What gods were in ancient Russia. Slavic gods and spirits as the basis of pagan culture

In the understanding of the Slavs, the gods (often) are their distant, wise ancestors who glorified themselves with good deeds.

AVSEN(Oat, Govsen, Usen, Bausen, Tausen) - a deity that kindles the solar wheel and gives light to the world (i.e. brings with it the morning of the day or the morning of the year (spring). Avsen opens the way for a new summer (new year), brings from heavenly countries generous gifts fertility, and as determined by divine judgment - and distributes them among mortals: one gives a lot, in abundance, and deprives others of the most necessary. In East Slavic mythology, Avsen is a character associated with the New Year or Christmas (the old Russian "ousin", that is, "bluish" and "prosinets" is the name of December and / or January). The name Usen is already found in the documents of the 17th century.

BELBOG- the keeper and giver of good, luck, justice, happiness. Belbog and Chernobog are deities of daylight and darkness, good and evil. Both deities participate in the creative activity of nature: dark, as a representative of the cloud demons darkening the sky and closing the rains, and light, like a thundercloud, bringing down rain streams to the earth and enlightening the sun. Initially Belbog is identical with Svyatovit, later with the name Belbog, for the most part, the concept of light-sun is combined. The ancient sculptor made a statue of Belbog, depicting a stern man with a piece of iron in right hand... Since ancient times, the Slavs have known a similar (test with iron) method of restoring justice. The suspect in any offense was given a red-hot piece of iron in his hands and ordered to walk ten steps with him. And the one whose hand remained unharmed was recognized as the right one.

BELUN- a deity that combines the features of the sun god and the thunder god. As the former chases away the night, so the latter - dark clouds. He appears as an old man with a long white beard, in white clothes and with a staff in his hands; he appears only during the day and leads travelers lost in a dense forest onto a real road; there is a saying: “It's dark in the forest without Belun”. He is revered as the giver of wealth and fertility. During the harvest Belun is present in the fields and helps the reapers in their work. More often than not he shows up in spicy rye, with a bag of money on his nose, beckons some poor man with his hand and asks him to wipe his nose; when he fulfills his request, money will fall out of the bag, and Belun will disappear. “Behind the grave mountain there is a white hut Belun. Belun is a kind old man. At dawn Belun set out early for the field. Tall, all white, he walked all morning along the dewy border, guarded every ear. At noon Belun went to the apiary, and when the heat subsided, he again returned to the field. Only late in the evening did Belun come to his hut "

VESTA - goddess, keeper hearth... In her temples, girls from 10 to 16 years old were taught by the servants of the temple - the vestals. After completing their studies, the girls were called "not vests", which meant their readiness for adulthood.

HAIR(Veles, Month) - one of the most ancient East Slavic gods, the cloister god who covers the sky with rain clouds, or, metaphorically speaking, cloaks it with a cloudy rune, drives out cloudy herds to heavenly pastures. Originally one of the epithets of the cloud-chaser Perun (thundering Tour); later, when its fundamental meaning was forgotten, it became isolated and taken for the proper name of a separate deity. As "Scottiago god"(Laurentian Chronicle) Volos was in charge of the heavenly, mythical flocks, was their ruler and shepherd, but then, with the loss of the people of a conscious attitude to their ancient ideas, he was credited with the protection and protection of ordinary, earthly flocks. For the sake of the dependence in which the earthly crops are on the heavenly milk shed by herds of rain-bearing clouds. Hair, along with a shepherd's character, is given the meaning of a god who helps the labors of the farmer. There was a custom to leave on the compressed field " ears of hair per beard. " Herbs, flowers, bushes, trees were called "Hair of the earth". Since ancient times, livestock has been considered the main wealth of the tribe and family. Therefore, the cattle god Veles was also the god of wealth. The root "ox" and "vlo" became part of the words "volodet" (to own). The concept of "magi" is also associated with the cult of Veles, since the root of this word also comes from "hairy", "hairy". Magi, when performing ritual dances, spells, rituals in ancient times, dressed in the skin (dlak) of a bear or other animal. "In the treaty between Oleg and the Greeks, Volos is also mentioned, whom the Russians swore allegiance to by his name and Perunov, having special respect for him, for he was considered the patron saint of cattle, their main wealth."(NM Karamzin. "History of the Russian State").

GROMOVNIK- Perun's grandfather. From under cloudy eyebrows and eyelashes, he gazes lightning-fast and sends death and fires. Sometimes, instead of long eyelashes and eyebrows that cover Thunder's eyes, a bandage serves him, i.e. cloud cover. As the dark sky shines with countless eyes-stars, so from the darkness of night-like clouds many-pointed lightning flashes; both are equally extinguished as soon as the triumphant sun appears in the enlightened sky. Gromovnik is a prophetic blacksmith forging human destinies; his workshop is set up in the mountains, i.e. thunderclouds. It ties together the two fine hair; this hair is nothing more than two strands spun in parkas for the bride and groom.

DABOG - a mythologized image of the earthly king, opposed to God in heaven. His name is raised to a combination of the verb "give" with the name "god" as a designation of a share-wealth. Dabog is the giver, the giver. A high mountain was considered the habitat of this god, which confirms the cult of the mountains among the ancient Slavs.

DAZHBOG(Dazhbog, Dashuba) - the sun after the summer solstice (giving wealth in the form of a harvest), the son of Svarog: “and after (after Svarog) the son reigned by his name, the Sun, he was named Dazhbog ...(Ipatiev Chronicle). The adoration of the sun by the Slavs is attested to by many legends and monuments. "The Lay of Igor's Host" speaks of the Slavs as the grandchildren of the sun-Dazhbog. As a luminary, eternally pure, dazzling in its radiance, awakening earthly life, the sun was revered as a good, merciful deity; his name became synonymous with happiness. The sun is the creator of crops, the giver of food, and therefore the patron saint of all the poor and the orphan. At the same time, the sun is also the punisher of all evil, i.e. according to the initial view - a punisher of the evil forces of darkness and cold, and then moral evil - untruth and wickedness. The poetic spell, addressed by Yaroslavna to the sun, breathes this ancient belief in the punishing power of the daylight: “Bright and cracked Sun! Thou art warm and red to all; Why, sir, simple, howling with its hot ray on a fret, in a waterless field with a thirst for them beams (bows) are tied, tight for them tuli? " The Slovaks have such a legend: when the Sun is ready to leave its palaces in order to take a day walk in the white world, then the evil spirits gather and wait for his appearance, hoping to capture the deity of the day and kill him. But at one approach of the Sun, she scatters, feeling her powerlessness. Every day the struggle is repeated and every time the Sun wins. According to the common Germanic and Slavic belief, it is best to collect medicinal herbs, scoop up healing water and cast spells against spells and diseases at the rising of the clear sun, in the early morning dawn, for with the first rays of the sun, the influence of evil spirits is destroyed and all witchcraft collapses; it is known that the cry of a rooster, foreshadowing the morning, is so terrible for evil spirits that it immediately disappears as soon as it hears it.

DANA- the goddess of water. She was revered as a bright and kind goddess who gives life to all living things. According to the ancient poetic concept, the thunder god boils rainwater in a thunderous flame, bathes heaven and earth in its showers, and thereby bestows the power of fertility on the earth. Special honors were given to this goddess during the Kupala holidays.

GRANDFATHER-EVERYBODY(Grandfather-Lord) - the sun, the deity of spring thunderstorms. It was customary for the Western Slavs to wear Dedka at the beginning of spring and sing ritual songs in honor of him; It was said about him that Dadko spent the whole winter in confinement in grain barns and eats the stocks he had made, that is, in the winter period of time, he loses his productive power, calms down from his usual labors and feeds the human race with old bread. The Bulgarians have a belief that the Grandfather-Lord once walked the earth in the form of an old man and taught people to plow and cultivate fields.

DAYNITSA(matinee, lightning) - the image of the midday dawn (or star), mother, daughter or sister of the sun, beloved of the month, for which the sun is jealous of her. Dennitsa foreshadows the sunrise, leads the sun to the sky and melts in its bright rays.

At night, Dennitsa shines brightest of all, helps the month. "... And from the mowers along the Camp, the souls of the departed - from the stars brighter than the bright ones, guarding the path of the sun, they led Dennitsa to the rising."(AM Remizov. "To the Sea-Ocean").

DIV- the sky, the father of gods and people, the ruler of the Universe and the creator of lightning (identical to Svyatovit and Svarog). Ancient Russian monuments speak of the worship of the God Diva, and if in this evidence it is more likely to see an indication of a bright heavenly deity, then there can be no doubt that already in distant antiquity the concept of dragons and giants of clouds was associated with the word “diva”. "The Lay of Igor's Campaign" mentions a diva sitting on a tree, like the Nightingale the Robber and mythical snakes. With the word "miracle", it is unambiguously a miracle found in ancient manuscripts in the sense of a giant, a giant; The Sea Miracle (Sea King), the lord of rain-bearing clouds, just like the Forest Miracle is a goblin, an inhabitant of cloud forests.

DIVIA(Diva) - the goddess of nature, the mother of all living things. The name of the goddess Divia is found in the translated "Conversation of Gregory the Theologian about the trial of the city (by hail)" in that part of it, which is recognized as an insert by the Russian scribe of the 11th century. Here are listed various remnants of paganism, such as prayers at the wells with the aim of calling the rain or worshiping the river as a goddess and making sacrifices. Followed by: "Ov Dyu zhret, and the other - Divii ..." It is not known who to mean by the goddess Divia, but, in any case, it must be some kind of primary goddess, equal in size to Dyu. In the "Word about Idols" the goddess Diva is mentioned after Makoshi and before Perun, which also speaks of the important place occupied by this goddess in the pagan ideas of the Slavs.

BIT(Dit, Dito, Child, Det, Children) - the third son of the goddess of love Lada. Always young, because the conjugal relationship should not grow old. He is dressed in full Slavic clothes; a wreath of cornflowers on it; he caresses, holding two turtle doves in his hands. Married and married people prayed to him for a prosperous marriage and childbirth.

DYDILY- the goddess of marriage, childbirth, growth, vegetation, the personification of the moon. She is present at the release of the wives from the burden, and therefore the barren wives brought sacrifices to her and prayed to her for the granting of children to them. She presented herself as a young beautiful woman with a headband, like a crown, adorned with pearls and stones; one hand was unclenched, and the other was clenched into a fist. The image of Didilia was often used by artists. She was portrayed in different ways: as a young woman, with her head wrapped in a cloak, with a lighted torch or candle in her bare hands (a torch, a candle is a symbol of the beginning of a new life: "And a candle of a kind, so that it does not go out"); a woman preparing to give a new life, with flowers in a wreath.

DNIEPER- the god of the Dnieper River (Don holding).

TREATMENT(Weather) - God of beautiful weather and gentle, pleasant breeze. A young, ruddy, fair-haired, in a cornflower-blue wreath with blue, gilded wings of butterflies at the edges, in silver-shining bluish clothes, holding a spike in his hand and smiling at the flowers.

DODOLA- represents the goddess of Spring, or what is the same - the goddess of thunder. She walks over the fields and fields with a retinue of full-breasted nymphs, whom Perun and his companions swiftly chase in the noise of a spring thunderstorm, overtake them with striking lightning and enter into a love union with them. The Slavs took Dodola, a girl crowned with herbs and flowers, through the village, at each hut they stood in a row and sang ritual songs, and Dodola danced in front of them. The mistress of the house or someone else from the family, taking full of water a cauldron or bucket, asking for rain, poured water over Dodola, which continued to sing and spin. The dance of Dodola is the same as the dance of thunderous spirits and nymphs; pouring water over her indicates those rain sources in which the goddess of spring bathes, and the buckets from which she is dumped - on those celestial vessels from where the blessed rain is poured onto the earth (bucket - rainy weather).

SHARE- a kind goddess, Mokosha's assistant, weaves a happy fate. It appears in the guise of a sweet young man or a red girl with golden curls and a cheerful smile. Can't stand still, walks around the world - there are no obstacles: swamp, river, forest, mountains - The share will overcome in a moment. He does not like the lazy and careless, drunkards and all kinds of bad people. Although, at first, he makes friends with everyone - then he will figure it out and leave the bad evil person. "... And you bed them the way with golden stones, make it so that a century is with them, but not with a shaggy ragged Resentment, but with the beautiful Dolya, change our pitiful destiny into a happy one, change the fate of untalented Russia anew."(AM Remizov. "To the Sea-Ocean").

