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30-732: The mountain has played an important role in Czech national mythology since the Middle Ages (together with the mountains Říp and Radhošť ); therefore, during the era of the Czech National Revival , a stone quarried from Blaník was symbolically placed in the foundations of the newly built National Theatre in Prague . In the 5th century BC, during the Hallstatt period , a circular hillfort with two rows of massive stone walls

60-475: A Christianizing mission to the mountain. They set out to Radhošť from Velehrad through Zašová , where they baptized people. When they were approaching the mountain, they heard sounds of musical instruments and singing from the distance. When they reached the mountain, they saw pagan rituals led by prince Radoch. When the prince heard about the newcomers who were belittling the pagan gods, he began to rebuke Cyril and wanted to use force against him. At this point

90-539: A theonym . A popular local legend in the Czech Republic is related to Radegast. The first source mentioning this theonym is the Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum by Adam of Bremen : The elderly Bishop John , captured with other Christians in the city of Mecklenburg , was kept alive to be exhibited in triumph. And consequently, lashed with whips for having confessed to Christ , he

120-495: A Slavic tribal chief named Ardagast ( Ancient Greek : Αρδάγαστος ; form before probable metathesis ). This name, expanded by the possessive suffix *-jь ( *Radogostjь ), formed many toponyms throughout Slavdom, cf. Polish villages Radogoszcz , Czech mountain Radhošť , Serbo-Croatian toponym Radogošta , Russian Radogoshch , and Russian hydronyms Radohoshcha and Radogoshch and others, as well as

150-425: A glow appeared around the cross held by Cyril – Cyril began to speak of the "one true god" and the pagan gods as "an invention of hell". Then there was a noise and thunder and all the statues of the gods broke into a thousand pieces. Later, on the spot where the magnificent temple and idol of Radegast had stood, the saints erected a cross . This legend is often found in publications about the mountain and, although

180-479: A rock shall open up in the mountain, the knights inside wake up from a deep sleep, and will set off against the enemies. They will defeat them, and peace and tranquility will come back to Bohemia . Since 1989, St. Wenceslaus Celebrations have been regularly held here. From the Great Blaník Wenceslaus is accompanied by his soldiers and comes on a white horse to Louňovice pod Blaníkem square, where

210-626: A shrine for the Slavic immigrants in Saint Paul. This statue at Radhošť served as a suitable model for the one in Saint Paul. The northern slopes are protected as a national nature reserve. 49°29′31″N 18°13′22″E  /  49.491840°N 18.222786°E  / 49.491840; 18.222786 This Moravian-Silesian Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Radegast (god) Radegast or Radogost is, according to medieval chroniclers,

240-459: A theonym would require the assumption of an exceptional situation. Aleksander Brückner also claimed that Adam made many mistakes. There were also attempts to combine the name Radegast with the name of the Gothic chief Radagaisus , but name Radagaisus has its own Gothic etymology. 18th-century authors, Karl Gottlob Anton and Anton Tomaž Linhart , regarded Radegast as "the god of joy or

270-638: Is called Blaník . The Czechoslovak-built Let L-13 sailplane is called the Blaník after the mountain, and the Let L-23 is called the Super Blaník. Blaník is surrounded by many legends, some of which probably originate in Celtic times. The main legend about knights arose probably in the 15th century among the common people on the basis of an event, when the enemy army was defeated in a miraculous way at

300-534: Is located in Dolní Bečva and Trojanovice municipalities in the Zlín and Moravian-Silesian regions, whose border runs along the ridge of the mountain. A chapel built in 1898 and a sculpture of Saints Cyril and Methodius are located on the summit to glorify their evangelization of Slavic people. The mountain is a popular destination for religious pilgrimages. Referred to as the place of Slavic god Radegast , Radhošť

330-667: The Obodrites ". It is also mentioned in the Annales Augustani of 1135, which tells of the destruction of Rethra by Burchard II , Bishop of Halberstadt , who took the local "horse worshipped as a god" on which he returned to Saxony . The last source mentioning Radegast is the Passion of the Martyrs of Ebstorf . In Latin sources, this name is noted as Redigost , Redigast , Riedegost , Radegast . Today,

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360-526: The god of the Polabian Slavs , whose temple was located in Rethra . In modern academic literature, however, the dominant view is that Radegast is a local nickname or a local alternative name of the solar god Svarozhits , who, according to earlier sources, was the chief god of Rethra. Some researchers also believe that the name of the town, where Svarozhits was the main deity, was mistakenly taken for

390-789: The Slavic Cross, a variation of the Orthodox cross . The final major symbol is the book that Saint Cyril (on the right) is holding. Saint Cyril is credited with creating the eponymous Cyrillic script or Early Cyrillic alphabet . A similar statue exists at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, National Shrine of the Apostle Paul in Saint Paul, Minnesota , United States. This statue of commissioned by Archbishiop Austin Dowling in 1926 as

420-503: The celebrations are held. At Rudka (a part of Kunštát ) a sandstone man-made cave with carved figures of the Blaník knights is located. It is a popular touristic attraction. Radho%C5%A1%C5%A5 Radhošť ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈradɦoʃc] ) is a mountain in the Czech Republic . It has an elevation of 1,129 metres (3,704 ft) and belongs to the Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountain range. It

450-570: The chief god of this city. As a result, it is generally believed that Radegast is another name for the Polabian Svarozhits, or that Radegast is a local sobriquet for Svarozhits. He is often mentioned as Rad(o)gost-Svarozhits , or Svarozhits/Radogost . Some scholars, however, recognize that the name of the city was mistakenly assumed to be the chief deity of the city. Nikolay Zubov first points out that primary sources nowhere equate Svarozhits and Radegast. Moreover,

