In Russia, Perun was represented with silver hair and golden moustaches. His bolts of lightning were said to be stones and stone arrows. According to folk beliefs, fulgurites and belemnites and sometimes even archaic tools are these stone weapons' remains. Various Slavic countries also call these deposits "Perun's stones", "thunderbolt stones", "thunderbolt wedges" and "Perun's arrow"; other unrelated names for these include "devil's finger", "God's finger", and "Mother of God finger", and in Lithuania, "Berkun's finger". These thunderbolt s ...

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Perun, Perun - Myth, Perun - Etymology, Perun - Toponyms, Perun - Comics

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After the advent of Christianity, Veles was split into several different characters. As a god of Underworld and dragon he, of course, became identified with the Devil. His more benevolent sides were transformed to several Christian saints. As a protector of cattle, he became associated with St. Blaise, populary known among various Slavic nations as St. Vlaho, St. Blaz, or St. Vlasiy. In Yaroslavl, for example, the first church built on the site of Veles's pagan shrine was dedicated to St Blaise, for the latter's name was similar to Veles and ...

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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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Despite his smallness, the tomte/nisse possessed an immense strength. Even though he was protective and caring he was easy to offend, and his retributions ranged from a stout box on the ears to the killing of livestock or ruining of the farms fortune. The tomte/nisse was a traditionalist who did not like changes in the way things were done at the farm. Another easy way to offend him was rudeness, farm workers swearing or pissing in the barns or not treating the crea ...

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Tomte, Tomte - Appearance, Tomte - Temperament, Tomte - The heathen tomte, Tomte - Similar folklore, Tomte - The modern tomte, Tomte - External link

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The tomte was not always a popular figure: Like most creatures of folklore he would be seen as heathen and become connected to the Devil. Farmers believing in the house tomte could be seen as worshipping false gods; in a famous 14th century decree Saint Birgitta warns against the worship of tompta gudhi, "tomte gods". Folklore added other negative beliefs about the tomte, such as that having a tomte on the farm meant you put the fate of your soul at risk, or that you had to perform various non-Ch ...

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Tomte, Tomte - Appearance, Tomte - Temperament, Tomte - The heathen tomte, Tomte - Similar folklore, Tomte - The modern tomte, Tomte - External link

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The tomte/nisse shares many aspects with other Scandinavian wights, such as the Swedish vättar or the Norwegian tusser. These beings are social, however, whereas the tomte is always solitary. Some synonyms of tomte include gårdbo (yard-dweller) and gardvor (yard-warden, see vörðr). The tomte could also take a ship for his home, and was then known as a skeppstomte/skibsnisse. In other European folklore, there are many beings similar to the tomte, such as the Scots brownie, the German Wichtelmann or the Russian domovoi. The Finnish word ...

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Tomte, Tomte - Appearance, Tomte - Temperament, Tomte - The heathen tomte, Tomte - Similar folklore, Tomte - The modern tomte, Tomte - External link

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In the 1840's the farm's "nisse" became the bearer of Christmas presents in Denmark, and was then called "julenisse". In 1881, the Swedish magazine Ny Illustrerad Tidning published Viktor Rydberg's poem Tomten, where the tomte is alone awake in the cold Christmas night, pondering the mysteries of life and death. This poem featured the first painting by Jenny Nyström of this traditional Swedish mythical character which she turned into the white-bearded, red-capped friendly figure associated with Christmas ever since. Shortly af ...

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Tomte, Tomte - Appearance, Tomte - Temperament, Tomte - The heathen tomte, Tomte - Similar folklore, Tomte - The modern tomte, Tomte - External link

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Christian messianism is based upon the necessity of a human blood sacrifice, to atone for the sins of the world. The Christian interpretation of messianic scripture is that one man must bare the sufferings of all the people. It makes the theological progression from there that a loving God could not have created the necessity for one person to take such suffering unless God intended to become man to shoulder that burden. A specific form of Christianity messianism is the romanticism Slavic messianism, arguing that Slavs (or specific na ...

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Messianism, Messianism - Christianity, Messianism - Judaism, Messianism - Zionism, Messianism - Islam, Messianism - Adventism, Messianism - Other forms

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The trickster deity breaks the rules of the gods or nature, sometimes maliciously (for example, Loki) but usually with ultimately positive effects. Often, the rule-breaking takes the form of tricks (eg. Eris) or thievery. Tricksters can be cunning or foolish or both; they are often very funny even when considered sacred or performing important cultural tasks. In many cultures, (as may be seen in Greek, Norse or Slavic folktales, along with Native American/First Nations lore), the trickster and the culture hero are often combined. To i ...

