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Zbruch Idol, Wikipedia
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The sourced Wikipedia account of the Zbruch Idol, covering its 1848 discovery during a drought, Count Mieczyslaw Potocki's role in its recovery and his proposed identification with Svetovid, and the divided scholarly readings of its three-tier iconography, including the separate identification of a crouching lower figure as Veles. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Reliability Tier3
Tier three: a collaboratively edited reference article, used here to corroborate the museum's own account and to record the divided scholarly readings the museum page does not itself adjudicate. Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbruch_Idol
Source Typeencyclopedia
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Associated With
Veles, Deities This source names Veles directly: "of a crouching lower figure as Veles."
Source Zbruch Idol, Wikipedia
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
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