Świętowit
Appearance
Polish
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin Suantouitus, from Old Polabian *Svątevit, which contains Proto-Slavic *svętъ (“holy, sacred”) + *-o- + *-vitъ. Modern Slavic languages usually calque the Old Polabian word.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Świętowit m pers
- (Slavic mythology) Svetovit (Polabian god of war and fertility)
- 1985, Aleksander Brückner, edited by Stanisław Urbańczyk, Mitologia słowiańska i polska, Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, →ISBN, page 122:
- Ten sam Daćbóg w Arkonie nazywał się Świętowitem, był przecież dawcą urodzajów, któremu na cześć obchodzono najwalniejsze Święto doroczne po żniwach, niby bohacz białoruski, czczony tej samej porze.
- The same Dazhbog in Arkona was called Svetovit, after all, he was the giver of crops, in whose honor the most glorious annual festival was celebrated after the harvest, like the Belorussian bogach, worshipped at the same time.
- 2003, Religia Słowian, Religia Słowian, Kraków: Wydawnictwo WAM, →ISBN, page 240:
- Poza nim plasują się bóstwa lokalne, z których część, jak Świętowit, może zostać utożsamiona z interesami państwowymi i awansować na głównego boga.
- Besides him there are local deities, some of which, such as Svetovit, can be identified with state interests and promoted to the main god.
- 2006, Aleksander Gieysztor, Mitologia Słowian, Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, →ISBN, page 123:
- Wedle wiary Rugian walczył Świętowit, bo tak się bałwan nazywał, na tym koniu przeciw wrogom swej czci, a dowodziło tego, że koń, acz na noc zamknięty w swej stajni, rano nieraz tak zziajany, a ubłocony wyglądał, jakby w powrocie z wyprawy bardzo znaczną przebiegał drogę
- According to the belief of the Rugians, Svetovit, for that was the idol's name, fought on this horse against the enemies of his reverence, and this was proved by the fact that the horse, although confined to his stable for the night, in the morning sometimes looked so breathless and muddy, as if he had run a very considerable distance on his return from an expedition.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Świętowit
singular | |
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nominative | Świętowit |
genitive | Świętowita |
dative | Świętowitowi |
accusative | Świętowita |
instrumental | Świętowitem |
locative | Świętowicie |
vocative | Świętowicie |
Related terms
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Descendants
[edit]- → Kashubian: Swiãtowit (learned)
Further reading
[edit]- Świętowit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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