Przybysław/Pribislav of Pomerania
Known in sources as: Pribisclavus, Pribizlavus. Prince in the years 1160-1179 Przybysław was a son of Niklot and brother of Warcisław and Przesław. Around the year 1145, he married Wojsława – a woman from...
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Slaves in Slavic Society (Slave trading in the medieval times)
Slavs were brutal and cruel warriors. However, the way they treated slaves was pretty “open-minded” for that time. The important thing to mention is that slave trading was very common in medieval times, so...
Slavs in Scandinavia Part 3 – Slavic Knights among Vikings
We suggest reading the previous article before this one: Slavs in Scandinavia, part 2 It is crucial to find out the nationality of Tyrker and Wyzdarwoda since they were non-Viking knights who joined the...
Slavs in Scandinavia, part 2: The Creation of Poland
At the time when Polans (Polani) originally formed Poland, it was a landlocked country. Nevertheless, the early Polish state, during the process of expanding its boundaries, did not forget to include some seashore within...
Reincarnation among Ancient Slavs – A Journey to Navia and Back
Before we start, we need to settle one important thing. The concept of reincarnation was present among all Indo-European cultures until Christianisation. It also spread throughout Asia from ancient Indian territories after the Aryan...
Slavs in the Viking World Series: Slavs in Scandinavia
There were Slavs living on the shores of the Baltic since antiquity. In spite of the fact that the role Slavs played on the Baltic was considerable, it is not very well known in...
Genetics of Ukraine
The haplogroups that make the Ukrainian genetic pool are : R1a: 42.85% – North Slavic I2a: 22.58% – South Slavic/Sclavenian R1b: 8.57% – There is a Western-European and Anadolian branch, I don’t have more precise data but...
The Black Sails – Pomeranian Chronicles
Black Sails on Baltic winds – The Naval Forces of Early Medieval and Medieval Pomerania Pomeranian culture was built upon older cultures, as ancient as the Corded Ware Culture, or the later Lusatian Culture,...
Slavic expansion to the Balkans.part1
Most people think of Slavs as having slowly moved across the continent and in the process colonizing new lands. However, Peter Heather in his “Empires and Barbarians” gives some examples which prove the contrary...
Did Ancient Slavs shave?
Since ancient times the beard was a sign of virility, wisdom, strength, and power. A man whose beard was forcefully shaved off was disgraced. Beards were symbols of prophets, kings, apostles, patriarchs, and even...
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