Saturday 2 March 2024

Dancing with deer and birds

Medieval "stećak" standing stone, Bosnia, with the depiction of the ritual circular solar dance "kolo", meaning wheel, solar wheel, solar year. There are also depictions of birds and deer...

I talked about "kolo", also known as "oro", in my post "Kolo-vrt". 

Kolo is a common motif on these standing stones. But, it is interesting that on this stone there are 9 dancers in both groups...

I wonder if this is deliberate? Here's why:

Deer are depicted during rut, Sep/Oct/Nov, the only time when bucks can be seen with fully grown antlers and their harems of does...

These are Croatian Slavic month names...Number 9 is...

So the birds could then depict migratory birds, which leave Bosnia in Sep/Oct/Nov...

All very interesting...


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