Encyclopedia - Slavic Mythology: Encyclopedia - Slavic Mythology
Slavic mythology and Slavic religion evolved over more than 3,000 years. It is conjectured that some parts of it are from neolithic or po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Mythology - Cosmology
According to the Book of Veles, Slavic religion recognizes three realms: Jav, Prav and Nav, Yav being the material world, Nav the immater...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Mythology - Gods
Slavic mythology - Supreme god. The original supreme god of the Slavs was probably Rod. Information about Rod worship is scarce. In som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Fairies: Encyclopedia - Slavic Fairies
Fairies in Slavic mythology come in several forms and their names are spelled differently based on the specific language. J.K. Rowling, i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Underworld: Encyclopedia - Underworld
Underworld - Aboriginal mythology. Beralku Underworld - Akkadian mythology. Ereshkigal Nergal Underworld - Babylonian mythology....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Dragon: Encyclopedia - European Dragon
In European mythology, a dragon is a serpent-like legendary creature. The Latin word draco, as in the constellation Draco, comes directly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Dragon: Encyclopedia - Slavic Dragon
In Slavic mythology, European dragons have their peculiarities. A dragon is called zmey in Russian, zmiy in Old Church Slavonic, zmaj in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic: Encyclopedia - Slavic
Slav, Slavic or Slavonic can refer to: Slavic languages their speakers, Slavic peoples their mythology, Slavic mythology the Church Sla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satyr: Encyclopedia - Satyr
In Greek mythology, Satyrs (Greek: Σάτυροι, Sáturoi) are mythological half-man and half-goat nature entities that roamed the wood...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dazbog: Encyclopedia - Dazbog
In Slavic mythology, Dazbog (also Dajbog, Dabog, Dazhbog, Dazsbog, Cyrillic Дажбог) from dazh, the Slavic epithet for Sun (The Give...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nymph: Encyclopedia - Nymph
In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of female nature entities, sometimes bound to a particular location or landfor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zirnitra: Encyclopedia - Zirnitra
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 Wend...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belobog: Encyclopedia - Belobog
In Slavic mythology, Belabog (alternately Bialbog, Byelobog, Bielobog, Belun, Bylun) (bel-oh-bog | byal-bog | bel-oon, from Slavic bel, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baba Yaga: Encyclopedia - Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga (Czech Baba Jaga, Polish Baba Jaga, Slovene Jaga Baba, Macedonian Баба Рога, Russian Бáба-Ягá, Bulgarian Баб�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Tree: Encyclopedia - World Tree
In certain Indo-European religions there was a belief in a world tree, such as Yggdrasil, in Norse mythology, an Oak in Slavic mythology ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crnobog: Encyclopedia - Crnobog
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 Wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dyaus Pita: Encyclopedia - Dyaus Pita
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 t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veles God: Encyclopedia - Veles God
Veles, Volos, Weles, or Voloh is a major Slavic god of earth, waters and Underworld, associated with dragons, cattle, magic, musicians, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vörnir: Encyclopedia - Vörnir
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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Svarga: Encyclopedia - Svarga
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. In H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychopomp: Encyclopedia - Psychopomp
Many sets of religious beliefs have a particular spirit, deity, demon or angel whose responsibility is to escort newly-deceased souls to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism: Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism
Reconstructions of the traditions of Germanic paganism began with 19th century Romanticism. From the 1960s, various Neopagan movements ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia - Mythology
The word mythology (from the Greek μυϑολογία mythología, "storytelling" [1]) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Succubus: Encyclopedia - Succubus
In medieval legend, a succubus (plural succubi; from Latin succubare, "to lie under") is a female demon which seduces men (especially mon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities: Encyclopedia - List Of Deities
This list of deities aims to give information about deities in the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. It is sort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trickster: Encyclopedia - Trickster
In the study of mythology, folklore and religion, a trickster is a god, goddess, spirit, human hero or anthropomorphic animal who breaks ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - European Dragon - Dragons In Slavic Mythology
Dragons of Slavic mythology hold mixed temperaments towards humans. For example, dragons in Bulgarian mythology are either male or female...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Fairies: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Fairies - Rusalka
In Slavic mythology, a rusalka was a female ghost, water nymph or succubus-like demon that dwelled in a lake. Her eyes shone like green f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Underworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Underworld - Underworlds
Underworld - Aboriginal mythology. Beralku Underworld - Akkadian mythology. Ereshkigal Nergal Underworld - Aztec mythology. Mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Fairies: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Fairies - Vila
