Foreword to the past : a cultural history of the Baltic people / Endre Bojtár ; [translated by Szilvia Rédey and Michael Webb].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bojtár, Endre.

Standardized Title:

Bevezetés a baltisztikába. English

Language:

English

Hungarian

Subjects (All):

Balts (Indo-European people)--Social life and customs.

Balts (Indo-European people).

Ethnology--Baltic States.

Ethnology.

Baltic States--History.

Baltic States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 419 p. ) ill., maps ;

Place of Publication:

Budapest, Hungary ; New York, N.Y. : Central European University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: PART ONE

INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER 1

THE CONCEPT OF BALTIC STUDIES3

CHAPTER 2

THE ORIGINS AND MEANING OF THE TERM 'BALTIC' 6

CHAPTER 3

ENVIRONMENT14

CHAPIER 4

AMBER AND THE AMBER ROUTE23

PART TWO

THE BALTIC TRIBES AND PEOPLES 37

CHAPTER I

THE INDO-EUROPEAN URIIEIMATAND PROTO-LANGUAGE 39

1.1. Difficulties in writing about prehistory39

1.1.1. Archaeology41

1.1.2. Physical anthropology43

1.1,3, Language history 47

1.2. The Kurgan theory (M. Gimbutas)57

1.3, The Asiatic Urheimat hypotheses63

1.4. Language tree and diffusionism66

THE BALTIC URHEIMATAND PROTO-LANGUAGE70

2.1, The question of Balto-Slavic unity70

2.2. The Baltic proto-language74

2.3. The archaic nature of the Baltic languages77

2.4. The Baltic Urheimat 80

CHAPThFR 3

THE VENET(D) QUESTION 85

CHAPTER4

THE FIRST REFERENCES TO THE BALTS

4.1, The Budini101

4.2. The Neuri102

4.3. The Aestii or Aisti104

4.4. The Velts107

4.5. The Stavanoi107

4.6. The Sudini108

4.7. The Galindians and the Golyad's108

4.8. The Boruski or Borusi111

CHAPTER 5

THE BALTIC TRIBES113

5.1. Power relations in the Baltic region: The Viking period113

5.2. The Couronians116

5.3. Power relations in the Baltic region: the Slavic, Lithuanian,

and German periods118

5.4, The conquest of Livonia122

5.5. Drangnach Osten126

5.6. The East Balts128

5.6.1, The Latvians;128

5.6.2. The Leitis132

5.6.3. The Lithuanians (Zemaitians and Aukataitians)-I138

5.6.4. The Zemgalians142

5,6.5. The Selonians,,145

5.7. The West Balts147

5.7.1. The Prussians147

5.7.2. The latvingians158

CHAPTER 6

THE BALTIC PEOPLES164

6.1. The Prussians164

6.2. The Latvians167

6.2.1. Kurzeme170

6.2.2. The Duchy beygnd the Daugava,. 170

6.2.3. Latgale172

6.3. The Lithuanians176

6.3.1. Lithuania Minor192

PART THREE

BALTIC LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS 205

CHAPTERI

COMMON BALTIC : 207

WEST BALTIC LANGUAGES : : 209

2.1. ThePrussianlanguage209

2.2. The Jatvingian language216

AR 3

THE COURONIAN LANGUAGE 2, 217

CHAPTER 4

EAST BALTIC LANGUAGES219

4.1. The Latvian language , ,, 219

4.2. The Latgalian language224

4.3. The Lithuanian language225

PART FOUR

BALTIC MYTHOLOGY 231

PREHISTORY, FOLKLORE, MYTHOLOGY233

CHAPMER 2

HOW FAR BACK DOES BALTIC ANTIQUITY REACH?253

MYTHS AND SYSTEMS OF MYTHS267

THE THEORY OF SOCIAL FORMATION271

POLYDOXY, PROTOTHEISM, POLYTHEISM275

SHAMANISM276

CHAPTER 7

BALTIC MYTHOLOGICAL SYSTEMS278

7.1. Baltic prototheism - 278

7.1.1. *Deivas279

7.1.2. Prknas (Prkons)282

7.2. Baltic polydoxy289

7.2.1. Interprtatio chrisliana296

7.2.2. Interpretatio classica (Romana, Graeca)304

7.3. Baltic 'polytheism'307

7.3.1. The Prussian 'gods' of reliable sources308

7.3.2. The Lithuanian 'gods' of reliable sources309

7.3.3. The Prussian 'Pantheon'312

7.3.4. The Lithuanian 'pantheon'316

CHAPTER 8S

BALTIC CULTS318

8.1. Idols318

8.2. Sanctuaries319

8.2.1. Romova 3 320

8.2.2. The sanctuary of Vilnius (The legends of Sventaragis and Gediminas) 321

8.3. Priests 326

8.3.1. Sicco326

8.3.2. The tuliss and the ligash327

83.3. The sovij (an addition to the Malalas Chronicle)330

8.3.4. Krive337

8.3.5. Kunigas339

8.3.6. Zynys, waidelott, Wisten, macifTjs340 PART FIVE

CONCLUSION

OWN AND ALIEN IN HISTORY 343

BIBLIOGRAPHY 357

INDEX 405.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-404) and index.

ISBN:

1-003-71962-7

0-585-45765-4

9781003719625

OCLC:

52887963

Publisher Number:

9789639116429