DYUDUL(Fright) - in Bulgaria, during a drought, all the inhabitants of the village gather, choose a girl not younger and not older than fifteen years, cover her from head to toe with nut branches, various flowers and herbs (onions, garlic, potatoes and beans, etc. .) and give her a bunch of flowers. The Bulgarians call this girl Dyudyul or Perepuga - a word that also means a butterfly, which testifies to the identity of Dudola-fright with cloud nymphs. Accompanied by maidens and youths, Fright goes home; the householder meets her with a cauldron of water, on top of which are sketched flowers, and they pour over the welcome guest while singing a ritual song. After performing this rite, according to the general belief, it will certainly rain.

DYI- in East Slavic mythology, the name of God. Mentioned in the Old Russian insert in the South Slavic text "The Virgin's Walking Through the Torment" and in the lists of "Words about what a nasty creature the yagans bowed to with an idol" ("Dyevo service"). The context suggests that this name is the result of the association of an ancient Russian name (such as Div) with the Greek “deus” - god.

JELLY(Zhlya) - the goddess of mortal sorrow. "Jelly", "desire" - grief for the dead. It was believed that even one mention of her name relieves the soul. The Czech chronicler of the mid-14th century, Neplach, describes the Slavic goddess Zhelya. Many laments and laments have been preserved in Slavic folklore. However, with the adoption of Christianity in Russia, special teachings appeared that limited the manifestation of immoderate grief for the dead. For example, in the "Word of St. Dionysius about those who pity ”says: "If the souls who have departed from nowhere are there any crawling with desire?" A similar designation of the rituals of "desire and punishment" is found in the listing of various pagan rituals in the 17th century list of the Old Russian "Word of a certain Christ-lover ...". "... And let the dark Jelly carry burial ashes in its flaming horn"(AM Remizov. "To the Sea-Ocean").

ALIVE(Zhivana, Siwa) - the goddess of world life (spring), fertility and love; embodies life force and opposes the mythological incarnations of death. Alive by her arrival gives life, resurrects nature dying for the winter, gives the earth fertility, raises fields and pastures. In her right hand she holds an apple, in her left - grapes (another confirmation that the Slavs from time immemorial lived in a fertile climate and cultivated gardens). In early May, sacrifices are made to her. The cuckoo was taken to be her incarnation. Arriving from Viria, from that transcendental land, from where the souls of newborns descend, where the departed leave and where the maidens of fate stay, the cuckoo knows the hours of birth, marriage and death. So until now, having heard in springtime cuckoo, they turn to her with the question: how many years are left to live in this world. Her answers are recognized as a prophecy sent from above. Girls honor the cuckoo: they baptize it in the forest, boom among themselves and curl wreaths on a birch tree. “... This rite (the baptism of the cuckoo) ... is associated with the renewal of the vital forces of nature: after the winter dying - the rebirth and triumph of solar heat. The other side of the action is to influence the creative forces of nature, to cause a bountiful harvest. According to the ideas of the ancient Slavs, the goddess of life Zhiva turned into a cuckoo. "(A. Strizhen. "National calendar").

STOMACH- the deity of the Polyansky (Polish, field) Slavs, his name means the life-giver or the preserver of life.

ZhURBA- a female deity who embodied infinite compassion.

ZEVANA(Dzevana) - a young and beautiful goddess of forests and hunting, who loves to hunt on bright moonlit nights; with weapons in her hands, she rushes on a greyhound horse through the forests, accompanied by hunting dogs, and chases the fleeing beast. According to folk stories, the wonderful maiden hunts in the wilds of Polabia and in the heights of the Carpathian Mountains. Depicted in a marten fur coat, the top of which is covered with squirrel skins. Instead of an epancha, the skin of a bear is worn on top. In her hands she holds a drawn bow with an arrow or a trap, next to her are laid skis and beasts, a spear and a knife. A dog lies at his feet. The catchers prayed to this goddess, asking her for happiness in the hunt. Part of the booty was brought in her honor. The skins of the killed animals were donated to her. In ancient times, the skins of marten and other fur-bearing animals were used as money. There is evidence of the destruction of her image (idol) in Poland in 965. In other tribes associated with the forest and hunting, she was called Diva, Deva, Divia, Golden Baba, Baba, etc. V Greek mythology it corresponds to the daughter of Zeus Artemis, and in the Roman - Diana.

ZIBOG- the god of the earth, creator and guardian of it. It was he who created mountains and seas, hills and rivers, crevices and lakes. He observes and cultivates the land. When he gets angry, volcanoes erupt, a storm rises at sea, the earth shakes.

ZIMERZLA(Simaergla, Zimaerzla, Simargla, Zimarzla) - the harsh goddess of winter, breathing cold and frost. Her clothes are like a fur coat made of frost woven together, and porphyry made of snow, woven by her frosts, by her children. On the head is a crown of ice, strewn with hail.

ZIMSTERLA(Zimtserla) - the goddess of dawn, dawn, spring and flowers. She is portrayed as a beautiful maiden, dressed in a light white dress, belted with a pink belt, intertwined with gold; she has a wreath of roses on her head; holds a lily in his hands; chicory necklace on the neck; floral sling over the shoulder. Flowers were sacrificed to her, just as her temple was cleaned with flowers on her holidays. Dogoda was always in love with this goddess. “On the third day of my journey, when Zimtserla was waking up, I came down from a high mountain and saw not very narrow property nearby ... Zimtserla - Slovenian goddess: she was the same as Aurora "

ZIRKA- the goddess of happiness. Every person has his own Zirka (prophetess, forerunner, looking ahead), who, like a guardian spirit, is relentlessly with her chosen one. There is a saying: "What from him will be, if he is not in Zirka's favor! "

GOLDEN MOTHER(Baba) - the goddess of peace and quiet. It is represented in the form of a woman with a baby in her arms, who was revered by her grandson (this grandson is Svyatovit), which is why she received the name Baba (ba - a woman who gave birth, hence, a woman - who gave birth to a mother who gave birth). This is a prophetess goddess.

ZNICH - by this deity, the Slavs meant the initial fire, or life-giving warmth, contributing to the existence and protection of everything in the world. “Then the brave Znich, shining, all from the outside; / Broadcast: these intentions are not equal to me. / I illuminate the huts and illuminate the thrones; / In the essence of fire, I give life to the Rossians, / I feed them, I warm them, I see their insides "

Zorya, Zarya, Zara- goddess, sister of the Sun. She walks in front and brings out the sun in the morning and with its bright, arrow-shaped rays strikes the darkness and fogs of the night; she brings him out in the spring because of the dark cloud cover of winter. She sits on a golden chair, spreads her imperishable pink veil or robe across the sky, and in the conspiracies, prayers addressed to her are preserved to this day to cover her with her veil from magic spells and hostile attempts. As the morning sun's rays drive away the unclean forces of darkness, the night - so they believed that the goddess Zorya could drive out all evil, and endowed her with the same victorious weapon (fiery arrows) with which the light of day emerges into the sky; along with this, that creative, fertile force is attributed to it, which is poured over nature by the rising sun. The myth knows two divine sisters - Zorya Utrennaya (Dennitsa, Matrennitsa, Zarnitsa) and Zorya Vechernaya; one precedes the rising of the sun (Ra light), the other escorts him to rest in the evening, and both thus constantly stay with the light deity of the day and serve him. The morning dawn brings his white horses to the heavenly vault, and the evening dawn accepts them when the Sun, having made its day train, hides in the west (sunset).

IPABOG- patron saint of hunting. But he helps only non-greedy hunters who kill animals for food, and not for self-interest. He punishes other hunters - he breaks traps and traps, leads through the forest, hides prey. Ipabog loves animals, takes care of the wounded, heals them. Ipabog was presented in a cloak, which depicted hunting scenes.

CARNA(Karina) - the goddess of human destiny, destined in Heaven (kar and na), sometimes a mourning goddess, if a person grossly violated the original destiny and brought grief to himself and his loved ones. Karna and Zhelya are personifications of lamentation and grief, known from The Lay of Igor's Campaign: “... after him I will click Karn and Zhlya, gallop across the Russian land”. The Old Russian word "kariti" is to mourn. “... She will not rise again, she is awakened by a falcon's gaze. / Karna and Zhlya wander across Russia with a memorial ceremony "(" The Lay of Igor's Campaign ").

KOLYADA- the sun-baby, in Slavic mythology - the embodiment of the New Year's cycle, as well as a character of the holidays, similar to Avsen. Kolyada was celebrated on Christmastide from December 25 (the sun turns to spring) to January 5-6. “Once Kolyada was not perceived as a mummer. Kolyada was a deity, and one of the most influential. They called Kolyada, called me. New Year's days were dedicated to Kolyada, games were organized in her honor, which were later perpetrated on Christmastide. The last patriarchal ban on the worship of Kolyada was issued on December 24, 1684. It is believed that Kolyada was recognized by the Slavs as a deity of fun, that is why they called him, merry gangs of youth called him on New Year's festivities "(A. Strizhev. "National calendar").

KOPUSHA (KOPUSHA)- in Belarus, this is a little god who protects treasures and values ​​buried in the ground. He is asked to indicate the place of the treasures and help to unearth (dig up) them, and if he is lucky, he is thanked, leaving in his favor a certain part of the booty.

KRODO- the deity who guarded the sacrificial altar. His idol stood in Harzburg on a high, wooded mountain. He portrayed an old man with a naked head, who stood with his bare feet on a fish and was girded with a white woolen band, in one hand he held a wheel, and in the other a vessel filled with flowers and fruits. The fish under his feet means the underworld, the bowl of fruits - abundant earthly life, the wheel - the solar sign - symbolizes the eternal renewal of life on earth (and in the Universe), based on a solid foundation (axis).

ROLL- the female deity of mortal sorrow. It was believed that the mere mention of this name relieves the soul and can save from many disasters in the future. It is no coincidence that there are so many laments and lamentations in Slavic folklore.

KUPALO- the fruitful deity of summer, the summer sun. "Kupalo, as if I think, byashe is the god of abundance, as if at Yellin Ceres, I bring him mad thanks for the abundance at that time, when the harvest is better." They sacrificed to him before the collection of bread, on June 23, on the day of St. Agrippina, who was popularly nicknamed the Bather. Young people were adorned with wreaths, laid out the fire, danced around it and sang Kupala. The games went on all night. In some places, on June 23, baths were heated, a bathing suit (buttercup) was laid in them, and after that they swam in the river. In the Christian period, at the very Christmas of John the Baptist (hence, Ivan-Kupala), weaving wreaths, they hung them on the roofs of houses and on barns to remove evil spirits from the dwelling. This beautiful pagan holiday is being revived in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

LADA(Freya, Preya, Siv or Zif) - the goddess of youth and spring, beauty and fertility, the all-generous mother, the patroness of love and marriage. In folk songs, "lado" still means a dearly beloved friend, lover, groom, husband; "Russian wives burst into tears, arkuchi: we already have our lovely ladies (husbands) neither with a thought of meaning, nor with a thought, nor with eyes" (Yaroslavna's Lament). Freya's outfit shines with a dazzling brilliance of sunlight, her beauty is enchanting, and the drops of morning dew are called her tears; on the other hand, she acts as a warlike heroine, rushes in storms and thunderstorms across heavenly spaces and drives rain clouds. In addition, she is a goddess, in whose retinue the shadows of the departed march into the afterlife. The cloudy fabric is precisely that veil on which the soul, after the death of a person, ascends to the kingdom of the blessed. According to the testimony of folk verses, angels, appearing for a righteous soul, take it into a veil and carry it to heaven. The cult of Freya-Siwa explains the superstitious respect nourished by Russian commoners for Friday, as a day dedicated to this goddess. Whoever starts a business on Friday, according to the proverb, it will move back. Among the ancient Slavs, birch, personifying the goddess Lada, was considered a sacred tree.

LADO- the deity of joy and all good. In the Kiev Synopsis of Innokenty Gisel (1674) it says: “... The fourth idol is Lado. This is the name of the god of joy and all prosperity. Sacrifices to him who are preparing for marriage, with the help of Lada, imagine goodness, joy and kindly to acquire a life. " According to other sources "Lado" is the vocative case from the name "Lada".

ICE- the Slavs prayed to this deity for success in battles, he was revered as the ruler of military actions and bloodshed. This fierce deity was portrayed as a terrible warrior, armed with Slavic armor, or full armor. At the hip, sword, spear and shield in hand. He had his own temples. Gathering on a campaign against the enemies, the Slavs prayed to him, asking for help and promising, in case of success in military actions, abundant sacrifices. Probably, this deity, more than other primary gods, received bloody sacrifices during the war.

