Worshipping the Sun or the Deity of the Sun?

Here are three examples of potential divine Sun worship in Central Europe. The first comes from Mecklenburg. The second from Silesia. The second from Baltic Prussia. Whether these are examples of worshipping a God like Jasien or just of the Sun is debatable.

Tollense

(This is by the University of Greifswald’s J. Krueger)

Grodziszcze

This picture comes from Altschlesien. The item itself from Grodziszcze (German Gross Gräditz).  The magazine describes this as one of a number found in the old Suavic burg wall. Interestingly, Grodziszcze is one of the oldest villages in Silesia. The author of the Altschlesien article dates this and other items found in the same location to the 6th or 7th century (though, part of the reason is that he tries to prove their “Germanisch” character).

Of course, I wrote about similar objects already here, here, here, here or here.

Prussia

Here are some examples from Prussia (except for the sculpture on the left which represents, apparently, the Gallic Esus), from Vladimir Kulakov’s work.