Filologija, No. 82, 2024.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/moxpjhzk4m
Veles and his Varangian name - »god of cattle« Volos (On the margin of the etymology of the name of St. Vlaho)
Piotr Żurek
orcid.org/0000-0001-6957-1862
; Uniwersytet Bielsko-Bialski
Abstract
The author of the article, undertaking onomastic research, tries to explain the etymological and semantic relationships between two Slavic pagan theonyms Veles and Volos. These are two names of the same deity differing in provenance, respectively, the older (Veles) and the younger (Volos). Unlike the Proto-Slavic name Veles, the name Volos is an Old Ruthenian theonym, widespread quite late in the entire Slavic region. The author comes to the conclusion that the name Volos – the god of cattle – was given to Veles and his followers by the Scandinavian Varangians, who in the 9th century conquered the Eastern Slavs and formed Ruthenia. The article also refers to the hypothesis deriving the name of St. Vlaho (Saint Blaise) from the name of Volos.
Keywords
Slavic theonyms, Republic of Ragusa, Veles, Volos, Saint Blaise, Varangians
Hrčak ID:
320224
URI
Publication date:
23.8.2024.
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