A Contribution to the Study of Cults and Symbols of Balkan Cattle-Breeders

Abstract

Various important elements influence the preservation of old customs and beliefs for such a long time at the cattle-breeders in the Balkans, the one undoubtedly being the geographic environment, as well as, connected with it, the traditional nomadic and semi-nomadic mountainous cattle-breeding. Also relevant are complex and difficult to grasp historical factors. In that area we have to count on the results of archeology, philology and the other social sciences.