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the return of ancestral gods 25489_Lesiv.indb 1 13-06-28 12:53 McGill-Queen’s Studies in the History of Religion Volumes in this series have been supported by the Jackman Foundation of Toronto. Series One G.A. Rawlyk, Editor 1 Small Differences 10 God’s Peoples Irish Catholics and Irish Covenant and Land in South Protestants, 1815–1922 Africa, Israel, and Ulster An International Perspective Donald Harman Akenson Donald Harman Akenson 11 Creed and Culture 2 Two Worlds The Place of English-Speaking The Protestant Culture of Catholics in Canadian Nineteenth-Century Ontario Society, 1750–1930 William Westfall Edited by Terrence Murphy and Gerald Stortz 3 An Evangelical Mind Nathanael Burwash and the 12 Piety and Nationalism Methodist Tradition in Canada, Lay Voluntary Associations and 1839–1918 the Creation of an Irish-Catholic Marguerite Van Die Community in Toronto, 1850–1895 4 The Dévotes Brian P. 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Stanford Reid Cape Colony and Britain, An Evangelical Calvinist 1799–1853 in the Academy Elizabeth Elbourne Donald MacLeod 20 A History of Canadian Catholics 32 A Long Eclipse Gallicanism, Romanism, The Liberal Protestant and Canadianism Establishment and the Canadian Terence J. Fay University, 1920–1970 21 The View from Rome Catherine Gidney Archbishop Stagni’s 1915 33 Forkhill Protestants Reports on the Ontario Bilingual and Forkhill Catholics, Schools Question 1787–1858 Edited and translated by Kyla Madden John Zucchi 34 For Canada’s Sake 22 The Founding Moment Public Religion, Centennial Church, Society, and the Celebrations, and the Re-making Construction of Trinity College of Canada in the 1960s William Westfall Gary R. Miedema 25489_Lesiv.indb 4 13-06-28 12:53 35 Revival in the City 46 Political Ecumenism The Impact of American Catholics, Jews, and Protestants Evangelists in Canada, in De Gaulle’s Free France, 1884–1914 1940–1945 Eric R. Crouse Geoffrey Adams 36 The Lord for the Body 47 From Quaker to Upper Canadian Religion, Medicine, and Protestant Faith and Community among Faith Healing in Canada, Yonge Street Friends, 1880–1930 1801–1850 James Opp Robynne Rogers Healey 37 Six Hundred Years of Reform 48 The Congrégation de Bishops and the French Notre-Dame, Superiors, Church, 1190–1789 and the Paradox of Power, J. Michael Hayden and 1693–1796 Malcolm R. Greenshields Colleen Gray 38 The Missionary Oblate Sisters 49 Canadian Pentecostalism Vision and Mission Transition and Transformation Rosa Bruno-Jofré Edited by Michael Wilkinson 39 Religion, Family, and Community 50 A War with a Silver Lining in Victorian Canada Canadian Protestant Churches The Colbys of Carrollcroft and the South African War, Marguerite Van Die 1899–1902 Gordon L. Heath 40 Michael Power The Struggle to Build the Catholic 51 In the Aftermath of Catastrophe Church on the Canadian Frontier Founding Judaism, 70 to 640 Mark G. McGowan Jacob Neusner 41 The Catholic Origins of Quebec’s 52 Imagining Holiness Classic Quiet Revolution, 1931–1970 Hasidic Tales in Modern Times Michael Gauvreau Justin Jaron Lewis 42 Marguerite Bourgeoys and the 53 Shouting, Embracing, and Congregation of Notre Dame, Dancing with Ecstasy 1665–1700 The Growth of Methodism Patricia Simpson in Newfoundland, 1774–1874 43 To Heal a Fractured World Calvin Hollett The Ethics of Responsibility Jonathan Sacks 54 Into Deep Waters Evangelical Spirituality and 44 Revivalists Maritime Calvinist Baptist Marketing the Gospel in English Ministers, 1790–1855 Canada, 1884–1957 Daniel C. Goodwin Kevin Kee 55 Vanguard of the New Age 45 The Churches and