Re: [tied] The Russian God Svarog

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From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] The Russian God Svarog


> As an example of actual usage involving the same patronymic formation,
> Christ could be addressed as <boz.yc> (voc. <boz.ycze>) 'son of God
(<bóg>)'
> in Old Polish:
>
> <twego dzela krzcziczela boszicze> 'for the sake of thy baptist, o son of
> God'

The same word is actually Croatian word for Christmas - božić (bozˇic´),
meaning "(the birth of the) son of God".