480-488: The generous happy foreigner," but the view of Radegast as an independent deity is considered unlikely. It is also unlikely that Radegast was a pseudo-deity. Some scholars have also suggested that the city was named after a deity, rather than the other way around. According to Gerard Labuda , the Latin Riedegost refers to an area surrounded by forest. He suggests reading the second segment as gozd "forest" and

510-585: The ides of November. [...] Among them, situated in the middle, are the extremely powerful Redarii , whose famous capital is Rethra, a seat of idolatry. There is a large temple built there, dedicated to the demons, whose prince is Radogost. His statue is made of gold, his baldachin bedecked with purple. Following Adam, Radegast is also mentioned by Helmold in his Chronicle of the Slavs , who writes about making annual sacrifices to him and using an oracle associated with his temple, he also calls him "the god of

540-488: The name Radegast is predominantly used in English, but in several Slavic countries like Poland and Russia, the prevailing notation is Radogost . The first part of the name contains the adjective rad ("glad"), of uncertain further etymology, and the second part contains the noun gost ("guest"), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰostis (cf. Gothic gasts "guest", Latin : hostis "stranger"), and

570-464: The name can be translated as "one who is ready to welcome a guest" or "the one who takes good care of guests". The name is ultimately derived from the Proto-Slavic given name *Radogostъ , cf. Croatian : Radogost , Old Polish Radogost , Radgost , Radogosta , Radosta , Old Slovene Radegost , probably attested as early as the 6th century in a Greek source mentioning

600-403: The southeastern foothill of Blaník, near the village of Býkovice. The legend says, that there is an army resting inside the mountain and waiting for the Czech nation to be at its worst. Its commander is the patron saint of the country St. Wenceslaus . It is said that a day inside the mountain is as long as a year on the surface. As soon as the Czech country will be in its deepest distress,

630-538: The statue the name of the god is written using runes . Radegast is also found in the glosses falsified by Václav Hanka in the 19th century in the Czech-Latin dictionary Mater Verborum . In the Czech Republic, there is a local legend associated with Saints Cyril and Methodius , according to which Radegast was worshipped on Radhošť . According to this legend, Cyril and Methodius decided to go on

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660-400: The stem -rad appears in almost 150 anthroponyms , which makes this stem one of the most popular elements of names; the stem -gost is also a very popular component, which naturally results in the existence of names like Radegast or Gostirad . He also indicates that the Slavs originally did not give children divine names (as happened in ancient Greece ), so the recognition of Radegast as

690-486: The tale has been debunked many times, it often appeared, for example, in folklore. The legend first appears in 1710 in Sacra Moraviae historia sive Vita S. Cyrilli et Methodii by parish priest Jan Jiří Středovský. In the chapter dedicated to the name of the mountain and its origin, he refers to the testimony of a priest, according to whom a legend circulated among the people about a god of the same name, who stood on

720-458: The time. The three-meter statue stands before a chapel earlier dedicated to the pagan god, Radegast. The broken idols at the feet of the saints stands for the work these 9th century missionaries did in overthrowing idolatry. They brought the Christian faith to Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia – later united as Czechoslovakia . In addition to the idols, there is a triple cross, which also known as

750-523: The town of Radogošč , which belonged to the Redarii tribe. Thietmar , in his Chronicle (written around 1018 r. ) states that Svarozhits (recognized as a solar deity ) was the most worshiped god in Polabian Radogošč. The same town, however mentioned under the name of Rethra ( Latin : Rethre ), is also described about 50 years later by Adam of Bremen , who recognizes Redigast as

780-466: The whole name as "Forest of the Redarians ", or also reading the first segment as redny "muddy, marshy" and the whole name as "Marshy, muddy forest". In the second half of the 19th century, so-called Prillwitz idols , which were supposed to depict Slavic deities, became popular. Nowadays, this find is considered an 18th century forgery . One of the statues is said to represent Radegast, and on

810-500: Was abolished in 1783 by a decree of the Emperor Joseph II . The ground plan of the chapel is formed by an octagon composed into an ellipse, under which there used to be a hermit cave. In the middle of the ruins grows a 160-year-old spruce called "Big Monk." Czech historical novelist Alois Jirásek portrayed the Blaník legend in his Ancient Bohemian Legends . The last movement of Smetana 's symphonic poem Má vlast

840-402: Was built at the top of Great Blaník; its remnants are still visible around the summit. Later, a fortress and probably a wooden castle were built there. At the top of Great Blaník stands a 30 m tall wooden watchtower from 1941 in the shape of a Hussite tower. On the top of Small Blaník are the ruins of the pilgrimage Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene . Its construction was completed in 1753 but it

870-600: Was the host of sacred ceremonies to rejoice the god during the time of Slavic antiquity. The name Radhošť is in fact a Czech version of the name of Radegast. There is a Sierra trail to mountain Pustevny with the sculpture of god Radegast on the way. The sculpture of Saints Cyril and Methodius was created by Czech-American sculptor Albin Polasek , head of the sculpture department of the Art Institute of Chicago at

900-401: Was then paraded in each of the cities of the Slavs to be mocked, as he could not be forced to renounce the name of Christ, his hands and feet were cut off and his body was thrown into the street, but not before removing his head, which the pagans stuck on a pike and offered to their god Radegast as proof of victory. These events occurred in Rethra , the capital of the Slavs, the fourth day before

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