370 KB88 KB199820252014Borissoff, Constantine L.številka:17str. 9-36ISSN:1408-6271COBISSID:37936173URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-M2CGOP3FenUniversita degli Studi di Pisa, Dipartimento di Linguistica, gia Istituto di Lingua e LetteraturaZnanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti, Inštitut za slovensko narodopisjeStudia mythologica Slavicabožanstvamitologijamitološka bitjamythologypaganismpoganstvoSlavsSlavs mythologySlovaniNon-Iranian origin of the Eastern-Slavonic god Xursu/Xors|The paper examines the traditional explanation of the Eastern-Slavonic deity Xors as an Iranian loan from the Persian xwarše/xoršid 'sun' and advances an alternative etymology via the Indo-Aryan root hrs-, Indo-European *ghers- and its cognates in other Indo-European languages. Based on the linguistic and mythological comparative analysis Xors is interpreted not as an abstract 'solar god' but as a 'sun fertility hero' viewed as the development of the ancient archetype of the 'dying and resurrecting god' comparable in role to Dionzsus. The paper closes with a brief outline of some new venues for research following out of the proposed reinterpretation of XorsTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaZRC SAZU