Chernoglav

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Chernoglav or Chernoglov (Old Icelandic: Tjarnaglófi) is god of victory and war worshipped in Rügen, probably in the town of Jasmund, mentioned together with Svetovit, Rugievit, , Puruvit (Porevit or Porenut) and in the Knýtlinga saga.

The fifth god was called Pizamar from a place called Jasmund, and was destroyed by fire, There was also Tjarnaglófi, their god of victory who went with them on military campaigns. He had a moustache of silver and resisted longer than the others but they managed to get him there years later. Altogether, they christened five thousand on this expedition.[1]

Old Icelandic original text
— Knýtlinga saga

Aleksander Gieysztor[2] and Andrzej Szyjewski[3] read the name as "Chernoglav/Chernoglov" (Polish: Czarnogłów). Aleksander Brückner, on the other hand, thought that the only correct reading of the name was "Triglav".[4] Jerzy Strzelczyk notes that the warlike character of a god may speak in favor of the "Triglav" reading, but the warlike character was a feature common to many of the Polabian and Pomeranian gods.[5] Henryk Łowmiński decided that Chernogłów is "the cemetery transformation of the Chernobog", and Leszek Moszyński proposed a read "T'arnogłowy" (from Proto-Slavic *tьrnъ, "thorn") meaning "with a head crowned with thorns", which is to refer to Jesus' crown of thorns and be a Christian influence on the late Polabian paganism.[5] According to Yaroslav Gorbachov, the statue of Chernoglav could in fact be a statue of Yarovit or Perun, but he also states that source about Chernoglav might be potential source about Chernobog.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Gods and Holy Places of the Knýtlinga Saga | In Nomine Jassa". Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  2. ^ Gieysztor, Aleksander. (2006). Mitologia Słowian (3 ed.). Warsaw: Wydawn. Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. p. 153. ISBN 83-235-0234-X. OCLC 212627528.
  3. ^ Szyjewski, Andrzej. (2003). Religia Słowian. Kraków: Wydawn. WAM. p. 121. ISBN 83-7318-205-5. OCLC 54865580.
  4. ^ Brückner, Aleksander, 1856-1939. (1985). Mitologia słowiańska i polska (Wyd. 2 ed.). Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe. p. 193. ISBN 83-01-06245-2. OCLC 15184747.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Strzelczyk, Jerzy. (1998). Mity, podania i wierzania dawnych Słowian (Wyd. 1 ed.). Poznań: Dom Wydawniczy Rebis. pp. 212–213. ISBN 83-7120-688-7. OCLC 41479163.
  6. ^ Gorbachov, Yaroslav (2017-06-23). "What Do We Know about *Čьrnobogъ and *Bělъ Bogъ?". Russian History. 44 (2–3): 209–242. doi:10.1163/18763316-04402011. ISSN 1876-3316.
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