
Piotr Zurek
History of the Balkans and the Slavic Historical linguistics
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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.
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.