Social Order The Toronto Theosophical Society, in Nineteenth- and Twentieth- 1891–1945 Century Canada Gillian McCann Edited by Michael Gauvreau and Ollivier Hubert 25489_Lesiv.indb 5 13-06-28 12:53 56 A Commerce of Taste 62 Contesting the Moral High Church Architecture in Canada, Ground 1867–1914 Popular Moralists in Mid- Barry Magrill Twentieth-Century Britain Paul T. Phillips 57 The Big Picture The Antigonish Movement 63 The Catholicisms of Coutances of Eastern Nova Scotia Varieties of Religion in Early Santo Dodaro and Leonard Pluta Modern France, 1350–1789 J. Michael Hayden 58 My Heart’s Best Wishes for You A Biography of Archbishop 64 After Evangelicalism John Walsh The Sixties and the United Church John P. Comiskey of Canada Kevin N. Flatt 59 The Covenanters in Canada Reformed Presbyterianism from 65 The Return of Ancestral Gods 1820 to 2012 Modern Ukrainian Paganism as Eldon Hay an Alternative Vision for a Nation Mariya Lesiv 60 The Guardianship of Best Interests Institutional Care for the Children of the Poor in Halifax, 1850–1960 Renée N. Lafferty 61 In the Name of the Holy Office Joaquim Marques de Araújo, a Brazilian Comissário in the Age of Inquisitional Decline James E. Wadsworth 25489_Lesiv.indb 6 13-06-28 12:53 The Return of Ancestral Gods Modern Ukrainian Paganism as an Alternative Vision for a Nation mariya lesiv McGill-Queen’s University Press Montreal & Kingston • London • Ithaca 25489_Lesiv.indb 7 13-06-28 12:53 © McGill-Queen’s University Press 2013 ISBN 978-0-7735-4262-4 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-7735-8965-0 (ePDF) ISBN 978-0-7735-8966-7 (ePUB) Legal deposit fourth quarter 2013 Bibliothèque nationale du Québec Printed in Canada on acid-free paper that is 100% ancient forest free (100% post-consumer recycled), processed chlorine free This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Funding has also been received from the Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies. McGill-Queen’s University Press acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Lesiv, Mariya, 1978–, author The return of ancestral gods: modern Ukrainian Paganism as an alternative vision for a nation / Mariya Lesiv. (McGill-Queen’s studies in the history of religion. Series two; no. 65) Includes bibliographical references and index. Issued in print and electronic formats. ISBN 978-0-7735-4262-4 (bound). – ISBN 978-0-7735-8965-0 (ePDF).– ISBN 978-0-7735-8966-7 (ePUB) 1. Paganism – Ukraine. 2. Neopaganism – Ukraine. 3. Ukraine – Religion. I. Title. II. Series: McGill-Queen’s studies in the history of religion. Series two; no. 65 BL432.L48 2013 299'.9409477 C2013-902677-0 C2013-902678-9 This book was typeset by Interscript in 10.5/13 Sabon. 25489_Lesiv.indb 8 13-06-28 12:53 Contents Figures xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 3 1 “Living with Honour”: Modern Western Paganism 14 2 “Where Do They Get This From?”: Sources of Ukrainian Paganism 26 3 Ukrainian Pagan Groups: History, Ideology, and Spirituality 41 4 Boundaries and Borders: Cultural Context 63 5 “We Haven’t Given Up What Is Ours”: Past and Present 77 6 Glory to Dazhboh (Sun-God) or to All Native Gods?: Monotheism and Polytheism 90 7 “Where Else Is There Such a People?”: Vision for a Nation 97 8 “We Allowed Nature to Live in Our Holy Place”: Nature and Power 114 9 “This Is Indeed Ours!”: Religious Syncretism 125 10 In Spite of Politics: Aesthetics and Beauty 140 Concluding Remarks: Ukrainian Paganism in the Context of Modernity 165 Terms 167 Notes 171 References 189 Index 213 00_25489_prelim.indd 9 31/07/13 1:49 PM
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