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Porenut was an Elbe Slavic god who was especially worshiped on Rügen .

Surname

In the writings of Saxo Grammaticus the god Porenut is latinized Porenutius, in the Knytlingasaga in mutilated form Turupit.

One possible explanation for Porenut's name is that it originally was Perunic in Slavic, which means son of Perun (the weather god ).

Porenut's name is also derived from the famous medieval port of Pore on Rügen.

shape

Porenut had a head with four faces and another face on his chest.

There are contradicting statements about the position of his hands. According to one, the left hand was pressed against the forehead, but in such a way that the god could see through the fingers. The right hand, however, touched the knee. According to another statement, Porenut's left hand touched the forehead of his face on his chest, the right his chin.

Porenut was shown without weapons.

tasks

Porenut was considered a god of the regiment who ruled over the earth and the air. Because of the possible origin of his name, he was revered as the master of shipping and sea trade.

Adoration

Porenut was venerated in the cities of Carenz (Slavic Korenica, today Garz / Rügen ) and Julin (today Wolin ). The god's preferred sacrificial animals were oxen, cows and sheep.

In Carenz, Porenut was worshiped together with the gods Rugievit and Porevit , but in separate temples . His temple there had a roof resting on pillars and carpets or purple curtains instead of walls. This temple of porenut was founded in 1168 by the Danish King Waldemar I. destroyed.

literature

  • Zdeněk Váňa: Mythology and gods of the Slavic peoples: The spiritual impulses of Eastern Europe . Urachhaus, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-87838-937-X .
  • Michael Handwerg: The Slavic gods in Pomerania and Rügen . Edition Pommern, Elmenhorst 2010, [JJ Steinbrück, 1792], ISBN 978-3-939680-06-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Zdeněk Váňa: Mythology and gods of the Slavic peoples: The spiritual impulses of Eastern Europe . Stuttgart 1992, p. 96 f.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Michael Handwerg: The Slavic gods in Pomerania and Rügen . Elmenhorst 2010, p. 18 f.
  3. ↑ a b c Zdeněk Váňa: Mythology and gods of the Slavic peoples: The spiritual impulses of Eastern Europe . Stuttgart 1992, p. 168.