The Vila, or Willi or Veela, are the Slavic versions of nymphs, who have power over storms, which they delight in sending down on lonely ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Peoples - Ethno-cultural Subdivisions
Slavs are customarily divided into three major subgroups: East Slavs, West Slavs, and South Slavs, each with a somewhat different backgro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Underworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Underworld - Rulers Of The Underworld
(Note: this includes guardian-type creatures, ghosts, and spirits such as demons, veli, and Cerberus) Underworld - Aboriginal mythology....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Peoples - Ethno-cultural Subdivisions
Slavs are customarily divided into three major subgroups: East Slavs, West Slavs, and South Slavs, each with a somewhat different backgro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Fairies: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Fairies - Wili
Among the Slavic creatures of folklore, for the English-speaking world the wilis are indelibly connected with the Romantic ballet Giselle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Underworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Underworld - Rulers Of The Underworld
(Note: this includes guardian-type creatures, ghosts, and spirits such as demons, veli, and Cerberus) Underworld - Aboriginal mythology....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - European Dragon - Dragons In Germanic Mythology
The most famous dragons in Norse mythology and Germanic mythology, are: Níðhöggr who gnawed at the roots of Yggdrasil; Jörmungandr, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Peoples - Slavs In The Historical Period
Slavs emerged from obscurity when the westward movement of Germans and Celts in the 5th and 6th centuries AD (necessitated by the onslaug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Underworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Underworld - Underworlds
Underworld - Aboriginal mythology. Beralku Underworld - Akkadian mythology. Ereshkigal Nergal Underworld - Babylonian mythology....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Peoples - Etymology Of Slav
Even the origin of the word "Slav" remains controversial. In the Old Slavonic language that word is "slověne". There are obvious similar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Peoples - The Slavic Homeland Debates
Slavic peoples - General argument. A common theory is that the Proto-Indo-Europeans, and also the later Proto-Slavs, originated from th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Peoples - Ethnonyms Applied To Slavs
The peoples we now know as Slavs appeared in early histories as "Venedes" or "Wends", but as noted above, their connection to the Venedes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Peoples - Religion And Alphabet
In religion, the Slavs traditionally divided into two main groups: those who are Eastern Orthodox, and those who are Roman Catholic or Un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Peoples - Ethnonyms Applied To Slavs
The peoples we now know as Slavs appeared in early histories as "Venedes" or "Wends", but as noted above, their connection to the Venedes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Peoples - Religion And Alphabet
In religion, the Slavs traditionally divided into two main groups: those who are Eastern Orthodox, and those who are Roman Catholic or Un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System Lord: Encyclopedia Ii - System Lord - List Of System Lords
With very few exceptions, all System Lords gain power by posing as Gods from various mythologies, thus enslaving the masses of various pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - European Dragon - Dragons In Catalan Mythology
Dragons are well-known in Catalan myths and legends, in no small part because St. George (Catalon Sant Jordi) is the patron saint of Cata...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System Lord: Encyclopedia Ii - System Lord - List Of System Lords
With very few exceptions, all System Lords gain power by posing as Gods from various mythologies, thus enslaving the masses of various pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - European Dragon - Dragons In Modern Times
The dragon of the modern period is typically depicted as a huge fire-breathing , scaly and horned dinosaur-like creature, with leathery w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Rite Of Spring: Encyclopedia Ii - The Rite Of Spring - Composition And Critical Reception
After getting the idea of the piece in 1910 from imagery of pagan ritual encountered during the composition of The Firebird, Stravinsky b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Rite Of Spring: Encyclopedia Ii - The Rite Of Spring - Composition And Critical Reception
After getting the idea of the piece in 1910 from imagery of pagan ritual encountered during the composition of The Firebird, Stravinsky b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satyr: Encyclopedia Ii - Satyr - Mythology
Satyrs are most commonly described as having the upper half of a man and the lower half of a goat or, less commonly, the lower half of a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Rite Of Spring: Encyclopedia Ii - The Rite Of Spring - Themes
The Rite of Spring is a series of episodes depicting the wild pagan nature of the Spring: "...the wise elders are seated in a circle and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System Lord: Encyclopedia Ii - System Lord - Non-system Lord Deities
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 ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Rite Of Spring: Encyclopedia Ii - The Rite Of Spring - As Film Score
However, most people will have met the Rite of Spring through Walt Disney's Fantasia, a 1940 animated movie in which imaginative visual i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System Lord: Encyclopedia Ii - System Lord - Non-system Lord Deities