Lyolya(Lelia, Lelio, Lel, Lyalya) - the deity of spring and youth from the retinue of Lada, encouraging nature to fertilize, and man to marriage. He is the eldest son of Lada, his strength consisted in the ignition of love. Sometimes he was depicted in the form of a golden-haired fiery winged baby. He threw sparks from his hands, igniting love. Due to her youth, Lel sometimes just amuses herself with love, although she does it out of good intentions - for him it is fun game... Lel appears in the spring, lives with her younger brother Polel (after Lel) in the forest. Together they go out in the morning to meet Yarilo. Svirel Lelya can be heard on the Kupala night. "Maidens go to him / Beauties, and stroke his head, / Look into his eyes, caress and kiss. / And they call Lelyushk and Lelem, / Nice and cute"(AN Ostrovsky. "Snow Maiden"). A number of records speak of Lele in the feminine gender. For example, in the Belarusian incantatory song: “Give us a villager and a wheatgrass, / Lyalya. Lyalya, our Lyalya! "

MERCANA(Marzana) - the goddess of the harvest. Initially, under this name, the Slavs meant the dawn, then thunderstorm flashes. Dawn sometimes comes out at night to frolic over the fields, fluttering over the ripening ears. They believed that lightning contributes to a great abundance and early ripening of the harvest, and therefore they prayed to the goddess for the harvest of bread. Depicted with a wreath of ears; like Zarya, blush and in golden-purple clothing, consisting of an extensive veil or veil, covering the head and pinned to the chest or extending to the ground.

Moss(Makosh, Makesha) - one of the main goddesses of the Eastern Slavs, the wife of the Thunderer Perun. Her name is composed of two parts: "ma" - mother and "kosh" - kosh (stan), purse, basket, koshara. Mokosh is the mother of filled cats, the mother of a good harvest. This is not the goddess of fertility, but the goddess of the results of the economic year, the goddess of the harvest, the giver of benefits. The harvest each year is determined by lot, fate, so she was still revered as the goddess of fate. An obligatory attribute when depicting it is a cornucopia. This goddess associated the abstract concept of fate with the specific concept of abundance, patronized the household, sheared sheep, spun, punished the negligent. The specific concept of "spinner" was associated with the metaphorical one: "spinning of fate." Mokosh patronized marriage and family happiness. She imagined herself as a woman with a big head and long arms, spinning at night in a hut: beliefs forbid leaving a tow, “otherwise Mokosh will be fit.” Paraskeva Friday became a direct continuation of the image of Mokos in Christianity. Since all the fruits of the earth were at her disposal, she was in charge of the fate of the harvest, i.e. distribution of products, raw materials, handicraft items. It was she who managed the trading, patronized the trade. In Novgorod in 1207, the Church of Paraskeva Pyatnitsa on the Torga was built, the same temples were erected in the XII-XIII centuries. in Chernigov, Moscow in the trade and hunting row. Mokosh is the only female deity whose idol stood on the top of a hill in the pantheon of Prince Vladimir. “And the beginning of the princess Volodimer is one in Kyev. And put idols on the khlma outside the courtyard of the tower: Perun is of wood, and his head is srebryanu, and the mustache is golden, and Khrsa, and Dazhbog, and Stribog, and Smargla, and Makosh "(sources of the XII-XIV centuries). For some northern tribes, Mokosh is a cold, unkind goddess. "On the surfing damp shore, the prophetic Mokusha, guarding the lightning fire, clicked the spindle all night, spun a burning thread from the sacred fires"(AM Remizov. "To the Sea-Ocean"). “God don’t make up - let something amuse”(V.I.Dal).

RUMOR- the goddess of bad news among the Etruscans.

MOLOGNA-QUEEN(Melanya) is a formidable goddess of lightning. Perun had a large retinue of all kinds of relatives and assistants: Thunder and Lightning, Hail and Rain, water winds, four in number (according to the number of cardinal points). No wonder there was an old Russian saying - "Perun has a lot." The son of Molonia the Queen is the Fire King. During thunderstorms, when Molonia shoots his lightning arrows, the Fire King rushes at the ends of these arrows, setting fire to everything that comes his way.

MORAINE(Marana, Morana, Mara, Maruha, Marmara) - the goddess of death, winter and night. She was personified in a terrifying image: relentless and fierce, her teeth are more dangerous than the fangs of a wild beast, her hands are terrible, crooked claws; Death is black, grinds its teeth, quickly rushes to war, grabs the fallen warriors and, plunging its claws into the body, sucks the blood out of them. Russian monuments depict Death as either a bogeyman, combining human and animal likeness, or a dry, bony human skeleton with bared teeth and a sunken nose, which is why people call it "snub-nosed". Meeting the spring with a solemn holiday, the Slavs performed the rite of expulsion of Death or Winter and plunged the effigy of Morana into the water. As a representative of winter, Morana is defeated by the spring Perun, who strikes her with his blacksmith's hammer and throws her into an underground dungeon for the whole summer. According to the identification of Death with thunder spirits, the ancient belief forced these latter to fulfill her sad duty. But since Gromovnik and his companions were also the organizers of the heavenly kingdom, the concept of Death was bifurcated, and fantasy portrayed it as an evil creature, enthralling souls to the underworld, or as a messenger of the supreme deity, accompanying the souls of the deceased heroes to his heavenly palace. Diseases were considered by our ancestors as a companion and assistant of Death.

Morozko(Frost, Frost) - the god of winter, cold weather. According to peasant beliefs, this is a short old man with a long gray beard. In winter, he runs through the fields and streets and knocks - from his knocking, crackling frosts begin and the rivers are bound with ice. If he hits the corner of the hut, then the log will certainly crack. In Slavic legends, frosts were identified with stormy winter winds: a breath of frost produces a strong cold, snow clouds - his hair. On the eve of Christmas, Frost was clicked: “Frost, Frost! Come eat jelly! Frost, Frost! Don't hit our oats, stick flax and hemp into the ground! " Frost is a character in many fairy tales and others literary works: "It is not the wind that rages over the forest, / Streams did not run from the mountains, / Frost-voivode on patrol / Bypasses his possessions"(NA Nekrasov. "Frost, Red Nose").

SEA KING(Water, Pallet, Miracle Yudo) - the lord of all waters on earth; here the idea of ​​an all-world air ocean merges with the great waters washing the earth's surface; Rainy Perun turns into the ruler of the seas, rivers, springs: falling down, forcing the waters of springs to arrive and producing new streams, rain began to be considered as that initial element from which all earthly reservoirs were created. According to Russian legend, when God created the earth and decided to fill it with seas, rivers and springs, then he commanded heavy rain to fall; at the same time, he gathered all the birds and ordered them to help themselves in their labors, carrying water to the containers assigned to it. In the form of fast-flying birds, the myth personifies spring thunderstorms, and just as lightning and winds are brought by various birds, so they also bring water in the rainy season of the first spring, when the deity creates new world in place of the old, dilapidated under the cold breath of winter. According to popular belief, the sea king rules over all fish and animals that are found in the seas. In folk tales, the Sea King is also called the Water King or the Palatine King; in one of the versions of the tale, it is called the Ocean Sea. “There is a throne strewn with pearls with amber, / On it sits like a King like gray waves. / In the bays, in the ocean, his right hand extends, / He commands the waters of the sapphire scepter. / Tsar's clothes, porphyry and fine linen, / That the strong seas bring him before the throne "(M. Lomonosov. "Petriada").

WEEK(Need, Need) - the goddess, Mokosha's assistant, weaves an unhappy fate. Dolya and Nedolya are not just personifications of abstract concepts that do not have objective existence, but, on the contrary, are living persons, identical to the virgins of fate. They act according to their own calculations, regardless of the will and intentions of the person: the happy one does not work at all and lives in contentment, because Share is working for him. On the contrary, Nedoli's activities are constantly directed towards the detriment of man. While she is awake, trouble follows trouble, and only then it becomes easier for the unfortunate one when Nedol falls asleep: "If dashing asleep, don't wake him up." "And offense-Nedolya herself, not closing her eyes, tired, walking from house to house during the day, crashed to the ground and sleeps under a thorn bush."(AM Remizov. "To the Sea-Ocean").

Nemiza- the god of the air, the lord of the winds. Since ancient times, the winds have been personified as original creatures. Nemiza was portrayed with a head crowned with rays and wings. Nemiza is called upon to restore order and pacify violent winds.

INSANE -v In winter, the light deity Belun loses its shine, grows decrepit, dresses up in dirty beggarly clothes and is an untidy Sloth - an old white-haired and snotty grandfather. For seven winter months he does not itch, does not cut his hair, does not wash and does not blow his nose, i.e. covered with clouds and fog. Snot is a metaphor for thickened mists, and it is necessary to wipe them off so that the golden rays of the sun can shine from behind the cloud cover (transformation of the dirty Neumoika into a clear Belun).

NII(Niya, Viy) - the deity of the underworld, one of the main servants of Chernobog. He was also a judge of the dead. Wii is also associated with the seasonal death of nature during the winter. This god was also considered to be the messenger of nightmares, visions and ghosts. A huge hunchbacked old man with long hairy arms-paws. Eternally evil, because you have to work day and night without rest - to accept the souls of the dead. Whoever fell into the clutches of the ugly Niyu - there is no turning back. Apparently, in later times, this is the leader of the evil spirits Viy. Oral legends show that the image of Chernobog was forged from iron. His throne was the cornerstone of black granite. As a sign of his dominion, he had a toothed crown on his head, in his hand a lead scepter and a fiery whip. “... behold the fiery Niy; / Russia hoped to be a judge in it. / He fiery held in his hands a sinful scourge "(M. Kheraskov." Vladimirada "). “... Instantly the door of the hut dissolves, - and, with a continuous flash of lightning, I see a young knight, in silver armor, girded with a formidable sword. Neither the fierce Niy himself would have shaken my timid heart with his appearance "(VT Narezhny." Slavic evenings ").

FIERY MARIA- Queen of Heaven, ancient goddess of spring and fertility.

PARASKEVA-FRIDAY(flax, Virgo-Pytenka) - a female deity, goddess-spinner, giver of blessings, patroness of fertility of the Christian period. Paraskeva-Friday patronizes holy healing springs and wells; the "Friday springs" are known. She demands strict obedience and forbids women to work on the day dedicated to her - on Friday. For violation of the prohibition, she can poke a guilty knitting needle or even turn her into a frog. He also enjoys the games of young people with songs and dances. Appears in white robes and guards the wells. Where Paraskeva-Friday is depicted on the rooftops, the water is curative. So that the grace of the Virgin-Fifth does not run out, the women secretly make a sacrifice to her: fleece on her apron. In Belarus, the custom has been preserved to make her sculptures out of wood and pray to her on a dark night for rains for seedlings. Friday was also considered the patroness of trade. In Novgorod the Great, the Church of Friday on the Market was built in 1207. At the turn of the XII and XIII centuries. the Church of Friday on the Market was created in Chernigov. In Moscow, in the Okhotny Ryad shopping center, there was a Friday church. From time immemorial, the trading market day in Russia has been Friday.

OVERLOOK- East Slavic deity. There is not enough data about it to describe in detail its functions. Some sources consider him to be the deity of seeds and seedlings. According to other sources, this is the Slavic Bacchus. If his name comes from the Russian "to swim", then his connection with navigation is not excluded. “... Rebounding is mentioned together with the bereginians in the“ words ”against paganism. According to V. Pisani's hypothesis, Pereplut is the East Slavic correspondence of Bacchus-Dionysus. A connection with the names of the gods of the Baltic Slavs such as Porenut, Porrevit and with taboo names derived from "Perun" is not excluded.(V.V. Ivanov).

