Blossary – Slavic mythology

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A brief insight into deities of the old Slavic mythology. Slavic mythology is the mythological aspect of the polytheistic religion that was practised by the Slavs before Christianisation. The religion possesses many common traits with other religions descended from the Proto-Indo-European religion. Old Slavic religion evolved over more than a thousand years and some parts of it were from neolithic or possibly even mesolithic times. The Earth was worshipped as Mat Zemlya and there were no temples. Rituals were performed in nature.

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Zarja

Zarja, Zora, Zarya, Zorya, Zory, Zore = "dawn"; Zvezda, Zwezda, Danica = "star" are the two guardian goddesses, known as the Auroras. They guard and watch over the doomsday hound, Simargl, who is ...

Jarilo

Jarilo, Yarilo, Jarovit or Gerovit, was a major male Proto-Slavic deity of vegetation, fertility and spring, also associated with war and harvest. The Slavic root 'jar' or 'yar' means spring or ...

Radgost

Radgost is a hypothetical West Slavic god of hospitality, fertility, and crops, associated with war and Sun. Since the name can easily be etymologised as meaning something like "dear guest", Radegast ...

Triglav

Triglav, also sometimes called troglav, is a god or a complex of gods in Slavic mythology, similar in nature to the Trinity in Christianity or Trimurti in Hinduism. Often, he is considered to be the ...

Svetovid

Svetovid is the Slavic deity of war, fertility and abundance. He is often considered a local Rugian variant of the pan-Slavic god Perun. Sometimes referred to as Beli (or Byali) Vid (Beli = white, ...

Veles

Veles is a major Slavic god of earth, waters and the underworld, associated with dragons, cattle, magic, musicians, wealth and trickery. He is also the opponent of thunder-god Perun, and the battle ...

Dažbog

Dažbog is one of the major gods of Slavic mythology, most likely a solar deity and possibly a cultural hero. He is one of several authentic Slavic gods, mentioned by a number of medieval manuscripts, ...