Poul Anderson, The Boat Of A Million Years (London, 1991), Chapter VI.
"'The bell tower, the gilt cupola, belongs to the cathedral of Sviataya Sophia...'" (p. 132) (see image)
"...the abode of Yarilo." (ibid.)
"...Pecheng raiders..." (p. 133)
Where do gods go when they are no longer worshiped? Neil Gaiman tells us here and Poul Anderson's immortal Svoboda also has an answer:
"...the old gods that we suppose still haunt the wilderness..." (ibid.)
Well, they would, wouldn't they?
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
And, of course, we know from Stirling's THE PESHAWAR LANCERS how the post Fall Russians of that book turned from Christ to worship Satan. One of the names or titles they gave Satan was "Tchernobog," meaning, I think, a black or dark god, a name which came from pre Christians Russian paganism.
I don't want to seem to malign Russian church architecture, but I don't care for it. The pictures I've seen makes Russian Orthodox churches look far too "busy" or "crowded." And my understanding is that the interior rooms or spaces are quite small.
Sean
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