Foreword to The Past : : A Cultural History of the Baltic People / / Endre Bojtar.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Bojtar, Endre,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (440 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; FOREWORD TO THE ENGLISH EDITION --; ABBREVIATIONS --; LIST OF MAPS AND FIGURES --; PART ONE INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER 1 THE CONCEPT OF BALTIC STUDIES. --; CHAPTER 2 THE ORIGINS AND MEANING OF THE TERM 'BALTIC' --; CHAPTER 3 ENVIRONMENT --; CHAPTER 4 AMBER AND THE AMBER ROUTE --; PART TWO THE BALTIC TRIBES AND PEOPLES --; CHAPTER 1 THE INDO-EUROPEAN URHEIMAT AND PROTO-LANGUAGE --; CHAPTER 2 THE BALTIC URHEIMAT AND PROTO-LANGUAGE --; CHAPTER 3 THE VENET(D) QUESTION --; CHAPTER 4 . THE FIRST REFERENCES TO THE BALTS --; CHAPTER 5 THE BALTIC TRIBES --; CHAPTER 6 THE BALTIC PEOPLES --; PART THREE BALTIC LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS --; CHAPTER 1 COMMON BALTIC --; CHAPTER 2 WEST BALTIC LANGUAGES --; CHAPTER 3 THE COURONIAN LANGUAGE --; CHAPTER 4 EAST BALTIC LANGUAGES --; PART FOUR BALTIC MYTHOLOGY --; CHAPTER 1 PREHISTORY, FOLKLORE, MYTHOLOGY --; CHAPTER 2 HOW FAR BACK DOES BALTIC ANTIQUITY REACH? --; CHAPTER 3 MYTHS AND SYSTEMS OF MYTHS --; CHAPTER 4 THE THEORY OF SOCIAL FORMATION --; CHAPTER 5 POLYDOXY, PROTOTHEISM, POLYTHEISM --; CHAPTER 6 SHAMANISM --; CHAPTER 7 BALTIC MYTHOLOGICAL SYSTEMS --; CHAPTER 8 BALTIC CULTS --; PART FIVE CONCLUSION OWN AND ALIEN IN HISTORY --; Introduction --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789637326189; 9783110780550
• DOI: 10.1515/9789637326189
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Endre Bojtar.

Over time at least four meanings have been attributed to the term 'Baltic' - drawing on thirty years of extensive research, Foreword to the Past is the first modern introduction to the enigma of the Baltic origins and the self-identification of the Baltic people. The book is divided into three distinctive parts: the first part recounts the history of the Baltic peoples relying on archaeological sources; the second part provides an objective linguistic history and a description of the Baltic languages; the third part provides an original and fresh insight into mythology in the ancient history of the Baltic peoples.