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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