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Trickster, Trickster - Mythology, Trickster - Tricksters, Trickster - Archetype, Trickster - Modern day tricksters

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Philological reconstructions of some PIE theonyms: *Dyeus Ph2ter is believed to have been the original name of god of the daylit sky and the chief god of the Indo-European pantheon. He survives in Greek Zeus (also Dias), Latin Jupiter (Deus Pater), Sanskrit Dyaus Pita, Baltic Dievas, Slavic Div, Germanic Tyr (also Tiwaz), and Armenian Astwatz (c.f. also deus pater in the Vulgate, e. g. Jude 1:1) *Plth2vih2 Mh2ter (Dg'hōm ...

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Proto-Indo-European religion, Proto-Indo-European religion - Priests, Proto-Indo-European religion - Pantheon, Proto-Indo-European religion - Mythology, Proto-Indo-European religion - Development, Proto-Indo-European religion - Notes

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As it was undergoing fragmentation, Kievan Rus' faced the unexpected irruption of an irresistible foreign foe coming from the mysterious regions of the Far East. For our sins, says the Russian chronicler of the time, unknown nations arrived. No one knew their origin or whence they came, or what religion they practiced. That is known only to God, and perhaps to wise men learned in books. The East Slavic princes first heard of them from the wild nomadic Polovtsians, who usually pillaged the Russian settlers on the frontier ...

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Mongol invasion of Rus, Mongol invasion of Rus - Background, Mongol invasion of Rus - Invasion of Batu Khan, Mongol invasion of Rus - The age of Tatar yoke, Mongol invasion of Rus - Mongol punitive expeditions to Russia, Mongol invasion of Rus - Influence, Mongol invasion of Rus - Successors of the Golden Horde

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While the ploy of elaborately posing as false gods is at the heart of the Goa'uld's bid for domination, other races such as the Asgard have also employed this tactic to help primitive humans. A number of deific or great personas from Earth's past are also held to be benign aliens, most specifically, the Norse Gods are associated entirely with the Asgard. System Lord - Norse mythology. ...

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System Lord, System Lord - List of System Lords, System Lord - Egyptian mythology, System Lord - Shinto mythology, System Lord - Greek mythology, System Lord - Celtic mythology, System Lord - Canaanite/Phoenician mythology, System Lord - Hindu mythology, System Lord - Sumerian/Babylonian mythology, System Lord - Yorùbá mythology, System Lord - Slavic mythology, System Lord - Non-deific origin, System Lord - Unknown origin, System Lord - Mayan, System Lord - General plot, System Lord - Non-System Lord deities, System Lord - Norse mythology, System Lord - Roman mythology, System Lord - See Also

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While the ploy of elaborately posing as false gods is at the heart of the Goa'uld's bid for domination, other races such as the Asgard have also employed this tactic to help primitive humans. A number of deific or great personas from Earth's past are also held to be benign aliens, most specifically, the Norse Gods are associated entirely with the Asgard. System Lord - Norse mythology. ...

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System Lord, System Lord - List of System Lords, System Lord - Egyptian mythology, System Lord - Shinto mythology, System Lord - Greek mythology, System Lord - Celtic mythology, System Lord - Canaanite/Phoenician mythology, System Lord - Hindu mythology, System Lord - Sumerian/Babylonian mythology, System Lord - Yorùbá mythology, System Lord - Slavic mythology, System Lord - Non-deific origin, System Lord - Unknown origin, System Lord - General plot, System Lord - Non-System Lord deities, System Lord - Norse mythology, System Lord - Roman mythology

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Over the course of the series, several dominant System Lords have risen: Sokar, Apophis, Anubis, and Ba'al to name the greater of them. All System Lords use ground troops called Jaffa as both warriors and symbiotes for young Goa'uld larvae. They pose as Gods even to their own troops, who thus have ultimate loyalty. Teal'c was among the first to question the deific state of his Lord, and subsequently rebelled, beginning a string of rebellions that grew from a small contingen ...

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System Lord, System Lord - List of System Lords, System Lord - Egyptian mythology, System Lord - Shinto mythology, System Lord - Greek mythology, System Lord - Celtic mythology, System Lord - Canaanite/Phoenician mythology, System Lord - Hindu mythology, System Lord - Sumerian/Babylonian mythology, System Lord - Yorùbá mythology, System Lord - Slavic mythology, System Lord - Non-deific origin, System Lord - Unknown origin, System Lord - General plot, System Lord - Non-System Lord deities, System Lord - Norse mythology, System Lord - Roman mythology

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As it was undergoing fragmentation, Kievan Rus' faced the unexpected irruption of an irresistible foreign foe coming from the mysterious regions of the Far East. For our sins, says the Russian chronicler of the time, unknown nations arrived. No one knew their origin or whence they came, or what religion they practiced. That is known only to God, and perhaps to wise men learned in books. The East Slavic princes first heard of them from the wild nomadic Polovtsians, who usually pillaged the Russian settlers on the frontier ...

