Teodoras Narbutas apie baltų aukojimus

LTStraipsnis skirtas Teodoro Narbuto Lietuvių tautos istorijos pirmajame tome pateiktiems baltų aukojimams tirti. Aukos dievams - pagrindinė religinio kulto dalis, kurios pažinimas svarbus baltų kultūrai ir mentalitetui. Straipsnio pradžioje išskiriami Narbuto biografijos ir veiklos bruožai, tyrimo metodas, istoriografija. Toliau pereinama priėjo knygoje pateiktos aukų klasifikacijos. Siekiant atskleisti Narbuto panaudotų šaltinių reikšmę, duomenys apie aukas analizuojami patikrinant pirminius šaltinius, kuriais rėmėsi istorikas. Straipsnis skirtas šviesiam ilgamečio bendradarbio Vytauto Berenio (1963-2013) atminimui. Berenis tyrinėjo Teodoro Narbuto kūrybą, jo indėlis aptariamas šiame straipsnyje. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Aukojimas; Baltų religija; Lietuvių tautos istorija; Teodoras Narbutas (Teodor Narbutt); Teodoras Narbutas, Lietuvių tautos istorija, baltų religija, aukojimas; Religion of the Balts; Sacrificial rites; The History of Lithuanian Nation; Theodoras Narbutas, The history of the Lithuanian nation, the religion of the Baltic, the sacrifice; Theodore Narbutas.

ENThe article concentrates on the Baltic sacrifice classification proposed by Theodore Narbutas (1784-1864) in The History of Lithuanian Nation, volume 1. The article starts with a review of Narbutas biography, his work and research methods. It should be noted that the article is dedicated to the memory of Vytautas Berenis (1963-2013) who studied Narbutas’ legacy working as a senior research fellow at the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute. The first volume of The History of Lithuanian Nation is devoted to the Lithuanian mythology. It presents a list of sixteen Baltic sacrificial types. Updating the book for reprinting, Narbutas enlarged the list to eighteen types. However, his manuscript has never been published and continues to be stored in archives. Historiographers have concluded that the main problem in Narbutas’ research consists in his uncritical use of written sources. The article makes an attempt to verify information about sacrifices provided in written historical sources used by Narbutas. The History of Lithuanian Nation is a synthetic work and, describing the sacrificial practices, the author relied on available writings. Furthermore, he compared Baltic sacrifices with those of other nations, particularly of the ancient religion, reconstructed on the basis of ethnographic material collected by him. In his study of the 19th century religion, the author applied the comparative approach that was usually employed by various scholars at that time. [From the publication]

• Etnologija / Ethnology
• Archeologija / Archaeology
• Istorija / History