Rituals in Slavic Pre-Christian Religion : Festivals, Banqueting, and Divination.

Reconstructs the rituals of Slavic pre-Christian religion and society through a close examination of written medieval sources.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Álvarez-Pedrosa, Juan Antonio.
Other Authors: Santos Marinas, Enrique.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Arc Humanities Press, 2023.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Beyond Medieval Europe Series
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505 0 |a Front cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Methodological Problems in Reconstructing Pre-Christian Slavic Religion -- Chapter 2. Fertility Rites -- Fertility Rites and Calendrical Rituals -- Fertility Rites Prior to Christianization -- The Description of a Harvest Ritual in the Sanctuary of Arkona -- The Sacred Lake of Glomuzi and the Auguries of Fertility -- A Festival at the Beginning of the Summer at Wolin -- Calendrical Rituals after Christianization -- Spring Festivals: Rusalia -- Other Spring Festivals in the Western Slavic Realm -- Rituals Related to Fertility Deities -- Rod and Rozhanitsy -- Svarozhich -- Hennil/Bendil -- Pereplut -- Wedding Rituals -- Chapter 3. Rites of Everyday Life -- Ritual and Daily Life -- Oaths and Pledges -- Divination -- Travelling and Trading -- Healing -- Chapter 4. Military Rituals -- Rituals before Combat -- Rituals during Combat -- Rituals after Combat -- Military Rituals during Peacetimes -- Chapter 5. Funerary Rites -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- Was the Concept of the Afterlife Unknown to the Pre-Christian Slavs? -- Funerary Rites among the Pre-Christian Slavs -- Cremation -- Funerary Banquet -- Ritual Sacrifice of the Widows -- Votive Victims -- The Baths of the Dead -- Festivals to Honour the Dead -- Self-immolation of the Warriors -- The Ritual Described by Ibn Faḍlān -- The Oath of Self-execration of the Warriors -- The Change of the Funerary Ritual and the Appearance of the Restless Dead in the Slavic Cultural Realm -- Slavic Vampires -- The Living Dead among the East Slavs -- Living Dead among the West Slavs -- The Aggressiveness of the Living Dead -- The Change of the Funerary Rite and the Origin of the Living Dead. 
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