Dogs in the Burial Rite of the Sambian-Natangian Culture of the Great Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages and Warriors-Werewolves
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Two “military” burials of the Sambian-Natangian culture are considered — Dollkeim-Kovrovo No. 269 and Kleinheide-Guryevsk No. 21 of the Great Migration Period, where there are burials of dogs. Burials with dogs in the early Middle Ages were widespread in the Germanic area, but extremely rarely found among the Balts. Apparently in Sambia, their appearance is associated with the influence of the funerary customs of the Germans, most likely from Central Europe. It is possible that these customs reflect military rituals associated with warriors-werewolves (wolves/dogs).
DOI: 10.55086/sp2251530
Authors: Michel Kazanski, Anna Mastykova
Institution: Orient & Méditerranée
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4308228971