Solar cross with crescents on the sides

Cross with crescents on the sides.

Tree of life with the Moon among the bough (Soshartyan)

Material remains of religious beliefs

Although Hungarians could become familiar with the representatives of great world religions and their dogmas in their Eastern homeland, their prevailing religion consisted of thousands of superstitions and beliefs, called shamanism that served to explain the surrounding world. Only shamans, in possession of extraordinary skills, could communicate with unearthly creatures, and were able to cure as well - about the shaman's knowledge trepanned skulls found in graves of the time of the Hungarian conquest give evidence. They thought that the deceased continued the same life in the hereafter that they had on Earth, therefore the insignias of rank, most beloved jewels and formal dresses were also buried with their owner. Food was also given for the deceased for the long journey to the other-world, and the remains of the horse were also buried with them. From the middle of the 10th century, an increasing influence of Christianity can be observed among Hungarians. Around this time a Byzantine missionary bishop arrived in Transylvania; later Geza, the Grand Prince (972-997 and King Saint Stephen (997-1038) called missionary priests from Western states.

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