--- In cybalist@..., "Christopher Gwinn" <sonno3@...> wrote:
> I was reading a book on Russian folk beliefs where the author
> mentioned an alleged 4th Century AD calendar discovered near Kiev,
as
> discussed by the Russian auhtor B.A. Rybakov (I do not have the
> source at the moment, however).
> Are any listmembers aware of such a calendar? What is the oldest
> known Slavic calendar? I already know the Old Church Slavonic month
> names - but do we have anything earlier?
> - Chris Gwinn
All the data, especially linguistic one, that comes from Rybakov
should be taken with great caution. First, he is ethnocentric (and
engaged) to an extent a real scholar can hardly allow himself. I've
read the book, and while I can't comment on the archeological moments
(he's a professional archeologist, after all) his comments on
linguistic issues are extremely unprofessional. As his own theory
places Slavic and even pre-Slavic Urheimat in Ukrain, he
automatically ascribes to Proto Slavs all the archeological evidence
from that area (since Neolithic!).
The Slavic names he proposes are amateurish and linguistically
incorrect.
I'll post on Lithuanian and East Slavic months in the evening.
Sergei