PERUN(Peren, Perkun As, Perkunas) - the god of thunder, a victorious, punishing deity, whose appearance arouses fear and awe. He is portrayed as stately, tall, with black hair and a long golden beard. Sitting on a fiery chariot, he rides across the sky, armed with bow and arrows, and strikes the wicked. According to Nestor's testimony, the wooden idol of Perun, set up in Kiev, had a golden mustache on its silver head. With the roar of his chariot, the Aryan tribes explained to themselves the thunderous thunderclaps. Sending hail, storms and untimely downpours, he punished mortals with crop failure, hunger and widespread disease. Russian tradition endows Perun with a mace: “He, sailing across the great bridge, just like my club and my speech: at seven the children of Novgorod remember me, who is still killing madness with it, to create joy as a demon. " An arrow fired by him strikes those at whom it is aimed, and sets fires. Arrows of thunder, falling from the clouds, penetrate far into the depths of the earth, and after three or seven years they return to its surface in the form of a black or dark gray oblong pebble: these are either icicles formed in the sands from a lightning strike, or belemnites, known in people under the name of "thunder shooters" and revered for a faithful protective means against thunderstorms and fires. The myths represent the thunder god as a blacksmith and a plowman; red-hot iron, a coulter and a stone are symbolic signs of his lightning, a loaded gun is a later replacement for Perun's arrow or club, boiling water is equivalent to the water of heavenly springs, prepared in a thunderous flame. On warm days of spring, Perun appeared with his lightning, fertilized the earth with rains and brought out the clear sun from behind scattered clouds; his creative power awakened nature to life and, as it were, a beautiful world was re-created.

PERUN-SVAROZHICH - another son of Svarog-sky, fire-lightning. "And they pray to fire, they call him Svarozhich /"("The word of a certain Christ-lover"). Lightning was his weapon - sword and arrows; rainbow — his bow; clouds - clothes or beard and curls; thunder is a far-off sounding word, the verb of God, resounding from above; winds and storms - breath; rains are the fertilizing seed. As the creator of the heavenly flame, born in thunders, Perun is also recognized as the god of earthly fire, which he brought from heaven as a gift to mortals; as the lord of rain clouds, since ancient times likened to water sources, he receives the name of the god of the seas and rivers, and as the supreme controller of whirlwinds and storms that accompany a thunderstorm, he receives the name of the god of winds. These various names were originally given to him as his characteristic epithets, but in the course of time they turned into proper names; with the darkening of the most ancient views, they disintegrated in the consciousness of the people into separate divine persons, and the single lord of the thunderstorm was shattered into gods - thunder and lightning (Perun), earthly fire (Svarozhich), water (Sea king) and winds (Stribog). According to myths, Perun Svarozhich gave the Slavs the writing of Perunitsa or Runitsa, inscribed in the heavens fire signs-letters.

WEATHER- god of fine weather (good), gentle and pleasant breeze. Poles and Vendians worshiped him. In Prilwitz, his idol was found, depicting a man in a pointed hat, from which two bull horns protrude. He has a cornucopia in his right hand, and a staff in his left. J. Dlugosz (15th century) considers Weather as one of the names of seasonal deities. Some sources suggest its connection with the cult of fire.

FEED- the god of hunting. He was portrayed with an animal in his hands. There were special signs and conspiracies with the help of which the hunters tried to appease him - then he would lure the beast into a trap and let the bird down. As a rule, he helps novice hunters to instill in them a passion for hunting. It was believed, however, that if he got angry with some hunter, then he would never give him good luck in the hunt - then he would return from the forest empty-handed.

FEEDING- the female deity of nature and earth ("giver", "giver of blessings"). "... Some cover the unimaginable statues of their idols with temples, such as the idol in Plun, whose name is Podaga ..."(Helmold).

FIELD(Polelya) - the second son of the goddess of love Lada after Lelya, the god of marriage, marriage bonds. It is no coincidence that he was depicted in a white simple everyday shirt and a wreath of thorns; he gave the same wreath to his wife. He blessed people for everyday life, a family path full of thorns. “Polel gaiety escorted the goddess; / In it Kiev adored marriage unions. "(M. Kheraskov. "Vladimiriada")

POLKAN(Volkan) is the patron god of the army in the Etruscan pantheon. Forged armor for the soldiers and guarded the squads (regiments). His image or the image of the head of a wolf was accompanied by good luck. The ability to enter the state of a wolf or to assume its form is reflected in the myths about werewolves who take the form of a wolf.

LITS - one of the tribal supreme gods. "Time" (dispute) is nothing more than a seed, and "vita" is life. That is, it is the god of crops and male seed, the giver of life and its joy, love. The Idol of Porrevita stood in the city of Karenze. Depicted with five heads. He was considered the protector and patron of the tribe. Diversity symbolized the heavenly regions of god's power. Different tribes had different magic symbolism of numbers. Frenzel argued that Porevit was the god of prey - he derived his name from the Slavic word “porivats”, that is, “abductor”. The same opinion is shared by Grosser ("The Memorable Lausitz").

PORENUCH- God of crops and male seed, continuer of life. Idol Porenucha stood on the island of Rügen in the city of Karense. This idol had four faces on its head, and the fifth on its chest - “which Porenuch held his brow with his left, and his chin thereof with the right hand. "(A. Kaisarov. Slavic and Russian mythology.) Frenzel assumes in him the patron god of pregnant women, Schwartz - the patron saint of seafarers.

PORTUNE - god of ports, patron saint of sailors among the Etruscans and the Slavic peoples of the Mediterranean.

POSHIST(Pohvist, Pozvizd) - the fierce god of bad weather and storms: “ There the Whistle; storms, like a robe, twined around ... ". He looks fierce, his hair and beard are disheveled, he has a long epanchus and has wings wide open. The Kievans extended his power; they revered him not only as the god of storms, but also of all air changes, both good and bad, useful and harmful. That is why they asked for the granting of red days and for the aversion of bad weather, which were revered as being under his authority and control. The Masovians call the great wind Pohviscius. In fairy tales, the Whistler is sometimes replaced by the Nightingale the Robber, who embodies the evil and destructive power of the wind. "When the Whistle / Gray waves rushes to the shore, / Whirls in the forest yellow leaf/ Raging, Perun thunders ... "(A. K. Tolstoy. "Prince Rostislav").

Baked- the god of lust. Its appearance is changeable. Patronizes men.

Priya(Siwa) is the goddess of spring, love, marriage and fertility. In the springtime, she enters into a marriage alliance with the Gromovnik and sends the blessed seed of rains to the earth, and brings up the harvest. As a goddess who creates earthly harvests, as the wife of a heavenly god, a bearer of lightning and a shedder of rain, she gradually merged in the popular mind with the fertile mother Earth. The name "Siwa" is consonant with "sow", "sow". Ziva taught people how to cultivate the land, sow, reap and cultivate flax. Just as the attributes of Perun were transferred to Elijah the prophet, under the influence of Christianity, the ancient goddess of spring fertility was replaced by St. Paraskeva (among the common people the martyr Paraskeva is called by the name of St. Friday) and the Mother of God. In some places, beliefs associated with Friday refer to the Blessed Virgin.

PROVE(Prono, Prov, Provo) - the god of enlightenment, prophesying. By this deity, the Slavs understood predestination, which governs the world and disposes of the future. "Prove" or "eat through" - utterance, prophesying. "Prono" - from the word "about us" or "Get to know us", that is to foresee or penetrate. Prove was known among the Pomor Slavs. They revered him as the second most important deity after Svetovid. His image stood on a high oak tree, in front of which there was an altar. Around the oak, the ground was strewn with two-faced, three-faced blockheads. In Stargard he was revered as the highest deity. According to V. Pisani's hypothesis, the name Prove is one of the epithets of Perun - right, fair. The name Prove is also compared with the name of the god Porrevit among the Baltic Slavs and they define him as a deity of fertility. Usually Prove did not have his own idol; he was venerated during festivities in the forests or groves near the sacred oak trees. Idol Prono stood in Altenburg. The book "On the Germanic Gods" describes how, following the example of the Altenburg Bishop Gerold, a forest dedicated to Pron was burned.

PRPATS(peperuga, preperuga) - In Dalmatia, the place of Dodola the maiden is taken by an unmarried fellow, whose name is Prpac. The prince represents the thunder god. His comrades are called prporushe; the rite itself is essentially no different from the Dodolsk one: they also dress it with greenery and flowers, pour it over before each hut. The Bulgarians call it peperuga or prepuga.

RADIGIOUS(Redigost, Radigast) - a lightning god, a killer and eater of clouds, and at the same time a radiant guest who appears with the return of spring. Earthly fire, was recognized as the son of Heaven, brought down to the valley, as a gift to mortals, by fast-flying lightning, and therefore the idea of ​​an honorary divine guest, an alien from heaven to earth, was also united with it. The Russian villagers honored him with the name of the guest. Along with this, he acquired the character of a saving god of any foreigner (guest) who appeared in a strange house and surrendered himself under the protection of local penates (i.e. hearth), a patron god of merchants who came from distant countries and trade in general. Slavic Radigost was depicted with the head of a buffalo on his chest.

RAMHAT (Ra)- God of justice and law and order. Heavenly Judge watching over that there were no bloody human sacrifices. Patron God of the Boar Hall in the Svarog Circle.

GENUS- the most ancient non-personified god of the Slavs. The God of the Universe, living in heaven and giving life to all living things, Rod was sometimes identified with the phallus, sometimes with grain (including the sun and rain grain, fertilizing the earth). Later, this is the nickname of Perun as a representative of the creative, fertile forces of nature; during spring thunderstorms, striking with his stone hammer, crushing and scattering rocks-clouds, he called to life the cloud giants, petrified by the cold breath of winter; speaking mythically, he revived stones and made a gigantic tribe out of them. Thus, the giants were his offspring, the first fruit of his creative activity. In some Church Slavonic manuscripts, under the name of Rhoda, it is understood spirit, which is quite consistent with the regional use of this word: in the Saratov province, Rod meant a view, an image, and in Tula, a ghost, a ghost. Clay, wood and stone images, protective talismans of this god are found during excavations.

Parenthood- the deity of the Varangian Slavs, the patron of laws, the giver of good advice, wisdom, red and clever speeches. His idol depicted a man in thought, resting his right index finger on his forehead, and a shield with a spear in his left hand.

LADIES- the most ancient non-personified goddesses of the Slavs. Women in labor are the female giving birth principle, giving life to all living things: man, flora and fauna. Later, the Rozhanitsy were personified - they received proper names: Makosh, Golden Baba, Didilia, Zizya, etc.

RUGEVIT(Ruevit) - the supreme god of one of the Slavic tribes. “Rugi” (lugi) is the name of the tribe (possibly the self-name of the Rugians or Lugi), and “vita” is Life. The idol of Rugevita stood in the city of Karenze on the island of Rugene, it was made of a huge oak, and the temple was represented by walls of red carpets or red fabrics. The gods, who were considered their ancestors, patrons and warlike protectors of the tribe, were depicted with pronounced masculine attributes. According to the description of Saxon, the idol of Rugevita was made of oak and represented a monster with seven faces, which were all around the neck and connected at the top in one skull. On his belt hung seven swords with a scabbard, and the eighth, naked, he held in his right hand. The warriors took wooden dolls of this god with them when they went on a hike on boats. And a large wooden idol stood on a hill, threatening enemies and protecting from any misfortune. Ruevita was donated before and after the campaign, especially if the campaign was successful. The many-sidedness of God among the ancient Slavs meant his invulnerability and omnipotence. “Above the ancients climb oak trees, / He guarded our island from enemies; / In war and peace equally honored by us, / He vigilantly looked around with seven heads, / Our Rugevit, the invincible god. / And we thought: "The priests are not saying for nothing, / That if the enemy tramples on his threshold, / He will come to life, and his eyes will flash with fire, / And seven swords will rise in anger with rage / Our Rugevit, our offended god"(A. K. Tolstoy. "Rugevit").

SVAROG- the supreme ruler of the Universe, the ancestor of other light gods or, as the Slavs called him, the great, old god, the great god, in relation to whom all other elemental deities were represented as his children, gods (i.e., younger ones, descended from him). From him were born the patron gods of the sun, lightning, clouds, winds, fire and water. “Among the various deities, in whose power fields and forests, sorrows and pleasures are, the Slavs do not deny a single god in heaven, who rules over others. He is the most powerful, he cares only about heavenly things; and the other gods, performing the duties assigned to them, come from his blood, and the more noble one is, the closer to this god of gods "(Helmold). Svarog, as the personification of the sky, sometimes illuminated by the sun's rays, sometimes covered with clouds and shining with lightning, was recognized as the father of the sun and fire. In the darkness of the clouds, he kindled the flame of lightning and thus was the creator of the heavenly fire; earthly fire, according to ancient legend, was a divine gift, brought down to earth in the form of lightning. Further: breaking the clouds with thunderous arrows, Svarog brought out the clear sun from behind them or, in the metaphorical language of antiquity, lit the sun lamp, extinguished by the demons of darkness; this pictorial, poetic performance was also applied to the morning sun emerging from behind the black covers of the night, since the darkness of the night was constantly identified with clouds darkening the sky. With the rising of the sun, with the lighting of its lamp, the thought of its revival was combined, and therefore Svarog is a deity that gives life to the Sun.

