Rugian Slavic God Sventovit – One More Time

Q3 Social Sciences

Studia Mythologica Slavica Pub Date : 2019-09-05 DOI:10.3986/sms20192202

Roman Zaroff

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Abstract

This paper critically analyses and discusses two recent re-interpretations of the name of the Slavic god known as Sventovit. This deity was worshipped on Rugen Island, on Wittow Peninsula, at a locality called Arkona. The temple of Sventovit, with his four-headed statue, stood there on the cliff there in the Middle Ages until its destruction by the Danes in 1168/9. The paper explores an article by Michal Łuczynski published in the Polish journal Ling Varia in 2015, and a chapter on Sventovit in the book by Judith Kalik and Alexander Uchitel, titled Slavic Gods and Heroes, which was published by Routledge in 2018, in the USA and UK. In his work, Łuczynski postulated that root-stem -vit in the name of a deity is, in fact, a suffix -ovit implying its attributive character. The paper argues for a widely accepted explanation that root-stem -vit derives from the Slavic vitedzь, denoting warrior, hero, freeman, lord, master or ruler. In their book, Kalik and Uchitel argued that the name “Sventovit” was a corrupted form of the name of the Christian Saint Vitus. This article challenges this notion, arguing that the deity’s name Sventovit has nothing to do with Saint Vitus.

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鲁格斯拉夫神Sventovit——再来一次

本文批判性地分析和讨论了最近两次对斯拉夫神Sventovit名字的重新解读。这个神被供奉在威托半岛的鲁根岛上一个叫阿尔科纳的地方。斯文托维特神庙和他的四头雕像在中世纪就坐落在那里的悬崖上，直到1168/9年被丹麦人摧毁。这篇论文探讨了MichalŁuczynski于2015年发表在波兰期刊《Ling Varia》上的一篇文章，以及Judith Kalik和Alexander Uchitel于2018年在美国和英国出版的《斯拉夫神与英雄》一书中关于Sventovit的一章，后缀-ovit暗示其定语。本文提出了一种被广泛接受的解释，即词根-vit来源于斯拉夫语的vitedză，表示战士、英雄、自由人、领主、大师或统治者。Kalik和Uchitel在他们的书中认为，“Sventovit”这个名字是基督教圣维特名字的一种变体。这篇文章对这一观点提出了质疑，认为神的名字Sventovit与圣维特无关。

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Studia Mythologica Slavica Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

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期刊介绍： Studia mythologica Slavica is international scientific journal on the mythology, spiritual culture and tradition of Slavic and also other nations and people. It is published by the Institute of Slovenian Ethnology of the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and by the Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere, Università degli Studi di Udine. The journal is dedicated to interdisciplinary studies, and one of the main aims of this journal is to present comparative research that defines and determines (i.e. establishes) Slavic culture in the context of the wider European and non-European world (cultures). The journal intends to throw light on the belief systems and religions of older Slavic, Eurasian, and other civilisations. Moreover, it encourages the research of contemporary phenomena in the field of spiritual, social and material culture, and their transformation. The character of the publication is both international and interdisciplinary, covering the themes from the field of ethnology, anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, religious studies, history of literature and philosophy. It also brings new interpretations of historical sources and presents new discoveries, material, and field research. The journal was first published in 1998, and since then it has been published once a year in a multi-language edition, in print and on the internet. Each year, it is distributed in exchange for hundred scientific publications from around the world. The articles are published in English, Italian, German and all Slavic languages. All articles have long summaries and an abstract in the English language.