In Slovenia, one will often find the Slavic and the Roman side by side in calendars. In some regions, the Slavic names are preferred (Poland, Upper and Lower Sorbs, Silesians, Czech Rep, Croatia, Belarus, Ukraine) but in others, the Roman names are preferred (Slovakia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria). According to Miklosich, even the Old Russians did so, but at some point I imagine the Church or the State banned their use in Russia. So, the greass month (travanj) will always occur before the linden month (lipanj) for example.Īll Slavic nations except for the Russians use these month names. It is interesting to note that although the names are not standardised (refer to “travanj” which is variously April or May) they have a definite order. Srpanj (Croatian) refers to the harvest time when you use sickles (Srp) and Listopad is a common name meaning “leaf-fall”.Īnother common one is Travanj (trava = grass), a spring month, referring to April in Croatian and May in Ukrainian and other northern regions. There are many common names, and the two you mentioned are relatively common in the Slavic speaking world. There are many theories on the pre-Christian Slavic calendar, but in the absence of written records, we can never know for certain. The history of Slavic month names is very interesting.
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