Rituals in Slavic Pre-Christian Religion festivals, banqueting, and divination Álvarez-Pedrosa, Juan Antonio creator author. text History. enk 2023 monographic eng print 148 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. The authors comprehensively analyze all the available information regarding the ritual practices of Slavic pre-Christian religion that can be found in written medieval texts. After investigating every kind of reference to such practices, they offer a reconstruction of Slavic pre-Christian religion on the basis of these medieval testimonies. In doing so, they overcome the challenges presented by the fact that all of these sources are indirect, since the Slavs did not acquire literacy until they became Christians. Thus the writers of these texts mostly professed a monotheistic religion, being Christians and in some cases Muslims. The picture that they offer is biased and determined by their own faith. The present analysis innovatively combines testimonies from every Slavic area (Eastern, Western, and Southern), showing their mutual correspondences and emphasizing the relationship between the Slavic pre-Christian religion and its Indo-European roots.0. Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa and Enrique Santos Marina. ee----- Ritual Slavic countries History To 1500 Slavs Religion Paganism Rituals Paganism Slavic countries Slavic countries Religion Slavic countries History To 1500 Paganism Paganism Rituals Religion Ritual Slavs Religion Slavic countries To 1500 fast D900 .A48 2023 940.1 Beyond medieval Europe 9781641892063 1641892064 9781802701173 pda,print YDX 230120 20250318223347.7 in00004730202 eng