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From Paganism to Christianity. General Remarks on the Religious Changes in Petra (1st–6th Cent. AD)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)
The aim of this paper is to shed some light on the period of Petra’s passage from paganism to Christianity, which saw the deterioration of pagan beliefs and the struggle for survival between paganism and Christianity. The ...
On the Possibilities of Researching the Marriage Policies of the Rurikids: The Case of Mstislav Fyodor Vladimirovich Monomakhovich
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)
The main goal of the article is to present the possibilities and methods of research on the Rurikid’s matrimonial policy in the Middle Ages on the example of a selected group of princes. As the subject of studies were ...
The First Woman Yamī, Her Origin and Her Status in Indo-Iranian Mythology: Demigoddess or Half-human? (Evidence from R̥gveda 10.10, Iranian Parallels and Greek Relatives)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)
This paper focuses on the mythology of Yamī and her twin-brother Yama (the first humans according to Indo-Iranian mythology), their non-human origin and some aspects of Yamī’s behaviour which presumably betray a number of ...
Indo-European Roots of the Helen of Troy
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)
As a part of the series on female deities and demons in the Indo-European culture, the article begins by establishing Helen’s divine character in the Greek tradition and religion. The first area where the Indo-European ...
Małgorzata Skowronek, Średniowieczne opowieści biblijne. Paleja historyczna w tradycji bizantyńsko-słowiańskiej [Medieval Biblical Stories. Palaea Historica in the Byzantine-Slavic Tradition], Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2017 [= Series Ceranea, 4], pp. 396.
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)
Asparuh and His People on the Lower Danube through the Eyes of Theophanes, or a Story that Was Not Meant to Happen
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)
The Bulgarians’ settlement in the Lower Danube area constituted one of the most significant events in the history of the Balkan Peninsula in the Middle Ages. The Danube Bulgaria’s rise and its territorial expansion changed ...
Characteristics of Roman Female Deities
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)
Ancient Romans’ sacral community established a cohesive and complex religious system. Its reflection was a multi-figural pantheon of gods with a variety of sacral functions that were supposed to meet the most essential ...
Circe and Rome. The Origin of the Legend
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018)
Circe is associated first of all with the episode narrated in the 10th book of the Odyssey, in which she turns Odysseus’s crewmen into pigs using her herbal pharmaka. Odysseus survives due to divine help, his inborn ...