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Prūsų dievybė Curche
Prussian deity Curche

Author(s): Rolandas Kregždys
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų
Keywords: Peace Treaty of Christburg; mythologem; textological; ethymological analysis; theonym; mythological object; Baltic pagan season holidays.

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a review of Curche deity name mentioning in the sources and works dedicated to the Baltic religion; a textological analysis of the most ancient source where the deity is mentioned and short verification of interpretations made by later authors; a digest of the proceeding ethymological deity’s theonym examinations; a new record of the name origin and functions based on linguistic and cultural – typological descriptions of possible equivalents in the Baltic and other nations’ ritual cults.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 90-106
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Lithuanian
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