03168nam 2200649 450 991071303430332120230618050730.01-80270-117-610.1515/9781802701173(CKB)26708058700041(NjHacI)9926708058700041(OCoLC)1379855580(MdBmJHUP)musev2_109182(DE-B1597)651436(DE-B1597)9781802701173(MiAaPQ)EBC30541623(Au-PeEL)EBL30541623(OCoLC)1402816333(EXLCZ)992670805870004120230527h20222023 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRituals in Slavic Pre-Christian Religion festivals, banqueting, and divination /Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa1st ed.York :Arc Humanities Press,2022.©20231 online resource (148 pages)Beyond medieval Europe9781641892063 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Methodological Problems in Reconstructing Pre- Christian Slavic Religion -- Chapter 2. Fertility Rites -- Chapter 3. Rites of Everyday Life -- Chapter 4. Military Rituals -- Chapter 5. Funerary Rites -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- IndexThe authors comprehensively analyze all the available information regarding the ritual practices of Slavic pre-Christian religion that can be found in written medieval texts. After investigating every kind of reference to such practices, they offer a reconstruction of Slavic pre-Christian religion on the basis of these medieval testimonies. In doing so, they overcome the challenges presented by the fact that all of these sources are indirect, since the Slavs did not acquire literacy until they became Christians. Thus the writers of these texts mostly professed a monotheistic religion, being Christians and in some cases Muslims. The picture that they offer is biased and determined by their own faith. The present analysis innovatively combines testimonies from every Slavic area (Eastern, Western, and Southern), showing their mutual correspondences and emphasizing the relationship between the Slavic pre-Christian religion and its Indo-European roots.0.Beyond medieval Europe.SlavsReligionPaganismRitualsSlavic countriesfastSlavic countriesHistoryTo 1500Slavic countriesReligionHistory.Electronic books. Baltic peoples.Slavic peoples.early Middle Ages.folklore.pagan religions.SlavsReligion.PaganismRituals.299.18Álvarez-Pedrosa Juan Antonio1357388NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910713034303321Rituals in Slavic Pre-Christian Religion3363270UNINA