Sacred name

A sacred name is a name in namology that contains an element with sacred lexical meaning. Furthermore, the sacred names can be divided into Christian sacred names and pagan sacred names. Often the place names as well as the personal names of a language contain the sacred names.

Sources

Christian sacred names belong to the Christian era with good historical sources, pagan sacred names, however, are from a time before Christianization with uncertain sources, but they themselves usually represent historical sources. Sacred names are not uncommon - and here in particular the subgroup the theophoric names that contain a god designation or a god name or - exceptionally - a name derived from a name with a god designation or a god name - the only source material if the usual historical sources such as contemporary texts or archaeological finds are missing.

Sacral place names

Sacred place names can be understood as names that contain elements which, in their ordinary (lexical) meaning, relate directly to religious ideas or places with a markedly religious function. Such names can reflect pre-Christian as well as Christian religion.

The sacred place names are generally assigned names that are related to Christian terms; z. B. Danish Knudsker "Knuts Kirche" (actually "the church consecrated to Sankt Knut"), Swedish Lillkyrka "small church", Prästhordet "Pfarrhof" or Sankt Anna .

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b ^c Cf. Per Vikstrand: Sacred names. §1 Introduction. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 26, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2004, ISBN 3-11-017734 X , pp. 167–168.
↑ Thorsten Andersson : Theophore names. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 30, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-018385-4 , pp. 442-452.

literature

Thorsten Andersson : Theophore names. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 30, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-018385-4 , pp. 442-452.
Per Vikstrand: Sacred Names. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 26, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2004, ISBN 3-11-017734 X , pp. 167-179.
Michael Mitterauer : Systems of naming in comparison . In: Michael Mitterauer: Traditions of naming: onomastics as an interdisciplinary research area . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2011, ISBN = 3-20-578645-9, pp. 27–44.

[rga-1] Cf. Per Vikstrand: Sacred names. §1 Introduction. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 26, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2004, ISBN 3-11-017734 X , pp. 167–168.

[2] Thorsten Andersson : Theophore names. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 30, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-018385-4 , pp. 442-452.