Slavic mythology and Slavic religion evolved over more than 3,000 years. It is conjectured that some parts of it are from neolithic or possibly even mesolithic times. The religion possesses numerous common traits with other Indo-European religions. Slavic mythology - Primary sources. Very few written records are known to survive from the centuries before Christianization. The controversial Book of Veles is believed by some to be a sacred text of this religion. Saxo Grammaticus is another source with ...

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• Slavic mythology - Primary sources
• Slavic mythology - Cosmology
• Slavic mythology - Major feasts
• Slavic mythology - Gods
• Slavic mythology - Supreme god
• Slavic mythology - Pantheon
• Slavic mythology - Locations
• Slavic mythology - Mythical creatures
• Slavic mythology - Mythical persons
• Slavic mythology - Spirits
• Slavic mythology - Slavic folk medicine and magic
• Slavic mythology - Circles

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Slavic mythology, Slavic mythology - Primary sources, Slavic mythology - Cosmology, Slavic mythology - Major feasts, Slavic mythology - Gods, Slavic mythology - Supreme god, Slavic mythology - Pantheon, Slavic mythology - Locations, Slavic mythology - Mythical creatures, Slavic mythology - Mythical persons, Slavic mythology - Spirits, Slavic mythology - Slavic folk medicine and magic, Slavic mythology - Circles

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According to the Book of Veles, Slavic religion recognizes three realms: Jav, Prav and Nav, Yav being the material world, Nav the immaterial, and Prav being the laws that govern them. The emphasis on the three realms is particularly characteristic for the Slavic neopaganists that draw on the Book of Veles. The main symbol of ancient Slavic cosmogonic ideas was the World Tree. Slavs imagined that all three realms are vertically situated on a gigantic oak tree, that holds the whole Universe. In its crown was Slavic Heaven/paradise, so c ...

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Slavic mythology, Slavic mythology - Primary sources, Slavic mythology - Cosmology, Slavic mythology - Major feasts, Slavic mythology - Gods, Slavic mythology - Supreme god, Slavic mythology - Pantheon, Slavic mythology - Locations, Slavic mythology - Mythical creatures, Slavic mythology - Mythical persons, Slavic mythology - Spirits, Slavic mythology - Slavic folk medicine and magic, Slavic mythology - Circles

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A brownie, broonie (Lowland Scots) or ùruisg/brùnaidh (Scottish Gaelic) is a legendary kind of elf popular in folklore around England and Scotland. He is the British counterpart of the Scandinavian tomte, the Russian domovoi or the German Heinzelmännchen. Customarily they are said to inhabit houses and aid in tasks around the house. However, brownies do not like to be seen and will only work at night, perhaps in exchange for small gifts or food. They usually abandon the house if their gifts are called payments, or if they are offered gifts of clothes (no matter how shabby their own cl ...

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In Wendish mythology Zirnitra or simply Zir is a black Slavic dragon and the god of sorcery. The image of Zirnitra was employed on a Wendish flag when the Wends fought the invading Saxons. Zirnitra literally means magically empowered. Other related archivesSaxons, Slavic dragon, Wendish mythology, sorcery

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In Slavic mythology, Dazbog (also Dajbog, Dabog, Dazhbog, Dazsbog, Cyrillic Дажбог) from dazh, the Slavic epithet for Sun (The Giver) and bog (god) is the sun god. He is one of the few authentic Slavic gods, mentioned by the Primary Chronicle in 1114 and in several Old Russian MSS. According to Slavic neopagans, Dazbog lives in the Palace of the East, the land of eternal summer and plenty. Each morning he emerged from the arms of The Zorya to ride his chariot drawn by three

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Veles, Volos, Weles, or Voloh is a major Slavic god of earth, waters and Underworld, associated with dragons, cattle, magic, musicians, wealth and trickery. He is also the opponent of thunder-god Perun, and the battle between two of them constitutes one of most important myths of Slavic mythology. Veles appears to be both a very complex and very ancient god: he may even be a relic from a common Proto-Indo-European pantheon. He was imagined to be (at least partialy) serpentine, with horns (of bull, ram or some othe ...

