89 KB30 KB197920251999Belaj, Vitomirštevilka:194letnik:27str. 77-88ISSN:0351-4285COBISSID:3105097URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-G92S8663slŠtudentska založbaČasopis za kritiko znanostiCroatiaCroatsHrvatiHrvatskahuman migrationIranmigracijemitimythologynacionalno vprašanjepoliticspolitikaNovi miti o starih Hrvatih|An incidental find of a tomb stone of an archon named Horoathos or Horouathos from the 3rd century in Tanais opened up new possibilities for interpreting the origin of the ethnic name of Croats and culminated in a pseudo-scientific myth about the first Croats. Accordingly, they were supposedly Iranians which can be traced back to ancient Mittanians. They were supposedly mentioned by Zoroaster, their migrations were allegedly recorded by Herodotus, while later,prior to their arrival in the present-day Croatia, they supposedly founded three famous and large Croatian states in Central and Eastern Europe. Accordingly, the modern Croatian language is nothing but the superficially Slavonised Iranian language. Croatians are believed to have preserved their Iranian (Persian) customs and parts of the Iranian traditional costume. In addition, Zoroastrian dualism is thought to have been kept alive among Croats until the end of the Middle Ages by the Bosnian Church. Even the national flagand emblem supposedly originate in Iran. The author points to political influences which contributed to the development and spreading of this neo-romantic ethnogenetic hypothesis which, although bearing all the characteristics of ethnogenetic myths, is firmly rejected by mainstream Croatian scientistsNaključna najdba nadgrobnika nekega arhonta z imenom Horoathos, Horouathos iz 3. stoletja v Tanaisu, ki je odprla nove možnosti interpretiranja izvora etničnega imena Hrvatov, je evoluirala v paraznanstveni mit o prvotnih Hrvatih. Bili naj bi Iranci, katerih najzgodnejše sledi lahko opazimo že pri starih Mittanijcih (!). Omenil jih je baje Zaratustra, njihove migracije naj bi opisoval Herodot, pozneje, toda še pred prihodom v današnjo Hrvaško, naj bi ustvarili kar tri slavne velike hrvaške države v srednji in vzhodni Evropi. Sodobni hrvaški jezik je zato samo bežno slavizirana iranščina. Hrvati so ohranili tudi svoje iranske (perzijske) šege, dele narodne noše, celo zoroastrovski dualizem je živel med Hrvati vse do konca srednjega veka v t.i. bosenski cerkvi. Iz Irana so prinesli celo svojo današnjo državno zastavo in grb. Avtor v pričujočem članku nakazuje politične dejavnike, ki so pogojevali razvoju in širjenju te neoromantične etnogenetske hipoteze z vsemi značilnostmi etnogenetskih mitov, čeprav jo resna hrvaška znanost odločno zavračaTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaŠtudentska založba