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Hiding in: Veles the Snake in the Landscape of Medieval Slavonia

On the basis of the most recent research by Croatian linguists and ethnologists, the author has attempted to identify some spots in the landscape of the medieval Slavonia which could be linked with the cult of the old Slavic god Veles the snake his eternal struggle with the chief god, Perun. Two such landscapes are particularly emphasized: the western Papuk above Daruvar, and the Medvednica Mountain above Zagreb explained as a monumental screens on which the artist choosing prominent elements of the landscape projects some basic features of the early Slavic mythology.

Slavonia; Croatia; Medieval Art; cultural landscape; early Slavic mythology; eles; Zagreb

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