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SLAVIA časopis pro slovanskou filologii, 2024

In the article, I review the most recent monographs on Slavic mythology published in the Slovak a... more In the article, I review the most recent monographs on Slavic mythology published in the Slovak academic sphere. Since the research in the field of mythology is actively done mostly by linguists and literary scholars, I focus on the contributions from these disciplines. The most fundamental works are the papers and monographs by Martin Golema. In the study, I consider his influence on the contemporary Slavic Studies and young researchers. Special attention is paid to the monograph by Ľubomír Gábor, whose methodological approach is based on Golema’s works. Among the authors, who contributed to the recent research of Slavic mythology in Slovakia, Martin Pukanec is worth mentioning. Pukanec’s work is therefore further discussed in the article. Analyzing his work allows us to see the current state of Slavic mythology from the Slovak perspective and further discuss it.

Religio: revue pro religionistiku

The conference "Paganism and Its Others" was held on the 13 th and 14 th of June 2022 at the Facu... more The conference "Paganism and Its Others" was held on the 13 th and 14 th of June 2022 at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in Brno. It was organised by Miroslav Vrzal, Matouš Vencálek, and Ivona Vrzalová, members of the Department of Religious Studies, who also presented their papers. The conference comprised a selection of interdisciplinary approaches to a wide range of topics. The participants heard presentations from religious, anthropological, historical, and sociological perspectives from researchers and students from across the whole world. Since Covid-19 pandemic, many academic activities have been organized online. This particular conference had a hybrid nature, including both in-person and on-line parts. As someone with expertise in only some of the themes discussed, I present here my personal highlights. After a welcome speech by the organisers to open the conference, the first keynote speaker, Michael Francis Strmiska, an Associate Professor in World History at Orange County Community College, presented a paper dealing with a methodological approach to the research of contemporary paganism as a religion. During the presentation, he discussed its universalist and particularistic conception, and described the neopagan movement in Lithuania known as Romuva, established by Jonas Trinkūnas (1939-2014), who invited him to speak at the World Congress of Ethnic Religions in 1998. The main topic of Strmiska's speech was problem of violence and hatred presented towards the Neo-pagans from the side of Christianity or Islam. Another interesting aspect of this topic was the differentiation between the words "pagan/paganism" and "ethnic religion". The second speaker was Michal Puchovský, whose presentation dealt with Slovak neofolk and neopagan groups with a particular focus on the phenomenon of Žiarislav. Puchovský described music's role in forming neopagan youth groups and in attracting people to pagan revivalist movements. During his ethnographical research, the author attended Žiarislav rituals and his conclusions detail the role of music in the community-in Z p r á v y / N e w s

Kultúrne dejiny 01/2023, 2023

In 2020 and 2021, a summary of the book Arctic Theory of Our Origin written by Russian ethnologis... more In 2020 and 2021, a summary of the book Arctic Theory of Our Origin written by Russian ethnologist and Indologist Natalia Romanovna Guseva appeared in multiple places. This summary was written by Lenka Mihová and published in several journals: Cultural history, Studia Mythologica Slavica, and Literary magazine. This summary was written in a completely unprofessional manner and quoted absurd statements (for example, that Slovak writer Jozef Banáš was able to understand Indians in the Slovak language and they understood him), which showed that the author of this abstract was unable to approach this book critically. Based on this unfortunate summary, I decided to write a critique analysing Mihová's problematic approach as well as the background of the published translation of Guseva's compilation. In general, the "Arctic Theory" is an unscientific narrative without the support of any archaeological or relevant linguistic evidence, and it is popular amongst the esoteric and nationalistic groups in Russia and India. Neither the book's slipshod translation nor Mihová's summary are in line with the available knowledge of the Indo-European culture or comparative linguistics thereof. Both show a considerable lack of critical reflection or erudition to evaluate the material.

Tradičná svadba u Slovanov, 2022

Second edition of book "Traditional wedding of Slavs" (1976) from Slovak slavist, ethnologist and... more Second edition of book "Traditional wedding of Slavs" (1976) from Slovak slavist, ethnologist and founder of Slovak religious studies Ján Komorovský is extended with my foreword of his life and benefit for Slovak academic field.

Book Reviews by Stanislav Gubančok

Etnologické rozpravy 2, 2020

Recenzia na český preklad knihy "A brief introduction to the theory of myth" od Roberta Segala. V... more Recenzia na český preklad knihy "A brief introduction to the theory of myth" od Roberta Segala. Vo svojom článku odkazujem aj na hodnotné recenzie ďalších kolegov, kde polemizujeme nad konečnou podobou tejto knihy od známeho religionistu Segala.