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Other written sources bring less information. Saxo Grammaticus (XIV, p. 763) mentions that in 1160 king Valdemar “burnt Rostock, which had been cowardly abandoned by the inhabitants, without any trouble. He also ordered to bura a statuę, which pagans (...) had held in highest respect like a heavenly deity.” Rugen had other statues aside from the effigies from Arcona and Garz. Knytlingasaga (ch. 122) says: “The fifth god [of the Rans] was called Pizamar, he was in Asund, [because] such is the name of this town, this one was also burnt.” In this town after the baptism of Rugen a church, mentioned in 1250 as "ecclesia de Yasmund,” was erected (PUB, vol. 1, 1868, no. 522, p. 404). The name has been preserved in the names of the Jasmund Peninsula and Jasmund Bay. Remains of Asund were searched for in this area and now it is assumed that it was located near the

Fig. 80. Fischerinsel. Left: the linę of the early medieval bridge connecting the village of Wustrow on main-land with Fischerinsel; after V. Schmidt, 1984, p. 17. Right: Fischerinsel, the location of excavation sites: a - the place where the statuę of ”Twins” was found, b - the place where the fan ale figurę was found; after E. Gringmuth-Dallmer, A. Hollnagel, 1971, p. 106.

present settlement of Sagard (probable Slavonic name Zagrodzie), which was mentioned in 1318 in connection with some relics of a stronghold (PUB, vol. 5, part 2, 1905, no. 3234; Corpus DDR,, vol. 2, p. 113-114; Haas, 1918, p. 30-32).

The most significant examples of Slavonic sculpture were found in Fischerinsel. Already in the 19th c. this island intrigued researchers who sup-posed that Radogośc had lain there.

In that time the remains of a bridge that had used to connect the island with the mainland were discovered (L. Bruckner, 1887; Schildt, 1887).

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The foundation act of the monastery in Broda, forged in the 13th c. (after 1244), allegedly issued in 1170, men-tions as a possession of the monks “the stronghold Wustrowe [Ostrowie] with the village,” which was prob-ably situated in Fischerinsel, while the continuation of the village--suburb is the settlement Wustrow, existing until today opposite the island. The exploration of Fischerinsel carried out by Eike Gringmuth-Dal-lmer and Adolf Hollnagel (1970,

Fig. 81. Fischerinsel. The ”Twras”. After E. Gringmuth-Dallmer, A. Hollnagel, 1971, p. 123.

1971, 1973) revealed two wooden statues in two locations far from each other. They were found in the culture layer dated to the llth-12th c.

Unfortunately, the reconstruction of

the fuli plan of the settlement or stronghold is still rather remote. Most of the formerly larger island is now under water, which conserved the statues, but impeded the excavations. Both statues were found at the border of the layer accessible to excavation work. No traces of a sanctuary to which the statues might have belonged were discovered.

The first idol, reaching 1.78 m in height, represents a double małe bust with two heads, with clearly visible abundant moustache, large eyes and noses, set on a hewn wooden column. The heads seem to be covered with caps. It is the first - and so far the unique - Slavonic example of monumen-tal multi-headed wooden sculpture. The other figurę, which appears morę

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