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Venetic theorists often hold idea that Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps is making Slovenes look inferior and that that alone is enough to attack the sixth century settlement theory. They often ignore archeological and actual linguistic evidence that debunks their theory.<ref name="Goriškipanterji1">[http://www.goriski-panterji.com/1delslovenci.html Goriški Panterji, website of Slovene ultranationalists, on Venetic theory]</ref><ref>[http://www.park.si/2006/11/4d-resnicna-zgodovina-slovenije-narod-z-najdaljso-zgodovino-v-srednjeevropskem-prostoru-ii/Park.si on Venetic theory]</ref> | Venetic theorists often hold idea that Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps is making Slovenes look inferior and that that alone is enough to attack the sixth century settlement theory. They often ignore archeological and actual linguistic evidence that debunks their theory.<ref name="Goriškipanterji1">[http://www.goriski-panterji.com/1delslovenci.html Goriški Panterji, website of Slovene ultranationalists, on Venetic theory]</ref><ref>[http://www.park.si/2006/11/4d-resnicna-zgodovina-slovenije-narod-z-najdaljso-zgodovino-v-srednjeevropskem-prostoru-ii/Park.si on Venetic theory]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:22, 16 November 2011
Venetic theory (Slovene: venetska teorija) is a psuedo-historical idea favoured by Slovenian nationalists that the Slovenes are a Middle European master race because they (or rather, proto-slovenes) have inhabited the Eastern Alps since generically "ancient times". Though it has strong support in Slovenian political, unacademic and nationalist circles, it has virtually no academic support.
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The Concept
The theory was first popularized by Slovenian authors in 1984, who stated that the Slovenian people are not descendants of Slavic immigrants to the area, but were rather are the original Slavs, who spoke a proto-Slavic language from which all Slavic languages evolved. The claim is that modern Slovenians are direct descendants of Veneti (derived from "Sloveneti") that inhabited what is now Slovenia in the pre-Roman era. Since the Slovenes were supposedly the first inhabitants of the region, they, and not the Russians are the best Slavic (if not European) race.
The reality
The archeological, linguistical and historical evidence gathered about ethnogenesis of Slovenes thus far points to Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps in the sixth century AD.[1] There was indeed an Italic nation called Veneti on a part of modern Slovenia in the pre-Roman era, but their culture was strongly influenced by Celtic, Germanic, Roman and Slavic cultures. And all they left behind were six (Count 'em! Six!) inscriptions. Dr. Rajko Bratož, one of most respected Slovene historians, speculates that 1% of Slovenian heritage is of Venetic origin.[2] That's ... not enough to support the Venetic theory.
Evidence that clearly shows that Venetic theory is the ultimate truth
Venetic theory was developed by author and quasi-historian Jožko Šavli, Catholic priest and publicist Ivan Tomažič and ex-partisan author Vladimir "Matej Bor" Pavšič. The theory is based on some vaguely similar-sounding names of European nations, some even more fuzzy linguistical similarities between Eastern European languages, and some history theorizing.[1] There were also some strange claims about DNA relating Slovenes to Swedes and Norwegians.[3]
Venetic theorists often take inscriptions of ancient Veneti, give them to Slovenes and ask them to read the inscriptions using their modern Slovene language. Of course, no one knows how to read ancient Venetic runes, until they are told what to read.[4] Placebo?
Venetic theorists often hold idea that Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps is making Slovenes look inferior and that that alone is enough to attack the sixth century settlement theory. They often ignore archeological and actual linguistic evidence that debunks their theory.[3][5]
Primary sources
- Venetic theory, as made famous by Wikipedia
- Goriški Panterji, website of Slovene ultranationalists, on Venetic theory
- Promin.si on Venetic theory
- "Translations" of "Slovenetic" inscriptions