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.
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Arc Humanities Press,
2023.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Beyond Medieval Europe Series
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Table of Contents:
- 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.