Searching for the Slavic Soul

Searching for the Slavic Soul

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Searching for the Slavic Soul episodes

  • Episode 16: The Slavic patriarchy

    Proto-Slavic words: *mộžь, *ženà, *rȍdъ

    The post on Witia’s blog

    Bibliography:

    „Ibrahim ibn Jakub i Tadeusz Kowalski w sześćdziesiątą rocznicę edycji”, edited by Andrzej Zaborski

    K. Stock „Material Girls”

    R. Derksen “Etymological Dictionary Of The Slavic Inherited Lexicon”

    A. Brückner “Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego”

    М. Фасмер „Этимологический онлайн-словарь русского языка”

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  • Episode 15: Putting Slavic women in their place

    Eastern Slavic early medieval house

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    Bibliography:

    K. Aitamurto “Paganism, Traditionalism, Nationalism: Narratives of Russian Rodnoverie”

    J.A. Alvares-Pedrosa „Sources of Slavic pre-Christian Religion”

    В. Серкина „О роли женщин у славян в период язычествa”

    H. Kitsikopoulos “Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200–1500”

    D. Oren-Magidor, C. Rider ”Introduction: Infertility in Medieval and Early Modern Medicine”, Social History of Medicine 29(2)

    W. Vargas, P. Zych “Bestiariusz Słowiański”

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  • Episode 13: First – thou shalt not make new vampires

    This episode has no bibliography, as it is based on one of the very first blogposts, written in times, when I thought that bibliography would make my blog look pretentious. After listening to this episode you will however realize that what I am talking about is not really a rocket science and any basic internet search on Slavic demonology can verify my statements.

    WHO statistics I cite can be found on WHO website.

     

    Link to the Radegast Discord server: https://discord.gg/XFNBdbC

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  • Episode 12: Sticks and Carrots of the Pagan World

    Lingustics:

    proto-Slavic word for oath: *prisę̀ga

    proto-Slavic word for “to reach", to attain”: *sę̀gati

    Bibliography:

    S. Sielicki “Indo-Iranian parallels of the Slavic water rites and oath and guilt confirmation attested in Medieval Latin accounts and Slavic law codices

    J. Grković-Major “On Proto-Slavic oath formulas”

    A. Brückner „Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego”

    A. Szyjewski „Religia Słowian”

    Link to order the Slavic Calendar for 2021

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  • Episode 11: It's not Slavic to be a Karen

    Blibliography:

    W. Vargas, P. Zych “Bestiariusz Słowiański”

    А. А. Бычков „Энциклопедия языческих богов”

    The blog post about Slavic demons

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  • Episode 10: Ok, boomer

    Bibliography:

    A. Szyjewski „Religia Słowian”

    H.Kitsikopoulos “Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe 1200-1500”

    А. А. Бычков „Энциклопедия языческих богов”

    P. Grochowski „Polscy dziadowie i ukraińscy lirnicy. Fakty, stereotypy i perspektywy badawcze [Polish “dziady” and Ukrainian hurdy-gurdy players. Facts, stereotypes and research perspectives]”

    Inspiration: the interview with żerca David – in Polish

    The blog post (the one with etymological analysis of the word “żerca”).

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  • Episode 9: Dola and Niedola

    Bibliography:

    S. Urbańczyk „Religia pogańskich Słowian”

    A. Cerny „Istoty mityczne Serbów”

    R. Trives „ Deceit and Self-Deception“

    The promised tale of Usud

    Warm thank you to Душан Божић, from Луг Велеса, for sharing his knowledge about beliefs and traditions of the Southern Slavs.

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About Searching for the Slavic Soul

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Discovering the Slavic culture is not easy. Scientific sources are scarce, and oral tradition tainted by Judaeo-Christian point of view, imposed on our ancestors with fire and sword. Written sources come from historians or travellers looking at the culture of Slavs with the eyes of a witness, not a participant and usually from the perspective of a foreign (Roman, Arabic, Judeo-Christian) culture. Archaeological discoveries require interpretation by modern researchers which obviously blurs the original meaning of the artefacts.