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• Veles god - Sources
• Veles god - Enemy of Perun and Storm myth
• Veles god - God of Underworld and dead
• Veles god - God of trickery and musicians
• Veles god - God of cattle and harvest
• Veles god - Post-Christian Veles
• Veles god - Refrences

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In Slavic mythology, Belabog (alternately Bialbog, Byelobog, Bielobog, Belun, Bylun) (bel-oh-bog | byal-bog | bel-oon, from Slavic bel, byal (white or light) and bog (god), literally meaning White God) is a solar deity in the Slavic pantheon. Belobog is one of the archaic gods. He is master of light, source of good, happiness and luck, and is the absolute antagonist of darkness, evil, and of all negative emotions and activities. Probably Belobog was at ...

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Crnobog (The Black God) or Pya is the god of night and darkness in Slavic mythology, and the waning year in opposition to Belobog, the White God of the waxing year. The sinister holiday of Korochun was devoted to him. It should be noted that the ancient Slavic religion, possibly influenced by Persian or Zoroastrian sources, made wide use of dualism and therefore Crnobog might not necessarily be associated with evil in the typical sense. He is simply the opposite of Belobog, just as night opposes day, winter opposes summe ...

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Vörnir is a giant from Norse mythology. He is only extant in Nafnaþulur in the Prose Edda. The name has been connected to the PIE root *ver- (from *verunyos?), meaning "to cover". Cognates in other Indo-European languages have been suggested, but remain uncertain. The Vedic Varuna, the Mitanni names aruna and urvana, Uranos, the sky god in Greek mythology, the Slavic god Veles, and velnias< ...

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Rod may mean: Rod (geometry), a straight and slender stick; a wand; a cylinder; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal. Rod (unit), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the pole or perch. Rod (cryptozoology), a species of creature that flits about in the air at such a high speed as to not be seen by the naked eye, but which can be caught on video. Rod (god), a Slavic god. Rod (publisher), a music label from 1950s and 1960s Louisiana. Fishing rod.

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Mother Earth may refer to: Mother Earth is a common metaphorical expression for the Earth and its biosphere as the giver and sustainer of life. Mother Earth was also one of Slavic deities. In many Neo-Pagan and Wiccan traditions, Mother Earth is seen as the Goddess, with the Horned God as her consort (and sometimes son). The idea of the Earth as a deity was and is also prominent in many pagan religions. Mother Earth is also the title of a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov ...

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The baptism of Kiev most likely occurred in 988, when the Prince Vladimir I of Rus exhorted the residents of the capital city Kiev to the Dnieper river for baptism. This mass baptism became the iconic inaugural event in the forced Christianization of the state of Kievan Rus'. It was preceded by Vladimir's personal baptism in the city of Korsun, or Chersones, in Crimea. Legend says that at first Vladimir baptised his 12 sons and many boyars. He destroyed the wooden statues of Slavic pagan gods that stood on the hill by Vladimir' ...

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In vedic religion, Dyaus Pita is the Sky Father, husband of Prthivi and father of Agni and Indra (RV 4.17.4). His origins can be traced to the Indo-European sky god *Dyeus, who is also reflected as Zeus in Greek mythology, Jupiter (from Latin Iove pater, "father-god") in Roman mythology, Div in Slavic mythology and Tyr in Norse mythology. Sharing a fate similar to nordic Tyr's, already in the Rig Veda, Dyaus Pita is all but featureless, appearing in hymns 1.89, 1.90, 1.164, 1.191 and 4.1 in simple invocations. In RV 1.89.4b, Pita Dyaus "Father Sky" appe ...

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March 21st - first day of spring. The Jare feast was dedicated to the rebirth of life after the hardships of winter. The feast involved the creation of pisanki or decorated eggs, which symbolised new life. This tradition is still common in all the Slavic countries at the time of Easter. June 21st-June 22nd - first day of summer. The Kupala or Kres feast that celebrated fire. It was on the night of this feast that the legendary fern bloomed. The feast involved burning fires, floating wreathes and youngsters getting coupl ...

