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of a really precise character concern solely the religion of the Elbe Slavs and the Russians.

For the idolatry of the former the record of the chronicler Thietmar is of the greatest importance. He says⁶ that in those regions there were as many temples as there were districts, and that these shrines served the worship of their particular demons.