Folia archeologica 41.
Vörös István: Kutyaáldozatok és kutyatemetkezések a középkori Magyarországon I.
144 VÖRÖS ISTVÁN Mosaburg — Zalavár from the 9th century in an Eastern Frank/Slavic context is very interesting. This above-mentioned interpretation of the dog remains seems to be supported by a reply letter of apologetic character written by Theotmar, the archbishop of Salzburg in 900 and addressed to the Pope John IX. In this letter the archbishop wrote that those wicked practices of which they (i. e. the Franks) were accused, nemely that they "took an oath on dog or on wolf and on other inpious and pagan things" were frequented by the accusers themselves (i. e. by the Slavs/Moravians). 7 9 In the Period of the Hungarian Conquest and Árpád Dynasty the dogs or their separated skulls without mandibles immolated during the funeral rites and/or later in funeral feasts were placed in different ways within the cemeteries: 1. "grave with dog" : dog buried together with the dead person — it is known so far only from literature data at the Hódmezővásárhely, Nagyhalász, Nagyhegyes, Novaj, Piliny, Szeged —Öthalom; 2. Canidae buried after the funeral At Magyarhomorog a wolf, while at Szabolcs a dog were buried (put) subsequently into the grave; 3. grave of dog; buried into separate pits among the graves — known from Eperjes, Letkés, Sándorfalva, Zalavár; 4. grave with dog-skull which was put into the grave either together with the dead person or put there subsequently — from Kóka, Letkés and Zalavár; 5. grave of dog-skull was found — Letkés Protecting-securing dog caninus and wolf astragalus amulets were put into only the graves of females and of children, 8 0 they are known from Székesfehérvár— Demkóhegy, the Basilica of Székesfehérvár, Majs, Vésztő and from Tiszaroff, Vésztő, respectively. A perforated caput femoris of a dog, being an amulet that part of a set of a harness was found in one of the male graves at Bodrogszerdahely. In the settlements of the Árpád Period the dog heads (skulls with of mandibles), or their complete or partial skeletons were put into the following places: Into the house: head — Esztergom, Szarvas, Tiszalök skull — Sály skeleton under the floor — Fenékpuszta Into the oven: skull fragm. — Csátalja skeleton — Bóly caninus together with a goose skull (!) — Szarvas (parts of sekeleton in the doubing — Tiszalök) Into the pit: head — Esztergom skeleton — Jánosszállás, Sály, Tiszaeszlár partial skeleton — Kardoskút Into the hole: head — Szarvas skeletons — Visegrád partial skeleton — Szarvas Into the trench: head — Doboz skull — Doboz partial skeleton — Kardoskút Into the ceramic vessel: head — Fancsika
