ZNAK NA KOŃCOWCE PASA WOJOWNIKA Z BODZI. INTERPRETACJA MOTYWU

• Authors: Duczko Władysław

Title variants

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Sign on the strap-end of a warrior’s belt from Bodzia. Interpretation of the motif

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Excavation of the early medieval cemetery at Bodzia north of Włocławek uncovered the grave of a warrior who had been buried with his belt and sword. The belt had a strap-end with engraved marks, among which the author has identified letters of the Glagolitic script and the bident sign of the Rurikids. The mark at the top of the right prong of the bident, once considered to be a cross, gave rise to the author’s original hypothesis that the bident represented Svyatopolk, son-in-law of king Boleslaus the Brave. The mark at the top of the prong has now been identified as the hammer of Mjolnir, a symbol of the Norse god Thor, leading the author to retract his original interpretation.

Keywords

EN

Bodzia; cemetery; warrior’s grave; sword; belt; strap-end; bident; sign of the Rurikids; small cross; hammer of Thor; Mjolnir

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Archeologia Polski
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 63
• Pages: 145-157

Contributors

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Duczko Władysław

• Wydział Historyczny, Akademia Humanistyczna im. Aleksandra Gieysztora, ul. Mickiewicza 36B, 06-100 Pułtusk