See also:

Mongol invasion of Rus, Mongol invasion of Rus - Background, Mongol invasion of Rus - Invasion of Batu Khan, Mongol invasion of Rus - The age of Tatar yoke, Mongol invasion of Rus - 13th-century Mongol punitive expeditions to Russia, Mongol invasion of Rus - Influence, Mongol invasion of Rus - Successors of the Golden Horde

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With very few exceptions, all System Lords gain power by posing as Gods from various mythologies, thus enslaving the masses of various planets. The following is a list of the System Lords, grouped by the mythology from which they take their name. In general they are mostly Egyptian Gods, partially to feel more canon with the preceding film, but also due to the original location of the Stargate being in Egypt. Although the Goa'uld often pose as deities from many of Earth's religions to gain power, they generally do not take on the pers ...

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System Lord, System Lord - List of System Lords, System Lord - Egyptian mythology, System Lord - Shinto mythology, System Lord - Greek mythology, System Lord - Celtic mythology, System Lord - Canaanite/Phoenician mythology, System Lord - Hindu mythology, System Lord - Sumerian/Babylonian mythology, System Lord - Yorùbá mythology, System Lord - Slavic mythology, System Lord - Non-deific origin, System Lord - Unknown origin, System Lord - Mayan, System Lord - General plot, System Lord - Non-System Lord deities, System Lord - Norse mythology, System Lord - Roman mythology, System Lord - See Also

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With very few exceptions, all System Lords gain power by posing as Gods from various mythologies, thus enslaving the masses of various planets. The following is a list of the System Lords, grouped by the mythology from which they take their name. In general they are mostly Egyptian Gods, partially to feel more canon with the preceding film, but also due to the original location of the Stargate being in Egypt. Although the Goa'uld often pose as deities from many of Earth's religions to gain power, they generally do not take on the pers ...

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System Lord, System Lord - List of System Lords, System Lord - Egyptian mythology, System Lord - Shinto mythology, System Lord - Greek mythology, System Lord - Celtic mythology, System Lord - Canaanite/Phoenician mythology, System Lord - Hindu mythology, System Lord - Sumerian/Babylonian mythology, System Lord - Yorùbá mythology, System Lord - Slavic mythology, System Lord - Non-deific origin, System Lord - Unknown origin, System Lord - General plot, System Lord - Non-System Lord deities, System Lord - Norse mythology, System Lord - Roman mythology

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Over the course of the series, several dominant System Lords have risen: Sokar, Apophis, Anubis, and Baal to name the greater of them. All System Lords use ground troops called Jaffa as both warriors and symbiotes for young Goa'uld larvae. They pose as Gods even to their own troops, who thus have ultimate loyalty. Teal'c was among the first to question the deific state of his Lord, and subsequently rebelled, beginning a string of rebellions that grew from a small contingen ...

See also:

System Lord, System Lord - List of System Lords, System Lord - Egyptian mythology, System Lord - Shinto mythology, System Lord - Greek mythology, System Lord - Celtic mythology, System Lord - Canaanite/Phoenician mythology, System Lord - Hindu mythology, System Lord - Sumerian/Babylonian mythology, System Lord - Yorùbá mythology, System Lord - Slavic mythology, System Lord - Non-deific origin, System Lord - Unknown origin, System Lord - Mayan, System Lord - General plot, System Lord - Non-System Lord deities, System Lord - Norse mythology, System Lord - Roman mythology, System Lord - See Also

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Egyptian deities are often portrayed as having animal heads in art; as an example, Anubis is often portrayed in statuary as having the body of a human, but the head of a canine. Many gods were portrayed with different animal heads, depending upon the situation. The Egyptians did not actually believe that most of their gods had animal heads; rather, they portrayed them that way as artistic symbolism. This may have been for the benefit of the illiterate. Amun, creator deity Anubis, God of Embalming, Friend of the D ...

