ETHNOGENESIS OF BULGARIANS AND FUNDAMENTAL OF BULGARIAN MYTHOLOGY
The text traces the ethnogenesis of Bulgarians through mythology. The author states that mythology supplements history and traces various mythological sources. He also repr...

THE MYTH OF THE FOREFATHER
The main stages of the life cycle of the legendary ancestor of the Bulgarians are characterized.
Дървото на живота е свещен символ на развитието на народа и неговата цивилизация. Както всяко дърво, така и цивил...

THE SUN AND THE MOON.
THE SEVEN SKY LUMINARIES
The cosmogony of the ancient Bulgarians is outlined in short.

THE BIRTH OF THE GODS
Using examples of the Bible and various other ancient texts, the author describes main myths of Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece, as well as Indian, old-Christian and ancient Bulgarian ones, that are re...

THE MAN AND THE SOCIETY
A reflection on the role of man and woman, on the patriarchal family, on the rising of Man and the worth of life.
Ако търсиш бог, търси го в човека“ (алианска мъдрост)

CELTIC CALENDAR
A juxtaposition of the Celtic folk calendar and the system of customs of the Thracians and proto-Bulgarians. A conclusion on their mutuality is made.
Напоследък добиха известност изследванията върху древните българи и тех...

THE SWORD OF KING ARTHUR
The role of myths and the significance of myths, their actual power, and the possible connections between myths of the King Arthur and the Bulgarian folk mythology, are discussed.
Митът не е само една художествен...

 
THE PEOPLE OF THE WOLF
 

THE CIVILIZATION
 
Described is the meaning of the term „civilization“ from the point of view of an ancient Bulgarian view of life. In special texts are represented some basic notions on the hierarchic structure of ancient ...

PRECIVILIZATION
 
Short notes on the „pracivilization“ of the primordial antiquity are given.

THE DIVINE PEOPLES
Using examples of the ancient history, the author illustrates the concept from the Plato’s „Dialogues“.
В Платоновите диалози и в други предания се говори за божествени племена и народи. В преданията ...

 
KHAN AVITOHOL IN THE FOLK MEMORY (A folk song glorifies the Bulgarian Forefather, breast-fed by a roe deer)
 

ANIMAL SYMBOLS 
The symbolic significance of various images of animals from the Proto-Bulgarian monuments is presented.
В първобългарските паметници често са намирани изображения на животни – монументални и миниатюрни, реални и мито...

THE VEDA OF THE BULGARIANS
 
The oral tradition as a factor of conservation of the folk memory, and the folk song as synthesis of mythology are discussed. The advantages of oral speech compared to written one are presented.

DAN VOIVODE – THE IMMORTAL PRIEST IN THE FOLK MEMORY
Reasonings on a character of the Bulgarian folklore, which is represented as a collective portrait of folk believes and virtues are shown. Some parallels with heroes from the epi...