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On the cult of multiple-headed gods in England and in the Baltic Area
Subtitle:Przegląd Archeologiczny T. 34 (1987)
Creator: Contributor: Publisher:Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii Kultury Materialnej
Place of publishing: Date issued/created: Description: Type of object: Subject and Keywords:early Middle Aged -- England / Rügen / Scandinavia ; Svetovid (Slavic deity) ; Svetovid temple (Arkona, Rügen, Germany) ; pagan temples ; many-headed statues of Polabian Slavs ; cult of many-headed deities ; written sources for the history of paganism ; Arkona, Rügen (Germany)
Abstract:The author discusses Scandinavian finds that may help in elucidating the problems of the multi-headed idol cult among Baltic Slavs. The Scandinavian mythology however does only know of three- headed super-human beings why it may be possible that the four-headed motif could have been adopted by the Vikings from their neighbours on the southern Baltic coast. However, centuries earlier the Sutton Hoo find indicates the cult of elongated - whet-stone like objects with multiple-faced terminals. These objects resemble the wooden figure from Wolin. The hypothesis of ceremonial and religious use of whetsones is forwarded
Relation: Volume: Start page: End page: Resource type: Detailed Resource Type: Format: Resource Identifier: Source:IAiE PAN, call no. P III 149 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P III 272 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P III 353 ; click here to follow the link
Language: Rights:Rights Reserved - Restricted Access
Terms of use: Digitizing institution:Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Original in:Library of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Projects co-financed by:Ministry of Science and Higher Education ; Activities popularizing science (DUN)
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