Rock-Cut Sanctuaries – Myths and Legends from Central Sredna Gora and the Karlovo Valley
Anton Genov
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Заглавие: Rock-Cut Sanctuaries – Myths and Legends from Central Sredna Gora and the Karlovo Valley
Автори: Anton Genov

Абстракт: The registration of significant rock-cut structures in the north part of the Sredna Gora Mountain, beneath the peak “Fenera” in the teritory of vilages Kliment, and KAravelovo forms a hypothesis for the existence of a large and important sacred complex or a network of sacred zones, probably connected with the registered royal residence and sanctuary at Kozi Gramadi Peak. In fact, this represents a mirror situation to the sanctuaries and mound necropolises documented along the southern slopes and foothills of the same mountain range. It is possible to interpret these sites as part of a vast sacred mega-complex of sanctuaries that marked and sacralized the entire mountain massif of the region. The whole mountain range may therefore be understood as a deified territory associated with the Thracian pagan religion and its dominant deities – the Supreme God and the Great Mother Goddess.

Ключови думи: Rock-cut Sanctuaries; Sacred Geography; Thracian Religion; Sredna Gora; Megalithic Cult Complexes; Great Mother Goddess; Thracian Sacred Landscape; Archaeological Anthropology; Myth and Folklore.

Получена: 02-06-2026     Приета: 23-06-2026     Публикувана: 30-06-2026

Цитиране: A. Genov, "Rock-Cut Sanctuaries – Myths and Legends from Central Sredna Gora and the Karlovo Valley" In: Cultural and Historical Heritage: Preservation, Presentation, Digitalization (KIN Journal), 12(1), 2026. Sofia: Institute of Mathematics and Informatics – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, ISSN 2367-8038, pp. 73-86. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55630/KINJ.2026.120106