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Slavic mythology, Slavic mythology - Primary sources, Slavic mythology - Cosmology, Slavic mythology - Major feasts, Slavic mythology - Gods, Slavic mythology - Supreme god, Slavic mythology - Pantheon, Slavic mythology - Locations, Slavic mythology - Mythical creatures, Slavic mythology - Mythical persons, Slavic mythology - Spirits, Slavic mythology - Slavic folk medicine and magic, Slavic mythology - Circles

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The lexical stock of Proto-Slavic also includes a number of loanwords from the languages of various tribes and peoples that the Proto-Slavs came into contact with. However, the list of the borrowings, their sources and other details are under discussion. According to most sources, the earliest traceable lexical or semantic borrowings were loans from the Northeastern Iranian languages spoken by the Scythian, Alanian, and Sarmatian tribes. Most of these borrowings appertain to the religious sphere: *bogъ 'God' (cf. also derivatives lik ...

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Proto-Slavic language, Proto-Slavic language - Origin, Proto-Slavic language - Phonology, Proto-Slavic language - Vowels, Proto-Slavic language - Consonants, Proto-Slavic language - Origin of vowels, Proto-Slavic language - Origin of consonants, Proto-Slavic language - Palatalizations, Proto-Slavic language - Loanwords

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Brownies were popularized in the humoristic poems of Canadian artist and author Palmer Cox. By extension, the name of Brownies was given to the junior branch of the Girl Guides (American Girl Scouts). The Cleveland Browns are often called the Brownies by their fans and used a brownie elf as an official mascot from their beginings in 1946 until owner Art Modell phased it out in the mid-1960's. It was revived on a limited basis by the Browns since the team returned in 1999. During the 2004 Season, The Brownie appeared on the Team's sideline ponchos and equipment trunks and there are stories about the Bro ...

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Brownie elf, Brownie elf - Modern culture

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Veles is one of few Slavic gods for which evidence of worship can be found in all Slavic nations. Primary Chronicle, a historical record of the early Eastern Slavic state, is the earliest and most important record, mentioning a god named Volos several times. Firstly he is mentioned in peace treaties of early 10th century betwen Rulers of Kievan Rus' and Byzantine emperors, where the Slavs make an oath of peace by swearing upon their gods, Perun and Volos. Here Volos is mentioned as god of cattle and peasants, who will punish oath-breakers wi ...

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Veles god, Veles god - Sources, Veles god - Enemy of Perun and Storm myth, Veles god - God of Underworld and dead, Veles god - God of trickery and musicians, Veles god - God of cattle and harvest, Veles god - Post-Christian Veles, Veles god - Refrences

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The Russian philologists Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov and Vladimir Toporov reconstructed the mythical battle of Perun and Veles through comparative study of various Indo-European mythologies and a large number of Slavic folk stories and songs. A unifying characteristic of all Indo-European mythologies is a story about a battle betwen god of thunder and a huge serpent or a dragon. In Slavic version of the myth, Perun is a god of thunder, whilst Veles acts as a dragon who opposes him. The etimology of his name links him closely to Vala, an ...

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Veles god, Veles god - Sources, Veles god - Enemy of Perun and Storm myth, Veles god - God of Underworld and dead, Veles god - God of trickery and musicians, Veles god - God of cattle and harvest, Veles god - Post-Christian Veles, Veles god - Refrences

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The following names are present in the 2004 Slovak calendar. They represent only names common in Slovakia and Not names from other Slavic Nations. The following etymological roots can be identified in the names by a modern Slovak language speaker: blah, blaž – happiness, wealth, wellbeing boh, bož – god, divine bol – pain (this is most probably a misleading "folk-etymology", at least in what concerns the Boleslav name - the bole part here does not root from bol ...

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List of Slavic given names, List of Slavic given names - Names used in Slovakia, List of Slavic given names - Male and female, List of Slavic given names - Mostly male, List of Slavic given names - Mostly female

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