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Re: Anthropomorphic Stelae near Mount Kremenets by drolaf on Thursday, 26 May 2022


Polovtsian statues feature both men and women. Male statues that are standing are often portrayed as warriors ready for battle. They represent nomadic warriors of the Eurasian steppes during the Middle Ages. One of the largest collections in Ukraine is at the Lugansk Park Museum.
The custom of erecting idols originated in Mongolia and the Altai in the 6-7 century, and gradually spread to the Danube. These statues were idols and symbols of their ancestors settled in the steppes of the highest points on the watersheds and burial grounds, as well as in special shrines erected for them.

A greatest mysteries about these sculptures is that they seem to hold a kind of vessel under the stomach. These containers take various forms, such as plates, jugs, cups and chalices. And these varied forms are conditioned by the amount of theories to try to explain what they were used for. For example, there are researchers who argue that they could be urns that symbolically contain the ashes of their ancestors, or have some purpose of ritual sacrifice, or be the place where the soul or spirit of those represented on the rock was housed.


https://www.infinityexplorers.com/the-mysterious-polovtsian-statues-that-watch-over-the-eurasian-steppes




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