Teta

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Josef Mathauser: Judge Krok and his three daughters Kazi , Teta and Libuše

Teta (also Tetka ) is a mythical Bohemian priestess . She is the middle of three daughters of the second Bohemian ruler Krok . Her sisters are the doctor Kazi and the fortune teller Libuše .

The oldest account of the three sisters is recorded in the Chronica Boemorum des Cosmas of Prague from the years 1119–1125. Cosmas credits Teta with introducing religion to the country. She instructed the ignorant people to worship oreads and dryads ; In addition, she established a doctrine of faith and introduced a cultic order. Teta was not married and is said to have built and lived in the Tetín Castle near Beroun .

The figure of Teta is often compared with the sorceress Kirke from Greek mythology , despite the lack of sources for such an analogy. More meaningful is the description of the cultic practices that Cosmas passed on in the Teta Passage. According to this, in the 12th century the inhabitants of the country worshiped springs and fires, groves, trees and stones, made sacrifices on mountains and hills, and protected themselves and their houses from "deaf and mute idols that they themselves made" implores. The passage is one of the few detailed written evidence of the pre-Christian religion in the area of ​​Bohemia.

There is no evidence of a historical role model for the priestess Teta. Tetín Castle dates from the late 9th century and was included in the sphere of influence of the Přemyslid domain at the beginning of the 10th century. There is archaeological evidence of an older settlement, but no written documents or names of the founders have survived.

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