SVAROZHICH- fire, the son of the sky-Svarog (sometimes the Slavs call him Ognebozhich). "V the city has nothing but a temple, skillfully built of wood ... Its walls from the outside are decorated with wonderful carvings, representing the images of gods and goddesses. Inside, there are man-made gods, terribly dressed in helmets and armor; each one has his name carved on it. Chief among them is Svarozhich; all pagans honor him and worship him more than other gods "(Testimony of Dietmar). This temple, according to Ditmar, stood in the Slavic city of Retra, one of the three gates of the temple led to the sea and was considered inaccessible for entry by ordinary people. The origin of earthly fire was attributed by our ancestors to the god of thunderstorms, who sent heavenly flame to earth in the form of thrown down lightning.

SVENTOVIT(Svyatovid) - the god of heaven and light among the Baltic Slavs. The idol of Sventovit stood in the sanctuary in the city of Arkona.

SVYATIBOR- a forest deity among the Serbs. His name is composed of two words: "Saint" and "Boron". Near Merseburg, the Serbs dedicated a forest to him, in which, under the death penalty, it was forbidden to cut not only a whole tree, but even a twig.

Svyatovit(Svetovid) is a deity identical to Diva and Svarog. These are only different nicknames for the same supreme being. According to the testimony of Saxon-grammar in the rich Arkonian temple there was a huge idol of Svyatovit, taller than a man, with four bearded heads on separate necks, facing four different directions; in his right hand he held a turiy horn filled with wine. The four sides of Svyatovit probably denoted the four cardinal points and the four seasons set with them in connection with them (east and south - the kingdom of day, spring, summer; west and north - the kingdom of night and winter); a beard is the emblem of clouds covering the sky, a sword is lightning; as the lord of heavenly thunders, he goes out at night to fight the demons of darkness, strikes them with lightning and sheds rain on the earth. At the same time, he is recognized as the god of fertility; prayers were sent to him for the abundance of the fruits of the earth, by his horn, filled with wine, they wondered about the future harvest. "Svyatki" - games in honor of the god Svetovid after December 25 (the birth of Kolyada and the beginning of the increase in the length of the day) - were widespread among the Eastern Slavs: Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians.

SEMARGL(Sim-Rgl, Pereplut, Semargl Ognebozhich) - god of fire, god of fire sacrifices, mediator between people and heavenly gods; a deity who was one of the seven deities of the ancient Russian pantheon. The most ancient deity, ascending to the coast, a sacred winged dog that guarded seeds and crops. As if the personification of the armed good. Later, Semargla began to be called Pereplut, perhaps because it was associated more with the protection of plant roots. He also has a demonic nature. Has the ability to heal, for he brought from heaven to earth the shoot of the tree of life. God of the pantheon of Prince Vladimir; "and he put idols on the hill, behind the tower: Perun ... and Khors, and Dazhbog, and Stribog, and Simargl, and Makosh "("The Tale of Bygone Years"). In the word "Simargl" merge together two different names as seen from other monuments. The Word of a certain Christ-lover says: “They believe ... in Shema, and in Yergla (var. According to the list of the 15th century: in Rgla)”. These names remain unexplained.

SIVA(Sva, Siba, Dziva) - the goddess of autumn and garden fruits. Depicted as a naked woman, with long hair holding an apple in her right hand and a bunch of grapes in her left. Siwa is a deity not only of garden fruits, but also of the very time of their ripening, autumn.

STRONG GOD- one of the names of the supreme god. Under this deity, the Slavs honored nature's gift of bodily strength. They portrayed him in the form of a husband holding a dart in his right hand, and a silver ball in his left, as if through that letting him know that the fortress possesses the whole world. Under his feet lay a lion's and human heads, since both are the emblem of bodily strength.

SITIVRAT(Sitomir, Shepherd, Apothecary) - a god who turns the sun wheel for the summer and at the same time restores the power of fertility to the earth; people bring raindrops closer to seeds and claim that rain falls from the sky through a sieve or sieve. They portrayed God in the form of an old man, with a stick in his hands, with which he raked the bones of the dead; ants were visible under his right foot, and crows and other birds of prey were sitting under his left.

SUN'S MOTHER- this is a cloudy, rain-bearing wife, from whose dark depths the Sun is born in the spring, and, secondly, the goddess Zorya, who every morning gives birth to a radiant son and spreads a golden-pink veil for him across the firmament. She also presented herself as a substance spinner. An old saying has survived in Russia: "Wait for the Sun Mother of God’s judgment!" In Russian fairy tales, the Sun owns 12 kingdoms (12 months, 12 signs of the zodiac); Slovaks say that the Sun, as the ruler of heaven and earth, is served 12 sun maidens; mentioned by Serbian songs Solntseva sisters are identical to these virgins.

SPORYSH(Sparysh) - the deity of abundance, seeds and seedlings, the spirit of the harvest; in East Slavic mythology, the embodiment of fertility. He was represented in the form of a white curly-haired man who walks across the field. "Sporysh" - double grain or double ear, which was considered as a twin symbol of fertility, called "King-ear". When ceremonies were performed, wreaths were woven from double ears, common ("brotherly") beer was brewed, and these ears were bitten off with their teeth. In the Pskov region, a special doll, ergot, was made from double ears. Of these, the reaping "beard", dedicated to the saints, whose cult continued in Christianity the common Slavic cult of twins - the patrons of agriculture: Flora and Lavra, Kozma and Demyan, Zosima and Savva. "So and there is, this is Sporysh. There - in a pair of ears! How he grew: like an ear! And in the May fields it is imperceptible - you cannot see it from the ground when it gallops gallop along a whole verst. - Don't be alarmed: he is making a wreath. A wreath of ears, golden - a harvest wreath. And they put a wreath in the spot, so that everything is sportive, there will be enough grain for a long time "(AM Remizov. "To the Sea-Ocean").

WEDDING(Meeting) - the goddess of fate. She presented herself as a beautiful spinning girl spinning the thread of fate. This is the night goddess - no one saw her spinning - hence the custom of fortune telling at night. Usually, on the nights of winter Christmastide, fortune-telling took place for the future harvest, for offspring, and most of all - for marriage unions.

STRIBOG(Striba, Weather, Pohvist, Posvist, Posvystach) - the god of thunder, who appears in storms and whirlwinds, the supreme king of the winds. They portrayed him blowing on the horns. The people believe that warm, spring winds come from good spirits, and blizzards and blizzards from evil ones. In Russian conspiracies, a spell is pronounced against the "devil a terrible, violent whirlwind, ... a flying, fiery snake. " Fantasy ancient man, which brought the howl of the storm and the whistle of the winds closer to singing and music, at the same time likened the fast and whimsical flight of clouds and whirling whirlwinds - a frantic dance rushing to the sounds of heavenly choirs. From here arose a variety of mythical legends about songs, playing musical instruments and dancing thunderous spirits, the legend of the air harp and belief in the magical power of singing and music. The gods, the lords of thunderstorms, blizzards and winds, were revered as the inventors of musical instruments. Muses, in their original meaning, were nothing more than cloud singers and dancers. Slovaks believe that the sky whirlwinds and rustling oak groves taught the person to sing.

COURT(Usud) is the deity of fate. In ancient monuments, the word "judgment" is directly used in the meaning of fate. For example, in "The Lay of Igor's Campaign" it is said: "Neither khytru, nor much, nor a bird, much of God's judgment has passed." The court holds in its hands everything good and destructive, its sentences cannot be avoided either by intelligence or cunning.

FATE- the female hypostasis of the Court, the goddess of the outcome of life. A person could create his own destiny, in contrast to karna - the path previously traced in heaven.

Sune(Surya) - The sun, the deity of the sun. Apparently, one of the names of the god Khors - the sun after the summer solstice, when you can collect medicinal herbs and prepare medicinal drinks (surya). “We prayed to Beles, our Father, to send the horses of Surya into the sky, so that Surya would ascend above us to spin the eternal golden wheels. For she is our Sun, illuminating our houses, and before him the face of the hearths in our houses is pale. "(Velesov book).

CHEESE-EARTH MOTHER- the goddess of the earth or the Earth itself, a fertile mother, the spouse of Heaven. The Summer Sky embraces the Earth, scatters the treasures of its rays and waters on it, and the Earth becomes fertile and bears fruit. Unwarmed by the warmth of spring, unbroken by the rains, it is unable to produce anything. In winter, it turns to stone from the cold and becomes barren. The image was often used in folk art. “Sweet speeches of the god of love, the eternally young god Yarila, rush in the sun's rays. “Oh, you goy you. Mother of Cheese Earth! Love me, the light god, for your love I will decorate you with blue seas, yellow sands, green ant, scarlet, azure flowers; you will give birth to a myriad of lovely children ... "(PI Melnikov-Pechersky. "In the woods").

TARA (Tarusa, Tarina, Taya, Tabiti, Bereginya) - Goddess-keeper of Sacred Groves, Forests, Oak and Sacred Trees - Oak, Cedar, Elm, Birch and Ash. Tara is the younger sister of Dazhdbog. She watches over the Slavic Land and if some misfortune happens, she comes to the rescue with her brother.

Goddess Tara, told people what trees should be used for construction. In addition, she taught people to plant new forest plantations in place of felled trees, so that new trees needed for construction would grow for their descendants.

The Pole Star among the Slavs and Aryans was called Tara

We meet the image of Tara in "The Tale of Finist the Clear Falcon": ... the girl is red, her eyes glow blue, and her blond braid touches the ground, she looked at Nastenka with a kind look ...

Gifts and Trebs are presented to her. Seeds and grains are laid on the fiery altar for a bountiful harvest necessary to nourish people. On this day, a service is held in her honor and the Great Bratchina is a joint meal, tea, a feast, participating in the holiday. The dishes are brought by the participants, which they have created with their own hands for the common table. Before the beginning of the Great Meal, a little is taken from each dish in order to bring the Sacrifice to the Goddess Tara and the rest of the Gods and Ancestors.

Among the Old Believers, the Goddess Tara is very revered and beloved, bloodless sacrifices were and are being brought to her.

Tara symbol: Vaiga is a solar natural sign that personifies the Goddess Tara. This wise Goddess protects the four Higher Spiritual Paths along which man walks. But these Paths are also open to the four Great Winds, which seek to prevent a person from achieving his goal.

A small excursion into history:

The cult of the goddess Ishtar or Astarte or As Tara was widespread several thousand years ago throughout the entire territory from the Pacific to the Atlantic oceans.
As Tara - Goddess of earth and fertility (a unified concept in Nature).
Tara in the meaning of "arable land" has survived almost to the present day.
The military estate of the Cossacks who had land plots was called "taranchi".

In Russia, to this day, there have been preserved places associated with the Goddess Tara, this is the city and the river Tara, located in the Omsk region. In the Tara tract, in the 70-80s, excavations of the temple complex of the goddess Tara were carried out.
Also in the Kaluga region there is a city and a river Tarusa.

Slavic legends about Tara:

God Mithra, saved the Clans Rassen and Svyatorus from drought, gave them water and food and showed which Clans to which flourishing lands to move. For the fact that Mithra saved Rod, the dark forces chained him to the Caucasus mountains and sent wild influxes to peck at his flesh. Mithra was between Life and Death for three days. From the Svyatorus Clans, a squad of three of the best warriors was elected, led by the Priestess - Warrior As "Tara. She led the soldiers to the place of Mithra's torment, where the dark forces were defeated, freed Mithra from the shackles, revived him with the Power of her Love, and then on the Fiery Divine The chariot ascended to Heaven with Mithra.Since that time, many Clans of Southern Scythia revered As "Tara as the Goddess of the Highest Saving Love and Rebirth. Hence the legends appeared that the crucified Gods were resurrected on the third day, tk. in the Caucasus Mountains, Tarkh Dazhdbog was also crucified, saved by the Swan Jiva.