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 ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Rite Of Spring: Encyclopedia Ii - The Rite Of Spring - Musical Characteristics
Stravinsky's music is harmonically adventurous, with an emphasis on dissonance used for its own sake. Rhythmically, it is similarly harsh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System Lord: Encyclopedia Ii - System Lord - General Plot
Over the course of the series, several dominant System Lords have risen: Sokar, Apophis, Anubis, and Ba'al to name the greater of them. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satyr: Encyclopedia Ii - Satyr - Satyrs In Greek Mythology And Art
In earlier Greek art Satyrs appear as old and ugly, but in later art, especially in works of the Attic school, this savage character is s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satyr: Encyclopedia Ii - Satyr - Satyrs In Roman Mythology
Roman satyrs were conflated in the popular and poetic imagination with Latin spirits of woodland and with the rustic spirit Pan, called t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System Lord: Encyclopedia Ii - System Lord - General Plot
Over the course of the series, several dominant System Lords have risen: Sokar, Apophis, Anubis, and Baal to name the greater of them. Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Rite Of Spring: Encyclopedia Ii - The Rite Of Spring - Themes
The Rite of Spring is a series of episodes depicting the wild pagan nature of the Spring: "...the wise elders are seated in a circle and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satyr: Encyclopedia Ii - Satyr - Other References
In the Authorized Version of Isa. Xiii. 25, xxxiv. 14 the word "satyr" is used to render the Hebrew sh'lrlm, "hairy ones." A kind of demo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Rite Of Spring: Encyclopedia Ii - The Rite Of Spring - As Film Score
However, most people will have met the Rite of Spring through Walt Disney's Fantasia, a 1940 animated movie in which imaginative visual i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satyr: Encyclopedia Ii - Satyr - Baby Satyr
Baby satyrs, or child satyrs, are mythological creatures related to the satyr. They appear in popular folklore, classical artworks, film,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Rite Of Spring: Encyclopedia Ii - The Rite Of Spring - Musical Characteristics
Stravinsky's music is harmonically adventurous, with an emphasis on dissonance used for its own sake. Rhythmically, it is similarly harsh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Deities - Modern Western Mythology
In addition to the gods listed elsewhere, there are several mythological beings spoken of in current Western culture. The Grim Reaper - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Proto-indo-european Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Proto-indo-european Religion - Mythology
There seems to have been a belief in a World tree, which in Germanic mythology was an ash tree (Norse Yggdrasil; Irminsul), in Hinduism a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Deities - Egyptian
Egyptian deities are often portrayed as having animal heads in art; as an example, Anubis is often portrayed in statuary as having the bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - European Dragon - Roman Dragons
It it is theorized that western dragons have descended from Roman dragons. Roman dragons evolved from serpentine Greek ones, combined wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veles God: Encyclopedia Ii - Veles God - Enemy Of Perun And Storm Myth
The Russian philologists Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov and Vladimir Toporov reconstructed the mythical battle of Perun and Veles throug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Deities - Semitic Pagan
Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Astarte | Ba'al | Berith | Dagon | El | Elyon | Elohim | Hadad | Mot | Salem | Shaddai | Yaw Adonai | El | Eloh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Proto-indo-european Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Proto-indo-european Religion - Pantheon
Philological reconstructions of some PIE theonyms: *Dyeus Ph2ter is believed to have been the original name of god of the daylit sky and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trickster: Encyclopedia Ii - Trickster - Mythology
The trickster deity breaks the rules of the gods or nature, sometimes maliciously (for example, Loki) but usually with ultimately positiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Neopaganism - Artistic Output And Influence
Grown out of 19th century Romanticism, the Viking revival had associations with the Gothic novel and Romantic art such as the Pre-Raphael...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Neopaganism - Distribution Of Adherents
Today, Germanic Neopaganism is practiced primarily in Scandinavia, Germany, Britain, North America, Australia and New Zealand. Small comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Neopaganism - Factions
Besides the Norse/Germanic mythology at its core, Heathenry has regional varieties of emphasis, often from the subjective interpretations...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Neopaganism - Tenets
Germanic Neopagan organizations generally favor democratic and republican forms of church government, as inspired by the parliamentary Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Neopaganism - Terminology
Germanic neopaganism - Ásatrú. Ásatrú is an Old Norse compound derived from Ása, the genitive of Áss, which refers to the Aesir, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Neopaganism - History
The first modern attempt at revival of ancient Germanic religion took place in the 19th Century during the late Romantic Period amidst a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - What Is Mythology?
