Talk:Turno, Šentjur

additional info and rferences
I. The village of Turno takes it's name from the medieval castle of the same name, that is German: Turn, cognate to the English: Tower. The castle was abandoned by the modern age, the memory of it survives only in legends and folklore (a), where it features in relation to the near by historically more pronounced Žusem castle (b). -- references: a) on the Turn castle http://sl.wikisource.7val.com/wiki/Turn_pri_Slivnici http://www.slosi.info/01gradovi/02podrobnejse/stajerska/s-8/slivnica2.php

b) about the realted Žusem castle http://www.gradovi.net/show.php?id=9

II. Turno is recently best known for the statue / idol of the Slavic god Perun, which was built by local Rodnovery in the summer of 2011. It was finished on the 3rd of July. The statue is made from Poplar and stone, and measures 6,5 meters in hight, where by it is the highest statue in the Kozjasko area. -- references:

Youtube report by the local e-zine kozjansko.info http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=414nIjP2cTA

Article by the local e-zine kozjansko.info http://www.kozjansko.info/kultura/sentjur/4347-kip-v-cast-perunu-in-domovini.html

Description on the Slovenian Rodnover web ajdi.org http://www.ajdi.org/perunov-kip.html http://www.ajdi.org/zupa-perun_spomenik.html

Description on the Polish Rodnover web slowianskawiara.info.pl http://www.slowianskawiara.hekko.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=375&Itemid=34 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.142.138.43 (talk) 07:53, 24 January 2012 (UTC)