Trigelawus

Meaning

1. Medieval LatinmasculinesingularTriglav (three-headed Slavic deity)
   Cum vero delubra et effigies idolorum a pio Ottone destruerentur, profani sacerdotes auream imaginem Trigelawi, is qui principaliter ab eis colebatur, furati extra provinciam abduxerunt, et cuidam viduae apud villam modicam degenti, ubi nec spes ulla requirendi esset, ad custodiendum tradiderunt.And when the pious Otto destroyed the temples and the images of the idols, the pagan priests stole the golden image of Triglav, which they worshipped as the most important, smuggled it out of the province and delivered it to the safekeeping of a widow who lived on a modest farm, where there was no danger that anybody would come in search of it.a. 1146, Ebbo, Life of Saint Otto, Bishop of Bamberg, quoted in Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa, Julia Mendoza Tuñón, Sandra Romano Martín (translators), Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill, →ISBN:
   In ea siquidem ciuitate domus duae, continas dixere priores, ingenti cura uel arte constructae, haud grandi ab inuicem interuallo distabant, in quibus ab stulto paganorum populo deus Triglous colebatur. Praeterea et equum formae praestantis, qui dei Trigloi dicebatur, ciues alere consueuerunt.For in said city there were two buildings that the elders called continas, for this reason, because they contained the images of the gods, built with great talent and art, that were not far from one another, wherein the ignorant masses of the pagans worshiped the god Triglav. The people also had the custom of rearing a horse with a beautiful figure that was said to be the property of the god Triglav.1151, anonymous author, Life of Saint Otto, Bishop of Bamberg, quoted in Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa, Julia Mendoza Tuñón, Sandra Romano Martín (translators), Sources of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion, Leiden: Koninklijke Brill, →ISBN:

Declension

Origins

Borrowed from Pomeranian, from Proto-Slavic *Trigolvъ.