In order to consider mythology, it is first necessary to consider what is meant by the term myth. The ancient Greek Μυθος originally...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Perkūnas: Encyclopedia Ii - Perkūnas - Name Origins
Perkūnas and Pērkons have cognates outside of the Baltic languages, such as: Old Slavic - Perun Belarus - Pyarun Old Indian - Parjanya...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Myths By Region
Mythology - Africa. Akamba mythology - Akan mythology - Alur mythology - Ashanti mythology - Bambara mythology - Bambuti mythology - B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Related Concepts
A fairy tale itself is not a myth. Myths are not the same as fables, legends, folktales, fairy tales, anecdotes or fiction, but sloppy us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quartz: Encyclopedia Ii - Quartz - History
The name "quartz" comes from the German "Quarz", which is of Slavic origin. Quartz is the most common material identified as the mystical...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Definition
In order to consider mythology, it is first necessary to consider what is meant by the term myth. Myths are generally narratives passed d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Perun: Encyclopedia Ii - Perun - Myth
In Russia, Perun was represented with silver hair and golden moustaches. His bolts of lightning were said to be stones and stone arrows. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Religion And Mythology
Mythology figures prominently in most religions, and most mythology is tied to at least one religion. Some use the words myth and mytholo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veles God: Encyclopedia Ii - Veles God - Sources
Veles is one of few Slavic gods for which evidence of worship can be found in all Slavic nations. Primary Chronicle, a historical record ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Modern Mythology
Film and book series like Star Wars and Tarzan have strong mythological aspects that sometimes develop into deep and intricate philosophi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trees In Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Trees In Mythology - Examples
Trees in mythology - Trees of cosmic significance. Tree of Life (Abrahamic Mythology, Cabala/Jewish mysticism) Tree of Knowledge of Go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lada And Lado: Encyclopedia Ii - Lada And Lado - Confusion
In the early 15th century, the Statute of Krakow forbid the singing of certain "pagan songs", which were heard at folk summer festivities...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Formation Of Myths
What forces create myths? Robert Graves said of Greek myth: "True myth may be defined as the reduction to narrative shorthand of ritual m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veles God: Encyclopedia Ii - Veles God - Post-christian Veles
After the advent of Christianity, Veles was split into several different characters. As a god of Underworld and dragon he, of course, bec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polycephaly: Encyclopedia Ii - Polycephaly - Mythological Occurrences
Polycephaly - Greek mythology. Greek mythology contains a number of multi-headed creatures. Typhon, a vast grisly monster with a hundre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Dragon - East Slavic
In Russia and Ukraine, a particular dragon-like creature, Zmey Gorynych, has three heads, is green, walks on two back paws, has small fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Dragon: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Dragon - East Slavic
In Russia and Ukraine, a particular dragon-like creature, Zmey Gorynych, has three heads, is green, walks on two back paws, has small fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Myths As Depictions Of Historical Events
Although myths are often considered to be accounts of events that have not happened, many historians consider that myths can also be acco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veles God: Encyclopedia Ii - Veles God - God Of Underworld And Dead
Ancient Slavs viewed their world as a huge tree, with the treetop and branches representing the heavenly abode of gods and the world of m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Mythology - Vedic Mythology
See Also: Indo-Iranian mythology, Vedic mythology, Indian mythology The roots of mythology that evolved from classical Hinduism come from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavic Mythology - Major Feasts
March 21st - first day of spring. The Jare feast was dedicated to the rebirth of life after the hardships of winter. The feast involved t...   » Read the article