Veleti. Among the images of Slavic crimes and atrocities contained in the document was a description of the worship of a god named ''Pripegala'', juxtaposed with the Greek Priapus: There is general agreement that the notation ''Pripegala'' is distorted and many scholars have proposed their own reading. The contemporary transcript is read as ''Pribyglav''/''Pribyglov''. The analysis shows that the Slavic cluster ''*Prib-'' in medieval German Latin is rendered as by ''Prib'', cf. ''Pribe'', ''Pribizlav'', or by ''Prip'', cf. ''Pripslaff'' "Polish given name Przybysław", ''Pripgnewe'', ''Pripignewen'' "Przybygniew". The Slavic vowel ⟨y⟩, on the other hand, was written as the letter ''e'', as it was often done when writing Polish names. The last element of the theonym, ''-gala'', should be read as an element ''-glov'' or ''-glav'', which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perperuna And Dodola
Dodola (also spelled ''Dodole'', ''Dudola'', ''Dudula'' etc.) and Perperuna (also spelled ''Peperuda'', ''Preperuda'', ''Preperuša'', ''Prporuša'', ''Papaluga'' etc.), are Balkans, Balkan Rainmaking (ritual), rainmaking pagan customs practiced until the 20th century. The tradition is found in South Slavs, South Slavic countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia), as well as in near Albania, Greece, Hungary, Moldavia and Romania. It is a ceremonial ritual of singing and dancing done by young boys and girls in times of droughts. According to some interpretations it was related to Slavic god Perun, and Perperuna could have been a Slavic goddess of rain, and the wife of the supreme deity Perun (god of thunder and weather in the Slavic pantheon). Names The custom's Slavic prototype name is ''*Perperuna'' (with variations ''Preperuna'', ''Peperuna'', ''Preperuda/Peperuda'', ''Pepereda'', ''Preperuga/Peperuga'', ''Peperunga'', ''Pemperuga'' in Bulgaria and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triglav (mythology)
Triglav ( "Three-headed one") is the god of the Pomeranians and probably some of the Polabian Slavs, worshipped in Szczecin, Wolin and probably Brenna (now Brandenburg). His cult is confirmed in the biographies of St. Otto of Bamberg. His cult has been confirmed since 1124, officially collapsed in 1127. Sources and history In Latin records, this theonym is noted as , , , , , . Informations about Triglav come from three sources, the oldest being ''Life of Saint Otto, Bishop of Bamberg'' () by an anonymous monk from Prüfening Abbey, written by 1146, the second source is the 1151 ''Life of Saint Otto, Bishop of Bamberg'' by the monk , the third is ''Dialog on the Life of Saint Otto of Bamberg'' by the monk , written around 1158-1159. These sources are biographies of St. Otto of Bamberg and describe his Christianization missions among the Baltic Slavs. First mission Otto, after receiving permission from Pope Callistus II, goes to Pomerania to Christianize. The bishop first a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gola Glava
Gola Glava is a village in the municipality of Valjevo, Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas .... According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 793 people.Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. File:Selo Gola Glava - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - centar sela 1.jpg, Gola Glava - panorama File:Selo Gola Glava - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - centar sela 2.jpg, Gola Glava - panorama File:Selo Gola Glava - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - crkva.jpg, Gola Glava - church File:Selo Gola Glava - opština Valjevo - zapadna Srbija - panorama 11.jpg, Gola Glava - panorama File:Selo Gola Glava - opština Valjevo - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toponymy
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of ''toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of any geographical feature, and full scope of the term also includes proper names of all cosmographical features. In a more specific sense, the term ''toponymy'' refers to an inventory of toponyms, while the discipline researching such names is referred to as ''toponymics'' or ''toponomastics''. Toponymy is a branch of onomastics, the study of proper names of all kinds. A person who studies toponymy is called ''toponymist''. Etymology The term toponymy come from grc, τόπος / , 'place', and / , 'name'. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' records ''toponymy'' (meaning "place name") first appearing in English in 1876. Since then, ''toponym'' has come to replace the term ''place-name'' in professional discourse among geographers. Toponym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privina Glava Monastery
The Privina Glava Monastery ( sr, Манастир Привина Глава, Manastir Privina Glava) is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. According to legend, Privina Glava was founded by a feudal lord whose name was Priba/Priva, in the 12th century while another attribution is the 15th century Srem despots of the Branković family. The earliest historical records about the monastery are dated in 1566/1567. The icons in the altar screen were painted by Andrej Šaltist in 1786, and the wall paintings by Kuzman Kolarić in 1791. Prvina Glava Monastery was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia. See also Monasteries of Fruška gora- Fruškać *Monasteries of Fruška Gora *Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance *Tourism in Serbia *List of Serb Orthodox monasteries This is a list of Serbian Orthodox Christian monasteries in Serbia and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privina Glava
