Plusso

Plusso

According to a wendish legend Plusso or Blusso (a renowned wendish pagan) killed and sacrificed Johannes Scotus, Bishop of Mecklenburg, to Radegast. Plusso delivered the bishop's head on a stake in the Radegast temple at Rethra and danced with his wife Guidda (sister to Gottschalk), celebrating the sacrifice. This act of bloodshed was done November 10 1066 during a pagan rebellion against Christianity.


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