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Announcement of my paper published in Studia Mythologica Slavica

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Sielicki

I am pleased to announce that my paper was published in SMS (Studia Mythologica Slavica), v. 20, 2017: Indo-Iranian parallels of the Slavic water rites of the oath and guilt confirmation attested in Medieval Latin accounts and Slavic law codices … Continue reading →

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Handsome Yeva, Original Slavic and Baltic Folk Poetry #3

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Sielicki

Luck was heading to the shrine, Asking company of mine. Golden waistband Luck did wear, Gave me one of silver flare. Luck said, giving silver swirl: “Proudly wear it, little girl!” Спрогис 303,4 Boon for those happy boys, Who were … Continue reading →

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Handsome Yeva, Original Slavic and Baltic Folk Poetry

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Sielicki

The original Slavic and Baltic Folk Poetry, on which the reconstruction “Handsome Yeva: An Indo-European Tale” was based, is borrowed from the “basic myth” reconstructions of V.V.Ivanov and V.N.Toporov, V.Belaj, and R.Katičić, and folklore collections those researches have selected folk … Continue reading →

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Handsome Yeva, Introduction Talk

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Sielicki

Do you like to listen to the stories sitting in front of the camping fire? Funny stories, scary stories, silly stories? I know – you do. And I do. And our ancestors – ancestors of the most all European nations … Continue reading →

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Handsome Yeva, Introduction

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Sielicki

Handsome Yeva: A Proto-Indo-European Myth. Reconstruction based on Slavic folklore and parallels with other Indo-European myths Introduction Since the historic Calcutta lecture given by the British philologist Sir William “Oriental” Jones to the members of the Asiatick Society of Bengal on February … Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Sielicki

Indo-Iranian parallels of the Slavic water and fire rites of the oath and guilt confirmation attested in Medieval Latin accounts and Slavic law codices / Индо-иранские параллели славянских ритуалов клятвоприношения и признания вины описанных в средневековых латинских источниках и представленных … Continue reading →

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Alternative readings of the Saxo Grammaticus’ account on Slavic pagan religion, and their implications on its reconstruction

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Sielicki

Abstract Commentaries to a new translation of the Saxo Grammaticus’ account on Slavic pagan religion are presented. Grammatical and contextual reasons are offered to support new readings which differ from the traditional translations. Alternative reconstructions of the Slavic rituals are … Continue reading →

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Importance of the Saxo Grammaticus’ account for understanding what were the pre-Christian religious beliefs and mythology of the Slavs

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Sielicki

Slavic pre-Christian religion and mythology – what do we know about it? Surprisingly, not much of what we could consider as a reliable fact. Of course there are a lot of new age contemporary fluff that was created around speculations … Continue reading →

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News on the “Saxo Grammaticus” translation project #2

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Sielicki

A new award in the “Saxo Grammaticus on pagan religion of the Slavs” crowdfunding campaign: “Indo-European Founders” coffee mug. Come, pledge and support! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1909750849/saxo-grammaticus-account-on-pagan-religion-of-the

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Handsome Yeva: A reconstruction of the Proto-indo-european myth #17

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Sielicki

Near the Gates of the Hall of Reunion and Parting were standing, holding hands, Dar Veter and Darja Zimina. Their fingers we intertwined tight, so tight that knuckles turned white. Over the Eastern Landing, again, was flaring up a Dawn’s … Continue reading →

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