Tarkh Dazhdbog fought with dark forces and they asked for mercy, truce and made a feast. At the feast, Tarkh was poured with Sleeping Potion in his drink, and when he fell asleep, they chained him to the Caucasian mountains so that predatory horses and animals would torment his flesh. The Goddess Jiva freed him from the shackles, transferred him on her Swan Wings to the Tara tract to the confluence of Rata and Iriya, where, together with Tarkh's sister, the Goddess Tara, they healed his bodily wounds, and the Goddess Jiva breathed new strength into him with the power of Supreme Saving Love and Revival and Life, after which the wedding of Tarkh Dazhdbog and the Goddess Jiva took place. Dazhdbog, like Mitra, was chained to the Caucasus Mountains for three days and was between Life and Death.

TRIGLAV- the main pagan deity of many tribes of the ancient Slavs, the lord of three kingdoms, three worlds: Rule, Yavi, Navi (i.e. the air kingdom, cloudy dungeons and thunderous hell). For the Czechs, Triglav has three goat heads, which testifies to its thundering significance (a goat is an animal dedicated to Thor). In Szczecin, the three-headed idol of Triglav stood on the main of the three hills and had a band of gold in front of his eyes, which is associated with the involvement of this deity in fortune telling and predicting the future. According to different mythological traditions, different gods were included in Triglav. In Novgorod in the 9th century, the Great Triglav consisted of Svarog, Perun and Sventovit, and earlier (before the resettlement of the Western Slavs to the Novgorod lands) - from Svarog, Perun and Veles. In Kiev, apparently - from Perun, Dazhbog and Stribog. The Lesser Triglavs were made up of the gods below on the hierarchical ladder. In Christianity, monotheism is reflected in Triglav (God the father, God the son, God the holy spirit).

TROYAN- a pagan deity, in ancient monuments they mention him along with Perun, Khors and Volos. The name Troyan was formed from the word "three", "three", and it is very likely that it is identical with Triglav. According to one of the variants of Serbian tradition, Troyan had three heads and wax wings, and goat ears, which probably symbolized seeing and hearing in the three worlds. " During the fortune-telling of the black horse, Triglav was led three times through nine spears, laid on the ground. In the South Slavic and, possibly, East Slavic traditions, the three-headed character is Troyan "(V.Ya. Petrukhin). In Serbian fairy tales, one head of Troyan devours people, the other - animals, the third - fish, which symbolizes his connection with the three kingdoms with the cult of leaving the world of Reveal.

TOUR- the embodiment of Perun; "on their law-abiding cathedrals of a certain Tura-Satan and predicted godly stingy people inventively remember "(Synopsis). The word "tour" is inseparable from the concepts of fast movement and impetuous pressure. In the further, derived meaning of this word, "ardent tur" is a brave, mighty warrior.

PLEASURE(Oslad) - the god of feasting (from the verb "to delight"); companion of Lada, the goddess of pleasure and love; patron of the arts. "Delight, seducing with one view ... "(M. Kheraskov. "Vladimiriada"). He was revered as the patron saint of all pleasures and amusements, the god of luxury, feasts, amusements, and especially dining, savory delights. His idol, by the will of Vladimir I, was erected and then destroyed in Kiev. “... No matter how many universities there were at that time, not one of these students was taken by Lada to the kingdom of Chernobogovo, but was escorted there incessantly by Delight ... it is better, leaving Delight, to sacrifice wisely and carefully to Lada, which often makes up the happiness of young scientists , and Delight - never, plunging them into contempt and eternal poverty "(M. D. Chulkov. "Mockingbird, or Slavic Tales").

FLINZ- God of death. They portrayed him in different ways. Sometimes they represented him as a skeleton (skeleton), a mantle hung from his left shoulder, and in his right he held a long pole, at the end of which was a torch. On his left shoulder was a lion, which with its two front paws rested on the head, with the one on the back against the shoulder, and with the other on the arm of the skeleton. The Slavs thought that this lion was forcing them to die. Another way of portraying him was the same, only with the difference that they represented him not as a skeleton, but as a living body.

FORTUNE- the goddess, wife of Portun, his female hypostasis, the patroness of the fate of sailors.

HOP- plant and god; a plant from which a divine drink is prepared. “I say to you, man: I’m hop ... I’m strong, more than all the fruits of the earth, from the root you are strong, and abundant, and the great tribe, and my mother was created by God, but I have lumps of legs, and the womb I am not necklaced, but I have a high head, and my tongue has many words, and my mind is rosy, but both eyes I have gloomy, easy-going, and I am proud of myself, and is rich, and my hands hold the whole earth ”(Old Russian parable).

Horses(Korsha, Kore, Korsh) - Old Russian deity of the sun and solar disk, the sun after the autumn solstice, taking over from Dazhdbog. He is best known among the southeastern Slavs, where the sun simply reigns over the rest of the world. It is no coincidence that in "The Lay of Igor's Regiment" Khors is mentioned precisely in connection with the south, with Tmutarakan, where Khors is still strong in the fall. Prince Vseslav, making his way at night to Tmutarakan, "To the great Horsovi you will retrace the path with a wolf", that is, he was in time before sunrise. It is believed that the southern city of Korsun also got its name from this word (originally Khoros or Khorsun). Khors are dedicated to two very large Slavic pagan holidays a year (also associated with Svetovid, Yarila-Yarovit, etc.) - the days of the autumn and winter solstices in September (when a cart wheel was necessarily rolled down from the mountain to the river - a solar sign of the sun, symbolizing a rollback the sun for the winter) and in December (when the newborn Kolyada was honored, taking business from Khors, etc.). Some sources claim that this god was a Slavic Aesculapius, others - like Bacchus in terms of the ripening of the new harvest wine). At the same time, there is a point of view according to which Hora is not associated with the sun, but with the time period indicated above.

CHERNOBOG- a terrible deity, the beginning of all misadventures and pernicious cases. Chernobog was portrayed wearing armor. With a face filled with rage, he held a spear in his hand, ready for defeat or more - for inflicting all kinds of evil. This terrible spirit not only horses and prisoners were sacrificed, but also people who were deliberately provided for this. And as all the national disasters were attributed to him, in such cases they prayed to him to avert evil. Chernobog lives in hell. Chernobog and Belobog are always fighting, they cannot defeat each other, day and night replace each other - the personification of these deities. The wrath of Chernobog can only be tamed by the Magi. “Chernobog comes rustling with weapons; / This fierce spirit left the bloody fields, / Where he glorified himself with barbarism and fury; / Where the bodies were scattered to the beasts; / Between trophies where death wove crowns, / They sacrificed their horses to him, / When the Russians asked for victories "(M. Kheraskov. "Vladimiriada").

NUMBER God- the god of the moon and number counting. The Slavs determined the period of Chislobog's Circle at 144 years, each year had its own solar sign. The villagers went out to meet the new month and turned to him with prayers for happiness, health and harvest. As good omens were associated with the rising of the sun, and bad ones with the sunset, so the month was given a happy meaning during the period of its growth and an unhappy one during the period of damage. The belittling of the moon was explained by the destructive influence of old age or the action of a hostile force.

CHUR(Tsur) - ancient god hearth, protecting the boundaries of land holdings-border. He was asked to keep the lines in the fields. The word "chur" is still used in the meaning of prohibition. They call out to him during fortune-telling, games, etc. ("Chur me!"). Chur sanctifies property rights (“Chur mine!"). He also determines the quantity and quality of the required work ("Over the edge!"). Churka - a wooden image of Chur. Chur is an ancient mythical creature. Chur is one of the most ancient names given to the house (penate), i.e. a fire blazing on the hearth, the guardian of the patrimonial property. Belarusians say that each owner has his own Chur - a god who protects the boundaries of his land holdings; at the boundaries of their plots, they pour earth mounds, enclosing them with a palisade, and no one dares to tear such a mound for fear of angering the deity.

YUTRABOG- according to some sources, one of Belbog's nicknames, according to Frenzel, Yutrabog corresponds to Aurora or is her male hypostasis - he produces the name of this god from the word "morning".

Even- in Polish records of the 15th century. there is a mention of three deities: Lada, Leli and Yazhe. The combination of these three deities is not devoid of a logical connection, all of them, due to the functions attributed to them, are associated with an increase in solar heat, with the sowing and ripening season: Lada and Lelya personified the spring-summer prosperity of nature, and Yazhe - that chthonic force, without the participation of which the sun cannot could rise above the horizon.

YARILO(Yar, Yarovit, Ruevit) - the god of spring thunderstorms, or the sun itself from spring to summer solstice; personifies the spring fertilizing power. It combines the concepts of: spring light and warmth; young, impetuous, to the point of fury excited strength; love passion, lasciviousness and fertility are concepts that are inseparable from the ideas of spring and its thunderous phenomena and the beginning of the upcoming harvest. The root of the word "yar" was associated with male power, male seed. In "The Lay of Igor's Campaign" the epithets yar, bui, tour assigned to the names of the most brave princes... He is presented young, handsome, riding across the sky on a white horse and in a white robe; on his head he has a wreath of spring wildflowers, in his left hand he holds a handful of rye ears, bare feet. In the spring, celebrated "yarilki", which ended with the funeral of Yarila. In an admonition to the people of Voronezh, Tikhon wrote: “One can see from all the circumstances of this holiday. that there was some kind of ancient idol called the name Yarilo, which in these countries was revered as a god ... And others call this holiday ... a game "; further it is reported that people expect this holiday as an annual celebration, dress in the best dress and indulge in excesses. Yarila has a special role in agricultural rituals, especially in spring. Where Yarilo passes - there will be a good harvest, at whom he looks - love flares up in his heart. “Yarilo dragged himself all over the world, gave birth to corn in the field, gave birth to children for people. And where he is with his foot, there is a mop of corn, and where he looks, there an ear will bloom. "(folk song). “Light and power. God Yarilo. The Red Sun is ours! You are not more beautiful in the world "(AN Ostrovsky. "Snow Maiden").

YAROVIT(Gerovit) is a thunderbolt that slays demons. As a heavenly warrior, Yarovit presented himself with an abusive shield, but at the same time he was also the creator of all fertility. Yarovit's shield with gold plaques on the wall of the sanctuary in Wolgast could not be moved from its place in peacetime; in the days of the war, the shield was carried in front of the army. The cult center of Yarovita was surrounded by banners during the holiday in his honor. The spring festival of fertility was also dedicated to Yarovit; on behalf of Yarovit the priest, according to the testimony of the biography of St. Otgon, uttered the following words during the sacred rite: “I am your God, I am the one who dresses the fields with ant and the forests with leaves: in my power are the fruits of the fields and trees, the offspring of herds and everything that serves the benefit of man. All this I give to those who honor me and I take away from those who turn away from me. "

ASH(Jason, Hasson, Esse) - the god of light. The Czechs knew this god. Their name meant "bright", "red". The Polish historian Dlugosz calls it Esse, associating it with Jupiter.

YASSA- the deity of the Polyan Slavs and Herts. Yassa, Porevit and Grove, three deities that are part of Slavic polytheism, but whose distinctive properties and affiliations, as well as the way of serving them, are difficult to describe due to the lack of written sources or oral traditions.

ROD - Slavic God. The Almighty Almighty, the Almighty is the beginning and the cause of all living and nonliving in this world, he is in everyone, from here are such Native and important words for every Slav as MOTHER, NATURE, SPRING, etc. Identifies many Gods and Ancestors, he one and plural at the same time, when we remember all our ancestors: Fathers, Grandfathers, Great-grandfathers and Great-great-grandfathers, we say - this is our KIND.
The genus is the most revered of the Slavic gods, and its image is the strongest amulet.

BelBog is the light hypostasis of the supreme God of the Slavs of the Clan, the embodiment of light. God of luck and happiness, embodying the universal forces of preservation and creation. He is the God of a bright and spring day, Happy life... Previously, our ancestors, the Slavs, did not start any serious business without glorifying Belobog. He is also considered a giver of wealth and fertility.

Svarog is the God of Heaven, the ruler and father of the rest of the light Gods.
Svarog is the patron saint and creator of heavenly and earthly fire, the patron saint and progenitor of the entire Slavic family.
Svarog - God the blacksmith who created the explicit world, the visible universe (hence the word: "bungle", that is, create, create something). Svarog sends the sun's rays to the earth, making it fertile, nourishing and warming the flora and fauna.

Lada - Female hypostasis of the Family. Goddess of love, beauty, marriage, abundance. The ancient Slavs called the name Lada not only the original goddess of love, but also the whole structure of life - Lad, where everything should be harmonious and well.
The wife called her beloved Lad, and he called her his Ladushka.

