pre-slavic culture in europepreslavic.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2015-naptar_version-1.pdf ·...

Vénu Kft. HUNGARY International Society for Krishna Consciousness (IRL) Ltd. IRELAND ISKCON Kerkgenootschap THE NETHERLANDS Świątynia Międzynarodowego Towarzystwa Świadomości Kryszny POLAND Duhovno Društvo za Dušo SLOVENIA 2015

Pre-slavic Culture

in EuropeLiterature

Study

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31


1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28

January February

Source:http://www.theguardian.com/education/gallery/2015/jan/23/a-language-family-tree-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_gp


1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30


1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

March April

30 31

Picture source: 1. http://meettheslavs.com/svetovid-main-deity-baltic-slavs/2. https://www.superstock.com/stock-photography/Fertility%20god#id=11501163 (The Adoration of the god Svetovid by Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942)/ Private Collection/ 1934/ Russia/ Lithograph/ Book design/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature) 3. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PosagZeZbrucza.jpg

SVETOVID, an early Slavic deity with four heads.

Svetovid: Slavic deity of war, fertility and abundance. Svetovid is often depicted with a sword or bow in one hand and a drinking horn in the other. Other important symbols included the white horse, which were kept in his temple and used in divination.

Svetovid is associated with war and divination and depicted as a four-headed god with two heads looking forward and two back. A statue portraying the god shows him with four heads, each one looking in a separate direction, a symbolical representation of the four directions of the compass, and also perhaps the four seasons of the year. Each face had a specific colour.

Boris Rybakov argued for identification of the faces with the gods Perun, Svarog, Lada and Mokosh. Joined together, they see all four sides of the world.

This gave rise to a false etymology of the name of the god as “world-seer“ (svet=“world“, vid=“sight“; Svetovid=“worldseer“). However, the forms Sventevith and Zvantewith show that the name derives from the word svęto, meaning “saint, holy“. The second stem is sometimes reconstructed as vit=“lord, ruler, winner“.

The name recorded in chronicles of con-temporary Christian monks is Svantevit, which, if we assume it was properly tran-scribed, could be an adjective meaning approx. „Dawning One“ (svantev, svitanje = „dawning, raising of the Sun in the morning“ + it, adjective suffix), implying either a connection with the „Morning Star“ or with the Sun itself.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetovid

http://meettheslavs.com/svetovid-main-deity-baltic-slavs/https://www.superstock.com/stock-photography/Fertility%20god#id=11501163http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PosagZeZbrucza.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetovidhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_mythologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_horse_(mythology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_horse_(mythology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Rybakovhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perunhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svaroghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada_and_Ladohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokoshhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetovid


1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30


1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

May June

THE VEDIC PEOPLE OF LITHUANIA

If you were to travel to Lithuania you might encounter some tradi-tional houses adorned with the motif of two horse heads. You might take this as a simple design but it is in fact a small clue to Lithuania’s deep and ancient Vedic past.

Traditionally, the Vedic peoples of Lithuania worshipped the Ašvieniai, the divine horse twins, related to the goddess Ūsinis. They are said to pull the Sun Chariot through the sky. The Lithuanian people continue to adorn their roof tops with the symbol of the divine horse twins in order to receive protection for the household.

Lithuanian is very archaic and has preserved linguistically a great deal from Sanskrit, the original Mother Language of Europe. Below are a few examples of the linguistic similarities:

Asva (Lithuanian) = Ashva (Sanskrit) meaning ‘horse’Dievas (Lithuanian) = Devas (Sanskrit) meaning ‘gods’, ‘the shining ones’;Dumas (Lithuanian) = Dhumas (Sanskrit) meaning ‘smoke’Sunus (Lithuanian) = Sunus (Sanskrit) meaning ‘son’Vyras (Lithuanian) = Viras (Sanskrit) meaning ‘man’Padas (Lithuanian) = Padas (Sanskrit) meaning ‘sole of the foot’Ugnis (Lithuanian) = Agnis (Sanskrit) meaning ‘fire’Vilkas (Lithuanian) = Vrkas (Sanskrit) meaning ‘wolf’Ratas (Lithuanian) = Rathas (Sanskrit) meaning ‘carriage’Senis (Lithuanian) = Sanas (Sanskrit) meaning ‘old’Dantis (Lithuanian) = Dantas (Sanskrit) meaning ‘teeth’Naktis (Lithuanian) = Naktis (Sanskrit) meaning ‘night’

Source: http://www.indiadivine.org/the-vedic-people-of-lithuania/

Ašvieniai are divine twins in the Lithuanian mythology, identical to Latvian Dieva deli and the Baltic counterparts of Vedic Ashvins.[1] Both names derive from the same Proto-Indo-European root for the horse – *ek’w-.[2] Old Lithuanian ašva and Sanskrit ashva mean “horse”. Ašvieniai are represented as pulling a carriage of Saulė (the Sun) through the sky.[1] Ašvieniai, depicted as žirgeliai or little horses,

are common motifs on Lithuanian rooftops,[1] placed for protection of the house.[3] Similar motifs can also be found on beehives, harnesses, bed frames, and other household objects.[4] Ašvieniai are related to Lithuanian Ūsinis and Latvian Ūsiņš (cf. Vedic Ushas), gods of horses.[5]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ašvieniai

