New Researches on the religion and mythology of the Pagan Slavs

0506171 - SLÚ 2020 RIV FR eng M - Monography Chapter
Dynda, Jiří
Slavic Anthropogony Myths. Body and Corporeality in the Slavic Narratives about the Creation of Man.
New Researches on the religion and mythology of the Pagan Slavs. Lisieux: Lingva, 2019 - (Lajoye, P.), s. 7-24. Histoire - mythes - folklore. ISBN 979-10-94441-46-6
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Keywords : anthropogony * body * myth * corporeality * syncretism * apocrypha
OECD category: Specific languages

The paper analyzes four narratives attested in chronicles, religious treatises and folk legends that it considers to be possible remnants of Slavic anthropogony myth that has partially survived after the Christianization of Slavs. The conclusion is that even though these narratives were considerably influenced by and syncretized with Christian (apocryphal) tradition, the archaic narrative and motivic core with many common traits with the other Indo-European anthropogony traditions can be positively identified in them. The special focus is laid on the role of human body and corporeality and its connection to the material of earth and the body of deities.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0298594