Завръщат ли се старите богове?
Are the Old Gods Returning?

Summary/Abstract: The Nestinari faith-ritualism has preserved its mysterial entirety. It is one of the most ancient and most complicated folklore realities, which is continuously innovated even in the present day. The research of the essence of the innovations of the nestinari faith, however, will always remain unconvincing if the researchers don’t include in it its ethnic substratum religiousness, its genesis, its time-space continuum, its entire ritualism organization, and the building of hierarchy. They penetrate each component of the faith. The Nestinari faith-ritualism is a tradition of cultural interactions not only on the Balkan Peninsula, but also on the entire Eastern Mediterranean. It spans over thousands of years. These interactions are activated by Early Christianity on different levels, beginning with the heretics in the village counties preserved in the new faith and ending with the decisions on the Ecumenical councils. Resulting from the enhanced interest towards the faith of the forefathers, various ancient knowledge, divinized and personified cosmic elements are reactivated, and the sacred places are rediscovered. The ancient rule discussed here calls the ancient gods to new life. They, the gods, are in a new stasis, and return as bearers of knowledge and keepers of the millenary traditions.

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