«Мьёльнир» над Гнёздовым (sacré — знак благодати или беды?)
“Mjölnir” over Gnezdovo (sacré is a sign of grace or misfortune?)
Author(s): Vasily A. Bulkin, Valerii N. Sedykh Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Geography, Regional studies, Historical Geography, History of ideas, Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Dnieper region; Gnezdovo; pagan burial ground; sacral zone; holy; hydronyms; Oka basin
Summary/Abstract: The Ph. D. thesis by Vasily Aleksandrovich Bulkin (1973) analyzed the materials from Gnezdovsky burial cemetery near Smolensk. This site had always remained in the focus of his attention; in 1969—1970 he participated in the field research there, and always followed the latest discoveries at Gnezdovo. The main topic of his study was the history and archeology of the Dvina and Upper Dnieper region of the first and early second millennium AD. Especially fruitful was his interest in East European river names, and the Dnieper and Dvina historical and cultural zone, in particular. In this paper, on the basis of hydronymic data, an attempt is made to explain the phenomenon of Gnezdovo as a sacral zone.
Journal: Stratum plus. Археология и культурная антропология
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 47-49
- Page Count: 3
- Language: Russian