Svyatovid - many Slavic tribes honored Svyatovid as the god of victories and war. A special celebration was dedicated to Svyatovid - the name day of the barn, and they were celebrated only in autumn. Therefore, along with this, he was recognized as the god of fertility; prayers were sent to him for an abundance of earthly fruits and prosperity in the house and in the Family!

Perun God is a thunderer, a Slavic warrior, by his will he prevents the forces of Darkness from destroying the Light that keeps the Forces of Reveal and Navi in ​​balance. This is God who unites the Earth and Heaven with his Fiery Arrows, chasing evil spirits with a strong lightning, and the golden one fertilizing the fields. Perun is the god of thunder and fair power, the protector of the Slavic lands and the patron saint of fearless warriors, the son of God Svarog and the Goddess Lada. His path is the path of righteousness, alien to all wickedness and lies. The one who follows him will certainly receive immortal glory and great power.

Makosh (Mokosh) - The Great Goddess. She possesses the secret Rule, the secret Destiny of all living on this earth. Both people and Gods obey her orders. She patronizes women in their household chores. Also, all sorts of divination and fortune-telling cannot do without Mokosh, here she is revealed as the "Mother of the Lot" and "Goddess of Fate" fortune-telling, magic, being under the auspices of this Goddess.

Makosh is a spinner, she spins the threads of fate into a ball, and, depending on our actions, weaves Dolya (good deeds) and nadolya (bad deeds and actions) into our ball of fate.

Makosh is also the patroness of marriage and family happiness, because one of the special secrets entrusted only to Makosh were dreams of a betrothed.

Velez is one of the greatest gods the ancient world, God of wisdom and wealth, prophetic and great.
Veles is the giver of earthly goods and wealth, the trustee of farmers and merchants.
He is the spiritual mentor of wise magi and storytellers, the patron saint of travelers, shamans and magicians. Veles is also the owner of Navi, a guide of human souls to another other world, the keeper of the ancient knowledge of the Vedas and paths to the three worlds: Yav, Nav, Prav-Terrestrial, Underground, Heavenly. Depicted in a hat with horns or a horned helmet with a staff and a cornucopia in his hands.

Dazhdbog (Dazhbog) - Slavic God of white light, sun and heat. The giver of all blessings and the keeper of life on earth (hence his name Dazhdbog - the Giving God). Dazhdbog is the deliverer of people from the forces of the dark world of all wickedness. During the day, he rides across the sky on a golden chariot, holding the shield - the Sun - in his right hand, and at night he sails on a silver boat in the Underworld.

Alive - the Slavic Goddess, the personification of all earthly life, as well as fertile strength, youth, beauty, fertility and birth!
The Goddess is Alive, gives kindness, tenderness, warmth and attentiveness to pregnant women and nursing mothers, so she protects all girls who have yet to give birth to Slavic children.

Khors - the God of the Sun among the Slavs, the God of the solar disk, was widely revered in all Slavic lands. The ancestral memory transferred this god into such kind words as good, a round dance - the most ancient sacred dance, holding hands, and leading it, our ancestors thereby greeted Khors, merging with him with common energy and becoming a particle of God.

Until now, among many Slavic peoples, the solar disk is designated by the word "good".
And the ancient sanctuaries of Khors and other Gods were called mansions, hence the word Temple.

Yarilo - Slavic god of fertility, spring, an ardent god of awakening nature and the spring Sun, inspiration and youth, natural strength, love delight and battle rage. He is the very embodiment of the solar yari - a riot of vitality that raises ears of wheat filled with strength on arable land to the sky. In a person, it is embodied as a strong will to continue his Kin and the will to live in general.

Lel - love passion, the god of love and marriage. He was portrayed as a beautiful and cheerful fair-haired shepherd boy. Who, playing a gentle melody of love on his magic pipe, awakens passion in the hearts of Slavic youths and girls!

We still have the ancestral memory of this beautiful and cheerful god of innocent love passion, this word that we use to this day - "cherish", that is, love, undead ...

In some Slavic languages The stork, which was considered the sacred bird of Lelya, is called Lelka!

StriBog - the old God, the grandfather of the winds Deity of air, sky. This is an old and mighty God, whose dominion extends in the space between Heaven and Earth. Stribog controls elemental forces: lightning, winds, storms, whirlwinds and hurricanes. They turned to him if they wanted to influence the weather. Stribog was revered by the ancients as the exterminator of all kinds of evil intentions and atrocities. Mentioned in "The Lay of Igor's Campaign" "Behold the winds, Stribozh vnutsi, blowing arrows from the sea to the brave regiments of Igor"

Chur - God is the patron, protector of native lands, borders, protects the hearth of the home. He protects the ancestral possessions from unclean forces. Since ancient times, a conspiracy has been preserved from evil spirits and all kinds of troubles, which we still use, saying "Chur, me" or "Chur, on your tongue" to protect ourselves from an unkind word.
His name dates back to ancient times, when the Great Deified Ancestor was called Chura, the Ancestor.

Chernobog is the dark hypostasis of the supreme Slavic Deity of the Clan, Chernobog is the ruler of Navi, Darkness and the Pekelny kingdom.
It embodies the universal forces of destruction and change for subsequent rebirth at a new level.

Marena - in Slavic mythology, the goddess of death, responding with seasonal rituals of dying and resurrection of nature, as well as rituals for making rain. In the spring rituals of the Slavs, a straw effigy was called Marena - the embodiment of death (pestilence) and winter, which was drowned, burned during the celebration of the ancient Maslenitsa holiday at the time of the Spring Equinox, which was intended to ensure the harvest. You can ask Marena to destroy all the bad and bad things that have accumulated in you.

Triglav is the unity of the three main essences-hypostases of the gods and the embodiment of the ancient Slavic vision of the universal world - these three worlds are Yav, Nav, Prav. - Svarog (Rule), Perun (Yav) and Veles (Nav). This is the deity of the trinity of the way of the world, which reflects the very essence of our world order.

Well, and finally, a little about the Brownie:
In Russia, a brownie is directly called a master, a hostess. In fact, the brownie is the ideal of the owner, as the Russian understands him: he sees every little thing, tirelessly fusses and takes care that everything is in order and ready - here he will help the worker, there he will correct his mistake.

If he likes housing, he serves the household and their elder, looks after the whole house and yard "more than the master's eye", looks after family interests and cares about the property "more than a caring peasant."

The brownie cares only about his relatives, his home, his yard, and that's why he is called a brownie, this name indicates the space within which his power is honored and gifts and gifts are brought to him.

Slavic Gods- an embodied idea of ​​the World and world rules. Getting acquainted with the Slavic faith and traditions, of course, one cannot ignore the Slavic Gods. A deep understanding of the faith of our Ancestors begins with the knowledge of their characters.

Today there are various representations of who the Slavic Gods are. Some sources list many Gods and even those who are known to us from the myths of India or Egypt are referred to as Slavic. In other sources, on the contrary, they name only a few Slavic Gods, believing that our ancestors did not form a developed mythology. We will tell you about mythology and Slavic Gods as they say about it in the Russian North. Many ancient traditions, stories, fairy tales, Slavic myths have been preserved here, of which we know this.

Division of Slavic Gods into light and dark

Northern legends say that Rod, God the Creator, created the Slavic world and divided it into three parts: Rule, Reality and Nav. Bright Slavic Gods live in Prav. In Reveal - people and elemental Gods. There are dark Gods in Navi.

This division is simple, however, modern man often misunderstands it. We are accustomed to associating "light" with "good", and "darkness" with "evil." Therefore, many mistakenly believe that only the Slavic Gods of the world of Rule deserve veneration. The ancient Slavs treated the Navi Gods with no less respect than the Gods of the world of Rule, although they were afraid of them. However, in the Slavic picture of the world Navny, the Dark Gods are needed, one cannot do without them.

Slavic Gods of the world Rule

To the Slavic Gods we rule, first of all, Svarog, Heavenly Father, and Lada, Heavenly Mother. Their kids, Svarozhichi- one of the main characters of Slavic mythology. However, not all of their children live in the world of Pravi. For example, Stribog and Semargl appear more often in the world of Reveal, among people.

Of course, one of the most significant Slavic Gods of the world is Rule - Belobog, God of the White Light, God of Creation. Twin brothers Belobog and Chernobog symbolize the forces of creation and destruction, the balance of which is necessary for the development of the Slavic world, for movement forward.

Sign of God Svarog "Horse"

Sign of the Goddess Lada "Star of Lada"

Lada

Slavic Goddess Lada- Mother of the Gods, wife of God Svarog. For the Slavs, this Goddess became the embodiment of all the brightest, kind that can be in a family - harmony between spouses, okay children, folding and well-being of all home life... The sweetest, merciful and understandable Slavic Goddess. When we think of a Slavic woman - a spouse, mother, sister - then the most appropriate way will be the face of the Divine Mother Lada. Do you want to know more about the Goddess Lada, about her symbols, signs, about holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Goddess Lada - Slavic Goddess of love and beauty»

Sign of God Belobog "Light-flight"

Belobog

Slavic God Belobog- the twin brother of God Chernobog. Our world is based on this love and struggle of two brothers, as our ancestors believed. This view is similar to the global view of the unity and struggle of opposites. Belobog is the one on which the whole white light rests (this can be seen even from his name). Not the Sun, not the Moon, but a comprehensive view of life, growth, development, movement. Thus, God Belobog is the personification of all that is the basis of manifest life. Do you want to know more about God Belobog, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rituals of glorification? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Belobog - the patron god of the Slavs»

Sign of God Chur "Guardian amulet"

Chur

Slavic God Chur familiar to everyone, even not interested in Slavic mythology. A well-known expression - amulet: "Chur, mind me!" appeals to our ancient Guardian God, God Chur. It is believed that this God keeps what belongs to man by right, draws the line between "mine, ours" and "someone else's." Turning to this God helped to preserve their possessions, protected from wrong actions, saved from troubles and enemies. In our language, “to wake up” still means “to think better of something wrong and not useful”. God Chur is sometimes considered the Primordial Ancestor, from whom all Slavic clans were led - in the pantheon he is not revered as the son of God Dazhdbog, but is a common unifying symbol. Do you want to know more about God Chura, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rituals of glorification? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Chur - God is the keeper of Slavic families»

Sign of the Goddess Alive "Summer oblique cross"

Alive

Slavic Goddess Alive- the wonderful daughter of the Goddess Lada. Spouse of God Dazhdbog, Slavic births went from her children. The Goddess is Alive for the Slavs - like a sip of living water, pouring into a person the opportunity to live, love, give birth to their own kind. This is the personification of the flow of vitality that allows the baby to grow up, the boy and the girl - to become a father and mother. From the appeal to the Goddess Zhiva, wounds are healed, health returns, the joy of life pours in. In a word, this is the Goddess who brings Life. Do you want to know more about the Goddess Zhiva, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Alive - the great Goddess of Life, Goddess of Summer»

Badge of the Goddess Leli "Lelnik"

Lyolya

Young and beautiful Slavic Goddess Lyolya- the one that embodies for the Slavs all the charm of a young smile, a sonorous voice and an easy gait. The goddess Lelia is the spring that descends to earth together with the Yarilo-Sun. The embodiment of these blossoming natural forces, restoring man after a long and dark winter, has been preserved in our culture in the form of the Guardian Goddess. The sign of the Goddess Leli is often found in traditional embroideries and is called the "berekinaya". All spring chants, round dances and sonorous songs are dedicated to her - the smiling and affectionate Goddess Lele. Do you want to know more about the Goddess Lele, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Slavic Goddess Lelya - Goddess of Spring»

Sign of God Lelya and God Polel "Palm guardian"

Lel and Polel

Many people know the Slavic God Lelya based on the fairy tale "Snow Maiden", where he, in the guise of a shepherdess, played melodies of love on an uncomplicated horn. And this is perhaps the only image that is allowed by the official culture. Meanwhile, over the centuries, the people's memory kept the image of God - a beautiful youth who kindled love in the hearts of people. God Lel is beautiful as the image of a loved one in the eyes of a woman in love. What is important - God Lel is at the same time the twin brother of God Polelya... This God rules in the hearts of already betrothed people who have created their own family, patronizes happy marriage... So the brothers embody those relationships that contribute to happiness: God Lel is the God of love, God Polel is the God of a happy family. Do you want to know more about the Gods Lele and Polele, about their symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Lel and Polel - two Gods, without which happiness is inconceivable»

Sign of God Kvasura "Obezhnik"

Kvasura

Slavic God Kvasura embodies the now forgotten culture of fun without alcohol intoxication, food intake without gluttony, holidays without "massacre". A moderate attitude to bodily pleasures while maintaining the joy of life is what is put into the image of God Kvasura. To be healthy, to be cheerful, to lead a healthy lifestyle without the use of amusing and intoxicating substances is what the Slavic God of fun reminds us of. It is this image that is easiest to turn to when you want to straighten your life, get health and freedom from addictions!Do you want to know more about God Kvasur, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Kvasura - Slavic God of Fun and Moderation»

The sign of the God Kitovras "Kolohort"

Kitovras

Slavic God Kitovras- an amazing creature from old myths. The representative of the fabulous people that we know from Greek myths - the God Kitovras is described as a centaur, half-man, half-horse. It would seem that all this is far from our lands, but it is in the north that the Kargopol clay toy "Polkan" is still being made. This figurine, oddly enough, represents exactly a centaur. About Polkan, or, in other words, about Kitovras, this is what the people say: that he was such a storyteller that people and animals, listening to him, left in thoughts, and then in bodies, into the world about which this bayun sang. That, they say, before Kitovras was a great warrior - a magician and even a commander, and won many battles, and did not lose a single one; but suddenly, at the zenith of glory, he dropped everything and walked through the lands and villages with a kalika crossing, and began to say fairy tales... And his tales were so soulful and reasonable that they gradually began to call Polkan the God of Wisdom. NSWould you like to learn more about the God Kitovras, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rituals of glorification? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Kitovras - Slavic God of Wisdom»

Slavic Gods of the world of Reveal

Slavic Gods also live in the world of Reveal! First of all, the elemental Gods: Agidel, Goddess of Water; Semargl, God of fire; Stribog, God of the Wind, his children and grandchildren, for example, a warm breeze Dogoda; Mother Cheese Earth, one of the most revered Slavic Goddesses.

