This interpretation suggests a possible linguistic and symbolic transition from the ancient Macedonian worldview to Christian terminology, shaping the perception of divinity from Mother Earth to Father Sky.
***
From Mother Earth to Father Sky
A Possible Reflection of Religious Changes in Written Expression
Official sources state that with the creation of the Glagolitic script, the term Bog (God) began to be recorded.
Previously, however, the Slavs did not have books but used notches and lines, reading and divining in the same way as polytheists. After their Christianization, they were forced to write Slavic words using Latin and Greek letters without any strict rules. But how could one write with Greek letters words like бгъ (Bog), жизънь (life), ѕѣло (body), цркѿвъ (church), члкъ (man), широта (vastness), шєдрѿты (generosity), юность (youth), ѫзыкь (language), or ıaдь (poison), and similar terms? And so, this continued for many years…
What is the Root of the Word Theos?
My thesis is that Theos originates from the term Otec (Father) and not the other way around, as official interpretations suggest.
This raises an important question: How did we arrive at the term Otec in our language?
Have you ever wondered what this symbol meant?
____|
|
This symbol is called Titlo, and it appears in old manuscript recensions within the phrase Oче наш (Our Father).
It is said that:
"Titlo is a symbol, a diacritical mark used to abbreviate words and give them numerical or symbolic meaning."
I propose the thesis that Titlo originates from ancient Macedonian Cherte i Rezki (Notches and Lines) and signifies Mother Earth.
It marks abbreviations of words, as seen in examples like:
Исус → и͠с Jesus
Крст → крⷭ҇тѣ̀ ,Cross
Христа → хрⷭ҇та̀ , Christ
Божествена → бжⷭ҇т́внаа , Glorious
Богородица → бцⷣ҇а ,Virgin Mary
By analyzing the word Мајче (Mother), we can explore how Оче (Father) could have developed, potentially forming the base for the word Theos.
From Мајче → Оче
Which in Greek becomes:
Отеос → Теос
Could this be the case?
Can we consider this part of the contribution of the Macedonian civilization from the so-called ancient period to Orthodoxy and Christianity? A contribution reflecting the transition from:
Mother Earth → Father Sky
Linguistic Reflections
Comparing Latin terminology:
The term for Father is Pater, while for Mother it is Mater.
What is Pater, and what is Mater?
Mater = Mother
Ma-Terra = Mother Earth
Pater, when split as Pa-Terra, simply means Father.
This gives us a solid foundation:
Pater derives from Mater.
In our language, Oče is written as: (Image 2)
Since it is often said that "the root of all words is found in Latin," we will attempt to trace the seed from which the root originates:
From Ma-Terra → Mother Earth
In Glagolitic, the term Oče appears as: (Image 3)
The thesis here is that the letter O and the adjacent symbol act as restrictors of a sound that was once present but later removed.
The missing letter might be M, for the following reason:
Мајка (Mother) → Мајче (diminutive)
Оче (Father) is also a diminutive form
By removing the initial M, we get:
Мајче → Ајче → Ојче → Оче
Is O merely a letter, or could it be a symbolic representation?
The Connection Between Otec and Theos
Could it be that Otec is the root of Theos?
Perhaps we need only to examine the letter Θ in Glagolitic (Image 6) and compare its meaning within the word θεό.
The letter T in Glagolitic represents Θ - Земја (Earth).
This aligns with the transition from Mother Earth → Father Sky
Linguistically, it follows:
Мајка → Мајче Mother ,Mum
Оче → Отец , Otec- Otets ,,Father
From which the title for God as Theos in Greek might have been derived:
Отец → Тец → ТеоЦ → Теос
translated:
Otec - Tets - Teots - Teos
_______
Sources:
1-Черноризец Храбар, О писмених.
2,
3-https://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/ocenas.html
4-Strucni rad iz hrvatskog jezika , "Pokusaj objasnjenja geneze glagoljice ", Zeljezno , 2010,str... 28
5 - Strucni rad iz hrvatskog jezika , "Pokusaj objasnjenja geneze glagoljice ", Zeljezno , 2010,str... 31
6-Schenker, Alexander M. (1995). „Early Writing“. The dawn of Slavic: an introduction to Slavic philology. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. стр. 168–172. ISBN 0-300-05846-2.
7-Томе Бошевски ,Аристотел Тентов ,“По трагите на писмото и јазикот на Древните Македонци’’,Скопје 2005
Link: 1.https://mk.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%9E_%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%85
2- https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%BE?fbclid=IwAR20nqaCZyruATQDLuuVFxnVCi2AX-HATcs--ZOLM886YJ4tMnXuoGxc2pk
3- https://blagamisterije.com/tajnoviti-kljuc.../20360/
4- https://www.yumpu.com/.../pokuaaj-objaanjenja-geneze.../31
https://mk.wikipedia.org/.../%D0%93%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%5- https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206635373036683&set=p.10206635373036683&type=3&theater
6- http://rosetta-stone.etf.ukim.edu.mk/mk/node/166
7-http://rosetta-stone.etf.ukim.edu.mk/mk/book/export
8- https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/θεό-#Ancient_Greek