Summary
The books can normally be bought separately, but within the offer PACKAGE Mythology+ the total price is 20% lower: Natko Nodil's comprehensive study "The Old Faith of the Serbs and Croats", which was published in 1885-1890. in the Work of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts. "For the Slavs, the gods are meager, barren; they are outlines drawn by a child's hand, and no living opportunities compared to the image of man. These gods neither marry, nor are they merry, nor do they fight; their throne is not on the purple and gold of the clouds, nor do they walk on the thin air. In other words, these gods They are not anthropomorphic. This is an opinion about the indolence and inappropriateness of the Slavic gods, that even the learned Slavist, L. Leger, recently ruled as follows: "As far as we know about the Slavic gods, they are completely different from Greek anthropomorphism. Apart from exceptions, they have neither families nor genealogies." Ante Škobalj: on the basis of archaeological findings, a historical-theological discussion about religion and magic = Tumuli rituales: ex studio notitiarum archeologicarum dissertatio historico-theologica de religione et magia The book was written on the basis of archaeological findings and is a historical-theological discussion about religion and magic, accepted by some, but not by others is the fact that it is a valuable contribution to the elucidation of Croatian history and archaeology, since many cite it and use it. The book "Mythology of the Slavs" by Alexander Gieysztor, according to the JLZ General Encyclopedia (1982), is based on a comparison and analysis of available historical sources and folklore in order to reconstruct Old Slavic mythology. Gieysztor's work is crucial to understanding the pagan beliefs of the Slavs because it offers a systematic approach to the study of this topic, linking archaeological findings with written sources and folklore material. Gieysztor applied a comparative method, comparing data from various historical sources, such as chronicles and reports from the early Middle Ages, with archaeological finds and later folklore heritage. The goal of the book is to reconstruct the pagan religious system of the Slavs, which was poorly documented, but had a significant impact on culture and identity. The work has become a standard and indispensable work for anyone who deals with Slavic mythology, provides a detailed insight into beliefs and rituals before Christianization.
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Afterword p. [707]-725: Myths of our pagan antiquity and Natko Nodilo / Radoslav Katičić.Ante Škobalj: Ritual mounds
The book discusses the Development of the Christian altar, the origin of double churches, the relationship of Christianity to pagan religions, the migration of Croats to the Adriatic, the origin of the Bosnian state..., all of which provides a unique picture of continuous life development and gives the possibility to better and more clearly understand the eternal and general conflict between religion and magic in human life. nature.Gieysztor Aleksander: Mythology of the Slavs
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