Chernoglav orChernoglov (Old Icelandic: Tjarnaglófi) is the god of victory and war worshipped inRügen, probably in the town ofJasmund, mentioned together withSvetovit,Rugievit,Turupid,Puruvit andPizamar in theKnýtlinga saga.
The fifth god was called Pizamar from a place called Jasmund, and was destroyed by fire, There was alsoTjarnaglófi, their god of victory who went with them on military campaigns. He had a moustache of silver and resisted longer than the others but they managed to get him there years later. Altogether, they christened five thousand on this expedition.[1]
Old Icelandic original textEt fimmta goð hét Pizamarr; hann var á Ásund, svá heitir einn staðr; hann var ok brendr. Þá hét okTjarnaglófi, hann var sigrgoð þeirra, ok fór hann í herfarar með þeim; hann hafði kanpa af silfri; hann helz lengst við, en þó fengu þeir hann á þriðja vetri þar eptir; en þeir kristnuðu alls á landinu V þúsundir í þeirri ferð.
— Knýtlinga saga
Aleksander Gieysztor[2] and Andrzej Szyjewski[3] read the name as "Chernoglav/Chernoglov" (Polish:Czarnogłów).Aleksander Brückner, on the other hand, thought that the only correct reading of the name was "Triglav".[4]Jerzy Strzelczyk notes that the warlike character of a god may speak in favor of the "Triglav" reading, but the warlike character was a feature common to many of thePolabian andPomeranian gods.[5] Henryk Łowmiński decided that Chernogłów is "the cemetery transformation of theChernobog", and Leszek Moszyński proposed a read "T'arnogłowy" (fromProto-Slavic*tьrnъ, "thorn") meaning "with a head crowned with thorns", which is to refer to Jesus' crown of thorns and be aChristian influence on the late Polabian paganism.[5] According to Yaroslav Gorbachov, the statue of Chernoglav could in fact be a statue ofYarovit orPerun, but he also states that source about Chernoglav might be potential source about Chernobog.[6]
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