Picture source: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ašvieniai#/media/File:Nida_ThomasMann_cottage.jpg 2. https://ramanan50.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/narayana-mantra-by-asvinikumaras-for-fortune-health/

http://www.indiadivine.org/the-vedic-people-of-lithuania/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_twinshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_mythologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_mythologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieva_delihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_mythologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_mythologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashvinshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashvahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul%C4%97http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cf.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%A1vieniaihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%A1vieniai#/media/File:Nida_ThomasMann_cottage.jpghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%A1vieniai#/media/File:Nida_ThomasMann_cottage.jpghttps://ramanan50.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/narayana-mantra-by-asvinikumaras-for-fortune-health/https://ramanan50.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/narayana-mantra-by-asvinikumaras-for-fortune-health/https://ramanan50.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/narayana-mantra-by-asvinikumaras-for-fortune-health/

July August


1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31


1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31

In ancient Irish religion and mythology Tara was the sacred home for the Ari (later the Ari-ish or Irish) who ranked below the Illi gods, yet above the people. Ireland (Ari-Land) takes its name from the Aris or Arians. Ireland is considered the Great Motherland of the Aryan race, otherwise known as Atlantis, Thule or Tula. Aryan or Ari-an is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘noble’.

(Source: http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sumer_anunnaki/esp_sumer_annunaki13.htm)

Of all the European cultures, Ireland has preserved more links with the Vedic branch of the Indo-European culture than any other western European people. The links between ancient Irish culture and Sanskrit/Vedic culture have been commented on by scholars since the 19th Century.

Peter Berresford Ellis

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Tara#/media/File:Stone_of_Destiny,_Hill_of_Tara.png

http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sumer_anunnaki/esp_sumer_annunaki13.htmhttp://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sumer_anunnaki/esp_sumer_annunaki13.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Tara#/media/File:Stone_of_Destiny,_Hill_of_Tara.png

September October


1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30


1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31

PEACOCK

The peacock is a symbol of immortality because the ancients believed that the peacock had flesh that did not decay after death. As such, early Christian paint-ings and mosaics use peacock imagery, and peacock feathers can be used during the Easter season as church decorations. This symbol of immortality is also directly linked to Christ. The peacock naturally replaces his feathers annually; as such, the peacock is also a symbol of renewal.

Source: http://www.chinabuddhismencyclopedia.com/en/index.php/What_Does_a_Peacock_Feather_Symbolize

The peacock feather signifies the exuberance of nature. Sri Krishna wears a peacock feather that re-minds us of his play with the gopas and gopis of Sri Vrindavana. The male peacock especially has long been a symbol of romantic love, and the rasa-lila ep-isode of Sri Krishna‘s life teaches us how this kind of love may be directed to God.

Source: http://coastalworld.net/why-krishna-wears-pea-cock-feathers/

THE MEANING OF THE PEACOCK MOTIF

The peacock symbol has rich connotations in Hun-garian folk art. On the one hand, it appears as the bird of freedom, bird of celestial light, bird of the Sun, which explains its use as a Sun symbol on the façade of houses.

On the other hand, it is a symbol of purity, love and eternal loyalty, and as such it appears in ballads, folk songs, as well as the embroidered or woven details of a bride’s dowry. Songs of prisoners and soldiers about the peacock as liberator belong to the most ancient pentatonic layer of Hungarian folk music, but the symbol of the peacock as a redeemer of prisoners was truly immortalized in Hungarian cultural history through a poem by Endre Ady.

Source: Magyar Örökség Washingtonban - Hungarian Heritage: Roots to RevivalSzerzô / Author: Fülemile Ágnes. Published by Balassi Intézet. The Hungarian Program of the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Washington, D.C.

http://www.chinabuddhismencyclopedia.com/en/index.php/What_Does_a_Peacock_Feather_Symbolizehttp://www.chinabuddhismencyclopedia.com/en/index.php/What_Does_a_Peacock_Feather_Symbolizehttp://coastalworld.net/why-krishna-wears-peacock-feathers/http://coastalworld.net/why-krishna-wears-peacock-feathers/https://www.scribd.com/balassiintezethttps://www.scribd.com/balassiintezet

November December


1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30


1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31

DEITY WORSHIP is one of the central components of bhakti yoga, or devotional service. A deity is a physical representation of the Supreme Lord in the form of a statue, a figure, or even a picture. Deities are nicely dressed in outfits and decorated with jewellery and various ornaments.

“The temple is a fitting complement to the radiant beauty of the deities and acts like a powerful magnet to draw everyone into its own unique jewel-like interior. Everything about it is highly devotional. From the vibrant colors to the artwork and the intricate trim work, everything intoxicates the senses, as if one had opened the door to the spiritual world.” Adikarta dasa

Sri Sri Radha Syamasundara, the presiding Deities of Krishna Valley, a rural community in Hungary

ANDOCS is a village in Somogy county, Hungary. An impoverished village in a largely rural area, it has high un-employment, though it has a venerable history and is still a site of pilgrimage.

Already mentioned in the 1332-37 papal tithe records is a parish in the village. During the Turkish occupation, the Jesuit All Saints’ church (also known as the church of Our Lady, “Nagyboldogasszony”) and the parish were forsaken, and all that remained intact was the statue of the Virgin Mary. This was recognized as a miraculous preservation by the Jesuit priest Miklós Horváth, who developed Andocs into a place of pilgrimage between 1665 and 1681. Originally Gothic, the church was expanded with a Baroque nave in the 18th century.

In the 17th century already several miraculous incidents involving the “Mary of Andocs” were recorded; to this day, the statue is dressed every second Friday of the month. Many of the donated cloaks, following the 1747 example of Countess Katalin Széchenyi, are on display in the “Museum of the Cloaks.”

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andocs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andocs

pre-slavic culture in europepreslavic.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2015-naptar_version-1.pdf ·...

Documents