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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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Lada is the goddess of love and beauty in the Slavic pantheon. She is represented as a girl of long golden hair, embroidered with wheat, so she is also a goddess of fertility. Her animals are ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

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 ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

Horz is the deity related to celestial bodies. He represents the Moon and the morning Sun. He rules the warewolves, vampires and demons, however, he is not considered to be a negative force, but ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

Devana is the goddess of woods in Slavic mythology. She represents the wild, the unattainable, since she has not yet given herself to a man. The root of her name "deva" means "virgin". Her animal is ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

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, ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

Crnobog, also spelled as Chernobog, Czernobog, Crnobog and Tchernobog is a Slavic deity, whose name means black god, about whom much has been speculated but little can be said definitively. The only ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

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