Mokosh' (English spelling)

Japanese: Mokosh'(英語表記)Mokosh
Mokosh' (English spelling)


[Origin of the Gods]
The Primary Chronicle (also known as the Tale of Bygone Years) is one of the few records that tells us that a pantheon of pagan gods existed in the 10th century in the Eastern Slavs. It lists the names of Perun, the god of thunder, Veles (Volos), the god of livestock and wealth, Dazh'bog and Khors as sun gods, Svarog, the god of fire, Stribog, the god of wind, Mokosh', the patron god of women's labor, and Semargl, the seven-headed god, and it is written that idols of these gods were erected on a hill in Kiev by Vladimir, the Grand Prince of Kiev. Of these, Stribog is thought to have origins in the Indo-European language group, Horus is connected to the Egyptian sun god, and Mokosh, who was widely present among the Slavs, is thought to date back to a goddess of the Finnic peoples.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Mokosh" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[神々の起源]
 10世紀の東スラブに異教神のパンテオンが存在していたことを伝える数少ない記述の一つとして《原初年代記》(別名《過ぎし年月の物語》)がある。ここには雷神ペルーンPerunをはじめとして,家畜と富の神ベーレスVeles(ボーロスVolos),太陽神としてダージボグDazh’bogとホルスKhors,火の神スバローグSvarog,風の神ストリボーグStribog,女性労働の守護神モーコシMokosh’,七頭神セマールグルSemarglの名前があげられ,それらの偶像がキエフ大公ウラジーミルによってキエフの丘の上に建てられていたことが記されている。この中でストリボーグはインド・ヨーロッパ語族に起源をもつもの,ホルスはエジプトの太陽神とつながるもの,スラブに広く存在したモーコシはフィン系民族の女神にさかのぼると考えられる。…

※「Mokosh'」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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