Obrzedy pogrzebowe poganskich Slowian w opisach podroznikow i pisarzy arabskich glownie z IX-Xw

Lewicki, Tadeusz

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“…In “Golden meadows” by historiographer al-Mas’ūdī, written around 947, a description of a funeral among the people of S[a]rbin, which can be associated with some West Slavic tribes, is quoted. According to this colourful description of the funeral of a ruler or leader, his body was burnt on the pyre together with the horses [ 67 ] (pp. 151–152).…”

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Horses in the Early Medieval (10th–13th c.) Religious Rituals of Slavs in Polish Areas—An Archaeozoological, Archaeological and Historical Overview

Makowiecki

Chudziak

Szczepanik

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Knowledge about horses from early medieval (10th–13th c.) Poland has been largely based on historical and archaeological data. Archaeozoological information has only been used to a limited extent. Therefore, this article aims to present the current state of knowledge on this subject, drawing on archaeozoological data from studies of horse bones. Apart from confirming earlier reflections regarding the sacred significance of the horse, additional information was obtained about specific individuals who were the subject of magical treatments. It turned out that sites with horse skeletons and skulls are few compared to the familiar presence of horse remains among kitchen waste. This contrasts with the neighbouring regions, where horses were buried more frequently among the Germans, Scandinavians and Prussians. Some new data have been obtained thanks to taphonomic analyses, which demonstrated that horse skulls of apotropaic status were not only exposed to public viewing but were also deposited under stronghold ramparts. Horses suffering from infectious diseases could also be buried under such ramparts. Considerations in the article lead to conclusions that horses were used in religious rituals as sacrificial animals, apotropaic deposits, as fortune-telling animals and cosmological figures.

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Horses in the Early Medieval (10th–13th c.) Religious Rituals of Slavs in Polish Areas—An Archaeozoological, Archaeological and Historical Overview

Makowiecki

Chudziak

Szczepanik

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Zu den Brandbestattungsbräuchen der Slawen im 6. bis 10. Jahrhundert in Polen

Zoll-Adamikowa

1972

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Vom Staatsgebiet Polens sind über 90 gesicherte und etwa ebensoviel vermutete Fundstellen mit Brandbestattungen aus frühmittelalterlich-slawischer Zeit bekannt geworden. Über den gegenwärtigen Stand ihrer Erforschung gibt die Verfasserin einen Überblick. Sie unterscheidet in der Entwicklung des Bestattungsritus für dieses Gebiet drei Phasen, die jeweils durch unterschied-liche Bräuche und eine voneinander abweichende regionale Verbreitung bestimmter Sitten gekennzeichnet sind. Sie versucht ausführlich, die mit der Brandbestattung verbundenen Bräuche - besonders die Leichenverbrennung selbst sowie die Bestattungsrituale - zu rekonstruieren. Dabei stützt sie sich vorwiegend auf die archäologischen Befunde und auf zeitgenössische schriftliche Überlieferungen.

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Obrzedy pogrzebowe poganskich Slowian w opisach podroznikow i pisarzy arabskich glownie z IX-Xw

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Horses in the Early Medieval (10th–13th c.) Religious Rituals of Slavs in Polish Areas—An Archaeozoological, Archaeological and Historical Overview

Horses in the Early Medieval (10th–13th c.) Religious Rituals of Slavs in Polish Areas—An Archaeozoological, Archaeological and Historical Overview

Zu den Brandbestattungsbräuchen der Slawen im 6. bis 10. Jahrhundert in Polen

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