Privina Glava ( sr, Привина Глава) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Šid municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 221 people (2002 census). See also * List of places in Serbia *List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia. List of largest cities and towns in Vojvodina List of urban settlements in Vojvodina List of all urban settlements (cities and towns) in Vojvodina with populati ... Populated places in Syrmia {{SremRS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Loma
Aleksandar Loma ( sr, Александар Лома; born March 2, 1955) is a Serbian philologist, indo-europeanist and a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts since October 30, 2003. Aleksandar Loma emphasized that Serbian epic poetry about Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ... events is older than the events it describes, having its origin in the pre-Christian and pre-Balkan periods of Serbian history. Bibliography * * ''Ogledna sveska'', 1998, Department for etymology of Institute for Serbian language of SANU (coautorship) * * ''Etymological dictionary of Serbian language'', 2003 (coautorship) References External links Biography on the website of SANUBibliography and short CV of Aleksandar Loma, published on SANU website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rethra
Rethra (also known as ''Radagoszcz'', ''Radegost'', ''Radigast'', ''Redigast'', ''Radgosc'' and other forms like ''Ruthengost'') was, in the 10th to the 12th centuries, the main town and political center of the Slavic Redarians, one of the four major Lutician tribes, located most likely in present-day Mecklenburg. It was also a major worship center, devoted to the cult of the Slavic deity Radegast- Swarożyc. Etymology The name "Radgosc" (or its close forms) derives from old Slavic and roughly translates as "hospitable" (''"radość"'' or ''"radi"'' meaning "glad" or "happy" and ''"gość"'' or ''"gost"'' meaning "guest"). In Czech, the word "radohostinství" means 'hospitality', and "radovati se" means 'to rejoice'. Alternately it may be translated as "council hosting", from "rada" (Czech, Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian) - council (also advice, counsel, committee), and "hostit" (Czech "to host"), "goszczący", "gościć" (Polish "hosting", "to host"), and relate to a place, person ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radegast (god)
Radogost is, according to medieval chroniclers, the god of the Polabian Slavs, whose temple was located in Rethra. In modern scientific literature, however, the dominant view is that ''Radogost'' is a local nickname or a local alternative name of the solar god Svarozhits, who, according to earlier sources, was the chief god of Rethra. Some researchers also believe that the name of the town, where Svarozhits was the main deity, was mistakenly taken for a theonym. A popular local legend in the Czech Republic is related to Radogost. Sources The first source mentioning this theonym is the ''Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum'' by Adam of Bremen: The elderly Bishop John, captured with other Christians in the city of Mecklenburg, was kept alive to be exhibited in triumph. And consequently, lashed with whips for having confessed to Christ, he was then paraded in each of the cities of the Slavs to be mocked, as he could not be forced to renounce the name of Christ, his hands a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svarozhits
Svarozhits (Latin: Zuarasiz, Zuarasici, Old East Slavic: Сварожиць, Russian: Сварожиц), Svarozhich (Old East Slavic: Сварожичь, Russian: Сварожич) is a Slavic god of fire, son of Svarog. One of the few Pan-Slavic gods. He is most likely identical with Radegast, less often identified with Dazhbog. Etymology The theonym ''Svarozhits'' comes from the theonym ''Svarog'' with the suffix ''-its'', ''-ich''. According to most scholars, ''Svarog'' is related to the word '' svar'' "quarrel", '' svariti'' "to quarrel, argue", and cognate words are Old English ''andswaru'' (→ English ''swear''), Old Norse ''sverja'' "to swear", or Sanskrit ''svarati'' (स्वरति) "to sing", "to sound", "to praise". An affinity has also been suggested with Old High German ''gi-swerc'' "storm clouds", Old English ''sweorc'' "darkness, cloud, fog", Dutch ''zwerk'' "cloud, cloudy sky", and Indian '' svárgas'' "heaven". It has also been suggested that Svarog may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polabian Slavs
Polabian Slavs ( dsb, Połobske słowjany, pl, Słowianie połabscy, cz, Polabští slované) is a collective term applied to a number of Lechitic ( West Slavic) tribes who lived scattered along the Elbe river in what is today eastern Germany. The approximate territory stretched from the Baltic Sea in the north, the Saale and the ''Limes Saxoniae''Christiansen, 18 in the west, the Ore Mountains and the Western Sudetes in the south, and Poland in the east. They have also been known as Elbe Slavs (german: Elbslawen) or Wends. Their name derives from the Slavic ''po'', meaning "by/next to/along", and the Slavic name for the ''Elbe'' (''Labe'' in Czech and ''Łaba'' in Polish). The Polabian Slavs started settling in the territory of modern Germany in the 6th century. They were largely conquered by Saxons and Danes since the 9th century and were subsequently included and gradually assimilated within the Holy Roman Empire. The tribes were gradually Germanized and assimilated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
