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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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Živa, also Żiwia, Siva, Sieba or Razivia, was the Slavic goddess of love and fertility. Her name means "living, being, existing". Sieba's consort was Siebog, her male equivalent. She is the protector ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

Zarja, Zora, Zarya, Zorya, Zory, Zore = "dawn"; Zvezda, Zwezda, Danica = "star" are the two guardian goddesses, known as the Auroras. They guard and watch over the doomsday hound, Simargl, who is ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

Voden is a Slavic god of rivers, lakes and seas - a deity which rules the water. Fishermen and sailors worshipped him to protect them and give them good catch. He had the power to drown them and save ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

Vesna is the goddess of spring and nature. In many Slavic languages today (Russian, Slovak, Czech, Slovene), the word "vesna" means "spring". One of the most favourite deities, Vesna was worshipped ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

Veles is a major Slavic god of earth, waters and the underworld, associated with dragons, cattle, magic, musicians, wealth and trickery. He is also the opponent of thunder-god Perun, and the battle ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

Triglav, also sometimes called troglav, is a god or a complex of gods in Slavic mythology, similar in nature to the Trinity in Christianity or Trimurti in Hinduism. Often, he is considered to be the ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

Svetovid is the Slavic deity of war, fertility and abundance. He is often considered a local Rugian variant of the pan-Slavic god Perun. Sometimes referred to as Beli (or Byali) Vid (Beli = white, ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

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