Przegląd Archeologiczny T. 34 (1987)
Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii Kultury Materialnej
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
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Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Biblioteka Instytutu Archeologii i Etnologii PAN
Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego ; Działalność upowszechniająca naukę (DUN)
Feb 2, 2022
Dec 1, 2016
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https://rcin.org.pl./publication/80021
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Lamm, Jan Peder (1935- ), 1987, On the cult of multiple-headed gods in England and in the Baltic Area | Feb 2, 2022 |
Szymański, Wojciech (1932– )
Abramowicz, Andrzej (1926–2011)