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The paper examines the traditional explanation of the Eastern-Slavonic deity Xors as an Iranian loan from the Persian xwarsēδ/xorsid ‘sun’ and advances an alternative etymology via the Indo-Aryan root hṛṣ-, Indo-European *ghers- and its cognates in other Indo-European languages. Based on the linguistic and mythological comparative analysis Xors is interpreted not as an abstract ‘solar god’ but as a ‘sun fertility hero’ viewed as the development of the ancient archetype of the ‘dying and resurrecting god’ comparable in role to Dionysus. The paper closes with a brief outline of some new venues for research following out of the proposed reinterpretation of Xors.

studia mythologica slavica

Non-Iranian Origin of the Eastern-Slavonic God &lt;em&gt;Xŭrsŭ/Xors&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;Neiranskoe proishoždenie vostočnoslavjanskogo boga &lt;em&gt;Hrsa/Horsa&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/br&gt;