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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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Svarog is the god of the blacksmith and the father of Dažbog, a Slavic solar deity, so some think that Svarog is the Slavic god of celestial fire and of blacksmithing. Folklore portrays him as a fire ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

Stribog, in the Slavic pantheon, is the god and spirit of the winds, sky and air; he is said to be the ancestor (grandfather) of the winds of the eight directions. He accompanies and protects Vesna, ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

Rod is the creator of all life and of existence itself. He is everything that exists. He is born out of himself. At first, there was only darkness, and rod was trapped in an egg. When he gave life to ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

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 ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

Perun is the highest god of the Slavic pantheon and the god of thunder and lightning. His other attributes were fire, mountains, the oak, iris, eagle, firmament (in Indo-European languages, this was ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

Morana, Moréna, Mara, Maržena, Mora or Marmora is a Slavic goddess associated with seasonal agrarian rites based on the idea of death and rebirth of nature. She is associated with death and winter ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

Mokoš is the protector of women's work and women's destiny. She watches over spinning and weaving, shearing of sheep, and protects women in child birth. Mokosh is the handmaiden of Mat Zemlya. Her ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

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