Prussian *<em>Grubrius</em> ‘god of spring and vegetation’ in perspective of the Italic pantheon<div> </div>

<p>The god originally called *<em>Grubrius</em> (or merely *<em>Grubius</em>), worshipped by Old Prussians in connection with vegetation, seems originally to bear a name of a specific tree species. The etymological analysis suggests a relation to the Slavic dendronym *&...

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Main Authors:	Václav Blažek, Marta Eva Běťáková
Format:	Article
Language:	deu
Published:	Vilnius University 2015-02-01
Series:	Baltistica
Subjects:	Prussian pantheon Italic pantheon thunder-god theonyms dendronyms etymology
Online Access:	http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/2213

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title	Prussian *<em>Grubrius</em> ‘god of spring and vegetation’ in perspective of the Italic pantheon<div> </div>
title_short	Prussian *<em>Grubrius</em> ‘god of spring and vegetation’ in perspective of the Italic pantheon<div> </div>
title_full	Prussian *<em>Grubrius</em> ‘god of spring and vegetation’ in perspective of the Italic pantheon<div> </div>
title_fullStr	Prussian *<em>Grubrius</em> ‘god of spring and vegetation’ in perspective of the Italic pantheon<div> </div>
title_full_unstemmed	Prussian *<em>Grubrius</em> ‘god of spring and vegetation’ in perspective of the Italic pantheon<div> </div>
title_sort	prussian *<em>grubrius</em> ‘god of spring and vegetation’ in perspective of the italic pantheon<div> </div>
publisher	Vilnius University
series	Baltistica
issn	0132-6503 2345-0045
publishDate	2015-02-01
description	<p>The god originally called <em>Grubrius</em> (or merely <em>Grubius</em>), worshipped by Old Prussians in connection with vegetation, seems originally to bear a name of a specific tree species. The etymological analysis suggests a relation to the Slavic dendronym <em>grabъ</em> & <em>grabrъ</em> "hornbeam".</p>The Latin and German chronicles recorded his name together with the prefix <em>per</em> / <em>par</em> "for" that was part of the name of the festival dedicated to this god. In the level of theonyms, the closest cognate appears in the Umbrian theonym *<em>Grā̌bovius</em>, serving as an epithet of three Umbrian gods, Vofionos, Mars, and especially Iove (Iuppiter), the thunder-god.
topic	Prussian pantheon Italic pantheon thunder-god theonyms dendronyms etymology
url	http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/2213
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Prussian *<em>Grubrius</em> ‘god of spring and vegetation’ in perspective of the Italic pantheon<div> </div>

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