Re: [cybalist] Re: Easter

From: Sergejus Tarasovas
Message: 2233
Date: 2000-04-28

John wrote:

>  I don't know
whether
> "river worship" was found amongst Balto-Slavonic people. 
Perhaps
> Piotr and Sergei would be better placed to comment.

It was, and 'water worship' has fossilized in Slavic term for 'aft oar, scull'
: *kormidlo<*kormiti 'feed'<'feed the water'. In Lithuania, one of the most prominent rivers is called Šventoji 'sacred', cf. šventė 'pagan festival'. There are a number of Russian rivers named Святая 'the same'. But. Gods' or goddesses' names are not found in Balto-Slavic hydronymy. On the other hand, Baltic and Slavic
 pantheons are not reconstruced to such an extent as , eg, Celtic. Maybe the problem lies here.

Sergei