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STUDIA MYTHOLOGICA SLAVICA
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STUDIA MYTHOLOGICA SLAVICA 4, 2001

Volker Schmidt:

Tierische und menschliche Bauopfer bei den Nordwestslawen
(Animal and Human "Building Sacrifices" from the Territory of Northwestern Slavs)

Abstract

The author writes about archaeological finds of animal and human skeletons from the territory of Northwestern Slavs. Judging by their position, these skeletons had been buried on the spot in which a building has been erected afterwards. The author therefore uses the name building sacrifices, buried there to appease gods whose world had been disturbed. The region around Meckleburg abounds in rich folklore tradition pertaining to these building sacrifices.

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