Fight ( Bous ) - the legendary Ruthenian prince, the son of Odin and Rinda , according to Saxon Grammatik .
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According to Goter, the legendary ruler of Denmark was responsible for the death of Baldur , the son of Frigg and Odin. The gods chose as the avenger for Baldur another son, Odin, born to Rinda , daughter of the king of the Ruthenians ( Rinda Rutenorum regis filia ). The death of Gotter was predicted by the soothsayer Rostiof Finn. One, having received such a prediction, went to the court of the King of the Ruthenians in order to obtain the favor of his daughter. However, despite all the tricks of Odin (he seemed at first a noble warrior, then a skilled craftsman, then just a brave warrior), Rinda rejected him three times. Then Odin changed into a woman and pretended to be a healer, and when Rinda fell ill, he penetrated her under the guise of a healer and took control of her, using her helplessness. For this unworthy act, Odin was "demoted" and banished by the Ases for 10 years.
Soon, Rinda had a son, Boy. When Odin regained his supremacy over the aces, the Boy grew up and "devoted himself to military labor." Then Odin called his son to him and reminded him of the death of his brother Baldur, and also assured that
| "revenge on the killers of Balder is much better than oppressing innocent people, and that the war becomes easier and more successful if the legitimate right to revenge has become a justifiable reason for its beginning." |
After some time, Gotter received a prediction that he was destined to die. Then he made his son Rorik king of the Danes, and he went to war with Boy. In a military confrontation, the data were defeated, Gotter died according to a prediction. But the Battle was seriously wounded, and his soldiers on the shield brought to the house where he soon died of wounds. The Ruthenians gave him a magnificent funeral, and poured a large mound on the grave, “ so that the descendants would not disappear in memory, the memory of such a glorious young man. " [1]
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Medieval historians attributed these events to ancient times, as, for example, as presented by John Magnus or Jacob Reitenfels :
| In 3174, from the creation of the world, Bows, the ruler of the Ruthenians, successfully fought with Goter, the king of Sweden, and then all of Finland went over to the Russians, but Roderick, the son of Gotter, again subjugated the Russians to himself. [2] |
Researchers note that Saxon Grammar's message about the Battle corresponds to the plot of the god Vali , the son of Odin in Eddic mythology.
The historian S.V. Alekseev compares the legend of the Ruthenian prince Boe with the Belarusian myth of prince Boe (Bae), seeing in him one of the deities of the afterlife of the ancient Krivichi , and the character's name suggests the Baltics epithet like Vels . bajus is "scary." According to S. V. Alekseev, the source of the legend of the Battle for Saxon could be someone from the environment of Sofia of Denmark , presumably the Princess of Minsk, who became Queen of Denmark in the third quarter of the XII century [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Saxon Grammar. Acts of the Danes. Book III, 3-4
- ↑ Reitenfels Jacob. Tales of the Serene Duke of Tuscany, Kozma Tretiemk about Muscovy. Prince 1, ch. five
- ↑ Alekseev S.V. Slavic Europe of the V — VIII centuries. M. , 2009. Part 1, chapter 3. ISBN 978-5-9533-4019-9