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A “Priestesses from Marvinci” or a “Harnessed Wife”? Semiotics of the Iron Age Cheek-Pieces from the Group of “Macedonian Bronzes”

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Чаусидис Н.

Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne

2017

issue 13

The main reason for this study are the bronze objects found on the body of a woman (supposedly a “priestess”) from an Iron Age grave (VII century BC) from Marvinci in the Republic of Macedonia. There has also been a bronze statue recently presented in a public space in Skopje, as a contemporary art interpretation of this archeological finding. The main focus of this article is a semiotic analysis of arch-shaped bronze elements from this grave. Based on the form of similar finds from Europe they are defined as cheek-pieces i.e. elements of the reins for horse riding, but in Macedonia they have been used in another function – as female jewelry or as handles of a specific ritual implement. The study suggests overcoming of these contradictions through the following semiotic relations: a girl/mare + equipment for riding = a harnessed mare/wife, i.e. the use of these objects as symbols of a “wild woman” who is transferred from the sphere of “natural” to the sphere of “cultural” through the act of marriage, becoming a “tamed/a domesticated wife”. Within the same relationship the following paradigm is proposed (husband = ruler: wife = subject). Several facts are stated in the argumentation of this relationship: the mythological and ritual traditions based on ancient written sources; a ritual tradition of Slavic and Balkan folklore; a Slavic and ancient Greek lexeme with the meaning husband and wife whose etymology is based on the meaning of harnessed. This semiotic relation offers a possible key for the interpretation of the twenty bronze statues of horsemen placed in the last three years in the capital of the Republic of Macedonia, as part of the project “Skopje 2014”.

Władysław Zgorzelski. Biografia sportowa oficera 1918-1939

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Dreger J.

Bezpieczeństwo Obronność Socjologia

2022

issue 1 (17)

101-131

The article presents a selected fragment of the biography and sporting career of Władysław Zgorzelski. The years 1918–1939, i.e. the beginning of his military career in the Polish Army, service in the 1st Light Cavalry Regiment, 1st Horse Artillery Squadron, 15th Poznań Lancers Regiment, 6th, 5th and 4th Mounted Rifles Regiments were selected as the time period. This period also saw his most active sporting career, mainly in the colours of the 15th Poznań Lancers Regiment. A number of sporting achievements are presented, including a two-time Army Championship. The article closes with his service in the mounted rifles regiments and the increasing burden of service that forced him to part with professional sport.

Artykuł prezentuje wybrany fragment życiorysu oraz sportowej kariery Władysława Zgorzelskiego. Jako przedział czasowy wybrano lata 1918–1939, czyli początki kariery wojskowej w WP, służbę kolejno w 1 Pułku Szwoleżerów, 1 Dywizjonie Artylerii Konnej, 15 Pułku Ułanów Poznańskich, 6, 5 i 4 Pułku Strzelców Konnych. Na ten okres przypada również najaktywniejsza kariera sportowa, głównie w barwach 15 Pułku Ułanów Poznańskich. Przedstawione zostały liczne sportowe osiągnięcia, w tym dwukrotne Mistrzostwo Armii. Ostatnim elementem artykułu jest służba w pułkach strzelców konnych i coraz większe obciążenie służbą, które wymusiło rozstanie ze sportem zawodowym.

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A “Priestesses from Marvinci” or a “Harnessed Wife”? Semiotics of the Iron Age Cheek-Pieces from the Group of “Macedonian Bronzes”

Władysław Zgorzelski. Biografia sportowa oficera 1918-1939