Shtatol

Shtatol also called Erzyan shtatol (Erzya: Štatol, ěrzäń štatol) is a wax candle supported by an ornamented wooden vessel used in traditional Erzya rituals (erzja Ineškipazněń Kemema).

[1] The term "shtatol" (from Erzya: šta ('wax') and tol ('fire').

The oldest known use of this term in a non-Erzya source is in the Russian-language Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language published by Russian lexicographer Vladimir Dal in 1863.

[2] Shtatols symbolize life, ancestor reverence, and the passage of time.

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