Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2019
Abstract
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.