A kind of magic: a vessel with a unique swastika motif from Jelenia Góra (SW Poland) and early medieval Slavic magical rites
The paper discusses a unique find: an early medieval vessel with an incised swastika motif deposited as a foundation offering under a house in Jelenia Góra-Grabary (SE Poland, Sudety Mountains). Swastikas on vessel bodies were uncommon in the Ear...
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The paper discusses a unique find: an early medieval vessel with an incised swastika motif deposited as a foundation offering under a house in Jelenia Góra-Grabary (SE Poland, Sudety Mountains). Swastikas on vessel bodies were uncommon in the Early Middle Ages, although throughout the centuries this symbol has been regarded as magical and associated with the solar cult.
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| spelling | doaj-art-27d1293b2a384ab5a6b39c9db218b67c2025-02-05T12:27:33ZdeuPolish Academy of Arts and SciencesActa Archaeologica Carpathica0001-52292719-48412024-12-012024124125610.4467/00015229AAC.24.011.21124A kind of magic: a vessel with a unique swastika motif from Jelenia Góra (SW Poland) and early medieval Slavic magical ritesEwa Lisowska0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0444-9513 Uniwersytet Wrocławski The paper discusses a unique find: an early medieval vessel with an incised swastika motif deposited as a foundation offering under a house in Jelenia Góra-Grabary (SE Poland, Sudety Mountains). Swastikas on vessel bodies were uncommon in the Early Middle Ages, although throughout the centuries this symbol has been regarded as magical and associated with the solar cult. https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/acta-archaeologica-carpathica/artykul/a-kind-of-magic-a-vessel-with-a-unique-swastika-motif-from-jelenia-gora-sw-poland-and-early-medieval-slavic-magical-rites |
| spellingShingle | Ewa Lisowska A kind of magic: a vessel with a unique swastika motif from Jelenia Góra (SW Poland) and early medieval Slavic magical rites Acta Archaeologica Carpathica |
| title | A kind of magic: a vessel with a unique swastika motif from Jelenia Góra (SW Poland) and early medieval Slavic magical rites |
| title_full | A kind of magic: a vessel with a unique swastika motif from Jelenia Góra (SW Poland) and early medieval Slavic magical rites |
| title_fullStr | A kind of magic: a vessel with a unique swastika motif from Jelenia Góra (SW Poland) and early medieval Slavic magical rites |
| title_full_unstemmed | A kind of magic: a vessel with a unique swastika motif from Jelenia Góra (SW Poland) and early medieval Slavic magical rites |
| title_short | A kind of magic: a vessel with a unique swastika motif from Jelenia Góra (SW Poland) and early medieval Slavic magical rites |
| title_sort | kind of magic a vessel with a unique swastika motif from jelenia gora sw poland and early medieval slavic magical rites |
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