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List of deities, List of deities - Abenaki, List of deities - African, List of deities - Anglo-Saxon, List of deities - Akamba, List of deities - Akan, List of deities - Ashanti, List of deities - Australian Aboriginal, List of deities - Ayyavazhi, List of deities - Aztec, List of deities - Bahá'í, List of deities - Bushongo, List of deities - Celtic, List of deities - Chinese, List of deities - Chippewa, List of deities - Christian, List of deities - Creek, List of deities - Dacian, List of deities - Dahomey, List of deities - Dinka, List of deities - Efik, List of deities - Egyptian, List of deities - Estonian, List of deities - Etruscan, List of deities - Finnish, List of deities - Ancient Greek, List of deities - Gnostic, List of deities - Guarani, List of deities - Haida, List of deities - Hindu, List of deities - Ho-Chunk, List of deities - Hopi, List of deities - Huron, List of deities - Ibo, List of deities - Incan, List of deities - Inuit, List of deities - Iroquois, List of deities - Islamic, List of deities - Isoko, List of deities - Japanese, List of deities - Judaic, List of deities - Khoikhoi, List of deities - Modern Western mythology, List of deities - !Xũ, List of deities - Kwakiutl, List of deities - Lakota, List of deities - Lotuko, List of deities - Latvian, List of deities - Lugbara, List of deities - Lusitani, List of deities - Mayan, List of deities - Mesopotamian, List of deities - Navaho, List of deities - Norse, List of deities - Pawnee, List of deities - Persian, List of deities - Polynesian, List of deities - Prussian and Baltic, List of deities - Pygmy, List of deities - Roman, List of deities - Salish, List of deities - Sardinian, List of deities - Semitic pagan, List of deities - Seneca, List of deities - Sikhism, List of deities - Slavic, List of deities - Sumerian, List of deities - Thracian, List of deities - Tumbuka, List of deities - Ugarit, List of deities - Yoruba, List of deities - Zoroastrian, List of deities - Zulu, List of deities - Zuni

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In addition to the gods listed elsewhere, there are several mythological beings spoken of in current Western culture. The Grim Reaper - A common anthropomorphism of Death Eris, adopted deity of Discordianism Father Time The Flying Spaghetti Monster GOD-JESUS - fortune telling robot, deity of engrish Gremlins - mythical beings that damage aircraft and cause other mechanical mayhem Hotei - A Laughing Buddha Invisible Pink Unicorn - From alt.atheism, a fictional deity s ...

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List of deities, List of deities - Abenaki, List of deities - African, List of deities - Anglo-Saxon, List of deities - Akamba, List of deities - Akan, List of deities - Ashanti, List of deities - Australian Aboriginal, List of deities - Ayyavazhi, List of deities - Aztec, List of deities - Bahá'í, List of deities - Bushongo, List of deities - Celtic, List of deities - Chinese, List of deities - Chippewa, List of deities - Christian, List of deities - Creek, List of deities - Dacian, List of deities - Dahomey, List of deities - Dinka, List of deities - Efik, List of deities - Egyptian, List of deities - Estonian, List of deities - Etruscan, List of deities - Finnish, List of deities - Ancient Greek, List of deities - Gnostic, List of deities - Guarani, List of deities - Haida, List of deities - Hindu, List of deities - Ho-Chunk, List of deities - Hopi, List of deities - Huron, List of deities - Ibo, List of deities - Incan, List of deities - Inuit, List of deities - Iroquois, List of deities - Islamic, List of deities - Isoko, List of deities - Japanese, List of deities - Judaic, List of deities - Khoikhoi, List of deities - Modern Western mythology, List of deities - !Xũ, List of deities - Kwakiutl, List of deities - Lakota, List of deities - Lotuko, List of deities - Latvian, List of deities - Lugbara, List of deities - Lusitani, List of deities - Mayan, List of deities - Mesopotamian, List of deities - Navaho, List of deities - Norse, List of deities - Pawnee, List of deities - Persian, List of deities - Polynesian, List of deities - Prussian and Baltic, List of deities - Pygmy, List of deities - Roman, List of deities - Salish, List of deities - Sardinian, List of deities - Semitic pagan, List of deities - Seneca, List of deities - Sikhism, List of deities - Slavic, List of deities - Sumerian, List of deities - Thracian, List of deities - Tumbuka, List of deities - Ugarit, List of deities - Yoruba, List of deities - Zoroastrian, List of deities - Zulu, List of deities - Zuni

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CHERNOBOG

The old, Pre-Vladimir Slavic black demon (lit. "Black God") of the Varlagi Russians, represented by a black dog. The similarity of the name of this demon with Chernobyl, the nuclear power plant disaster of 1987, caused great distress amongst the Russian people. Premier Gorbachev's forehead birthmark did not help to allay slavic uneasiness, since it was read as the Apocalyptic "mark of the beast."

(See also: CHERNOBOG, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

Neopaganism (sometimes Neo-Paganism) describes a heterogeneous group of new religious movements, particularly those influenced by ancient, mainly pre-Christian and sometimes pre-Judaic religions. Often these are Indo-European in origin, but with a growing component inspired by other religions indigenous to Europe, such as Finno-Ugric, as well as those of other parts of the world. As th ...

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• Neopaganism - History
• Neopaganism - Historical sources
• Neopaganism - Ecological and mystical currents
• Neopaganism - Pantheon
• Neopaganism - Worship and Ritual
• Neopaganism - Number of adherents
• Neopaganism - Concepts of divinity
• Neopaganism - Neopagan views of gods and gender
• Neopaganism - Traditions
• Neopaganism - Reconstructionist
• Neopaganism - Syncretist and eclectic
• Neopaganism - Related theological concepts
• Neopaganism - Usage of the term 'Neopagan'
• Neopaganism - Sources

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