Ninth-century statue discovered in the 19th century in present-day Ukraine
Zbruch Idol, Kraków Archaeological MuseumZbruch Idol, an example of a bałwan
The Zbruch Idol, Sviatovid (Worldseer, Polish: Światowid ze Zbrucza; Ukrainian: Збручанський ідол) is a 9th-century sculpture, more precisely an example of a bałwan,[1] and one of the few monuments of pre-Christian Slavic beliefs[citation needed] (according to another interpretation, it was created by the Kipchaks/Cumans). The pillar was commonly incorrectly associated with the Slavic deity Svetovit, although current opinions on the exact meaning of all the bas-reliefs and their symbols differ. It is thought that the three tiers of bas-relief represent the three levels of the world, from the bottom underworld, to the middle mortal world and the uppermost, largest, world of heavenly gods.
Presentation of the reliefs adorning each side of the bałwan of Zbrucz carving. Ryc. Ratomir Wilkowski, broszura programowa Rodzimego Kościoła Polskiego z 2013 r.
It is suggested that the sculpture was disposed of or was buried in a pit some time after the baptism of Kievan Rus', and acceptance of Christianity in Poland in 966, like various buried idols in Kiev and Novgorod. In the 19th century, when the Zbruch River (a left tributary of the Dniester) changed its bed, the area where the pillar was buried became submerged.[2] It was discovered during a drought near the village of Lychkivtsi, just north of Husiatyn, in 1848. The statue is now on display in the Archaeological Museum of Kraków in Poland, with exact copies located in a number of museums.
^Roman Kozłowski (1964). "Badania technologiczne posągu Światowida z Muzeum Archeologicznego w Krakowie". Materiały Archeologiczne (in Polish). V: 61–67.
^Marta Zaitz (2005). "Światowid - kamienny posąg z IX wieku". Museum's Website (in Polish). Archaeological Museum of Kraków. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
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