There are other Slavic Gods who appear most often in the world of Reveal. Sun God Horse and his sister Divia, Goddess of the Moon. Container- the Slavic Goddess of the Guiding Star (Pole Star), its bright light in the old days did not allow travelers to go astray. We often see lightning in Reveal Perun and the rich rains that his wife sends Diva-Dodola.

Sign of God Khors "Firefighter"

Horse

Slavic God Horse- God rule, whom, fortunately, we see in our world in the firmament. When you look at the Sun, at its luminous image, you see the manifestation of the Slavic God Khors. There are other solar Gods (Kolyada, Yarilo, Kupala, Avsen), and the God of white light Belbog, and the God of reflected light Dazhdbog, but only God Khors is the very Sun in its bodily manifest form. Beautiful fairy tales about God Horse tell that once the Creator Rod gave the day under his control, and every God morning God Horse goes to heaven in his sparkling chariot, and every evening ends up being in a black boat, in a black underground the river returns to its mansions - in order to shine again in the morning and give warmth to all living things on earth.Do you want to know more about God Horse, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Horse - Slavic God of the Sun Disc»

Sign of the Goddess Divia "Lunnitsa"

Divia

Slavic Goddess Divia - our beautiful friend Luna. It is the manifestation of this Goddess that we see in our world in the form of either a thin sickle or a full circle. Goddess Divya-Luna is the embodiment of mystery, changeability and predictive power. This Goddess is the patroness of Fortunetellers, Sorcerers, all Knowing. In the explicit world, her influence extends to women, determining the rhythms of life. The Beautiful Goddess is the twin of God Khors, who, by the will of the Creator Sort, is given control of the night time. Every night the Moon Goddess leaves in her white chariot to the sky and every morning she returns to her place, giving way to her brother in the sky. But, according to legend, she asked the God of Heaven Dyya for permission to sometimes see her brother - therefore sometimes we see them meeting over our heads.Do you want to know more about the Goddess Divia, about her symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Divia - Slavic Goddess of the Moon»

Sign of God Dyya "Wealth amulet"

Smoke

Slavic God Smoke in our mythology - an ambiguous personality. Most likely, a different attitude towards wealth gave rise to a variety of explanations of the properties and incarnations of this God. We know from myths that God Dy is the twin brother of God Viy, one of the darkest and most mysterious Gods of Navi. It is believed that God Dyi was born by a bright God at the dawn of time and is the embodiment of Heaven above our heads. It is believed that God Dyj is simultaneously the Patron of Wealth and Prosperity - and we can understand this, since for our ancestors what happened in heaven directly influenced the lives of people and the well-being of every family. Do you want to know more about God Dyya, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Dyi - Slavic God of Wealth and Prosperity»

Sign of God Svyatogor "God"

Svyatogor

Slavic God Svyatogor known according to myths as a God-hero of enormous growth. Late mentions of him are found even in the epics about Ilya Muromets. Probably, in the image of this God we find some memories of the former race of people of enormous stature - the mythologies of many peoples tell about giants. In the Slavic epic, God Svyatogor is known as the one who holds heaven on his shoulders. In Greek mythology, he is known as Atlas - the same one to which Hercules came to accomplish another feat. Do you want to know more about God Svyatogor, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article "Svyatogor - the Slavic keeper of the Sky »

Sign of God Stribog "Bird amulet"

Stribog

Slavic God Stribog- the elemental God of Air, the embodiment of the winds blowing around Mother Earth. According to Slavic mythology, Stribog is the son of the mighty Svarog, born by him during the first battle of Pravi and Navi. This famous battle took place when Rod decided to divide the Gods for different tasks. At that time, Svarog hit the Alatyr stone with his hammer, and from these sparks two twin brothers were born: Stribog, the God of Wind and Semargl, the God of Fire. Thus, God Stribog is one of the oldest Gods, the Father of the veterinarians. They turn to God Stribog as to an obvious element that helps a person to live in harmony with Nature.Do you want to know more about God Stribog, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Stribog - Slavic God of the elements of Air, God of the wind»

Sign of God Semargl "Rarog"

Semargl

Slavic God Semargl- the elemental God of Fire, the embodiment of the forces of earthly fire and heavenly fire. According to Slavic mythology, Semargl is the son of the mighty Svarog, born by him during the first battle of Pravi and Navi, the twin brother of the God of wind Stribog.God Semargl is thus one of the oldest Gods, the ruler of all fire. They turn to God Semarglu as to an obvious element that helps a person to live in harmony with Nature.Do you want to know more about God Semargl, about his symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Semargl - Slavic God of the elements of Fire»

Sign of God Perun "Gromovnik"

Perun

Slavic God Perun- the formidable son of Svarog the blacksmith, the mighty protector of Reveal, God the Thunderer and Lada, the Heavenly Mother. God Perun is one of the most famous Slavic Gods, he is revered as the patron saint of warriors, the protector of the World of Yavi. They tell stories about the different deeds of God Perun, one of the most important is the battle with the spawn of Chaos, the Skipper Serpent. Many signs with the power of this Slavic God are known, the holiday of Perun is now celebrated as a day of military prowess. We see the phenomenon of Perun during a thunderstorm - flashing lightning and heavenly thunder.Do you want to know more about God Perun, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Perun - Slavic God of Thunder and Justice»

Sign of the Goddess Diva-Dodola "Perunitsa"

Diva-Dodola

Slavic Goddess Diva-Dodola, also known as Perunitsa - the Slavic Goddess of the Thunderstorm, the wife of the warlike Perun. According to the ideas of the Slavs, it is during a thunderstorm that this Goddess appears in the sky, surrounded by her priestesses, her bright progress across the sky is accompanied by heavy rain and bad weather, but it always goes to a clear sky and a rainbow bridge. This Goddess manifests as a natural phenomenon and as a world cleansing force leading to tranquility through the storm.Do you want to know more about the Goddess Diva-Dodola, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Diva-Dodola - Slavic Goddess of the Thunderstorm»

Sign of God Yarilo "Yarovik"

Yarilo

Slavic God Yarilo (Yarila)- Slavic God of the spring Sun, the son of God Veles. Many mythological ideas have survived about God Yaril, mainly because among the people his veneration was hidden under the cult of St. George. God Yarilo, thus, manifests itself as a spring sun, giving rise to seedlings, as a life-giving force of Nature and, what is important, as a protective force, male rage, as the embodiment of the power of love and life. God Yarilo is known as the patron saint of men and, interestingly, as the lord of wolves.Do you want to know more about God Yarilo, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rituals of glorification? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Yarilo - Slavic God of the spring Sun»

Sign of God Dazhdbog "Straight cross"

Dazhdbog

Slavic God Dazhboga (Dazhboga) many people know from the well-known statement in the "Lay of Igor's Campaign": "We are Dazhdbog's grandchildren!" It is believed that from the marriage of God Dazhdbog and the Goddess Zhiva, Arius was born, from whom the Slavic clans went. They revered God Dazhdbog as the progenitor of the Slavic clan, as a warrior-protector, but most of all as a deity of light, fertility and, as a result, life's blessings. It is in the manifestation of the reflected solar light that we see God Dazhdbog in Reveal. Some believe that the name of the Slavic God Dazhdbog is associated with rain, but this is not true. The name of this God is derived from "God forbid." Do you want to know more about God Dazhdbog, about his symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then please welcome here for a great article.Dazhdbog - Slavic solar God»

Sign of the Goddess Tara "Vaiga"

Container

Slavic Goddess Container considered the twin sister of Dazhbog, who is sometimes called Tarkh Perunovich. As the twins Khors and Divia, manifesting in the form of opposite phenomena (the Sun and the Moon), so Dazhdbog and Tara manifest themselves at different times of the day: Dazhdbog owns the reflected sunlight, and Tara manifests itself in the night as a guiding Pole Star. The goddess Tara was revered as the patroness of travelers, opening roads and helping to choose a direction. Since the roads of travelers can pass through forests, at the same time the Goddess Tara was considered the patroness of sacred oak forests. Do you want to know more about the Slavic Goddess Tara, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Slavic Goddess Tara - Goddess of the guiding star »

Sign of God Dogoda "Gateway"

Dogoda

Slavic God Dogoda little known among the great Gods of the Slavic pantheon. Nevertheless, this slightly frivolous, agile and cheerful son of Stribog was revered as the God of Good Weather. The life of our ancestors depended on nature and weather conditions, so this natural manifestation of God's mercy made the people happy. There are few legends about him, but nowadays, more than ever, we are ready to welcome the beautiful God Dogoda! Do you want to know more about God Dogoda, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article “Slavic God Dogoda - God of good weather, let's call him together!»

Sign of the Goddess Agidel "Heavenly Beds"

Agidel

Slavic Goddess Agidel, the granddaughter of God Svarog, is known in the north as the Goddess of Water. Our ancestors depended on water bodies, in the north, fishing was one of the main industries, so different types of water were endowed with different divine properties. Slavic mythology knows the Waters, Mermaids, even the sea king, the Goddess Dana and the Gods of large rivers (for example, God Don). The goddess Agidel is, first of all, the mythological savior of the earth from drought, who discovered the world's waters, a girl who turned into river water. Thus, the Goddess Agidel is not the goddess of a particular reservoir, but rather a manifestation of the divine properties of the water element, merciful to man. Do you want to know more about the Slavic Goddess Agidel, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Agidel - Slavic Goddess of water»

Sign of God Avsen "Tausen"

Avsen

Slavic God Avsen known primarily as the God of the Autumn Sun. Autumn harvest festival, thanksgiving to the Gods for the harvest, farewell to summer - for our ancestors this meant the arrival of autumn and Avsen. God Avsen was endowed with calm wisdom - this is the oldest (and oldest) of the solar Gods, who ruled the world for a quarter of a year. On the day of the winter solstice, God Avsen transfers the reins of government to his brother Kolyada, the young Winter Sun. Thus, God Avsen manifests itself as an autumn year period, as the Sun and as the law of withering of what was once young. It is surprising that at the same time God Avsen is a builder of bridges to the future. Do you want to know more about God Avsen, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you here, to the big article "Avsen (Ovsen) - the Slavic God of Autumn"

Sign of God Kupalo "Fern color"

Kupalo

Slavic God Kupalo (Kupala) manifests itself in our world on the shortest night of the year. God Kupalo takes control of the world and is the God of the Summer Sun, the ruler of the annual period until the autumn equinox. The manifestation of God is a natural fall from its very limit, from the greatest height to the state of calm “reaping the fruits”. In Slavic mythology, God Kupalo is the brother of the Goddess Kostroma, who experienced a terrible spell in childhood, which determined the subsequent difficult circumstances of life. Do you want to know more about God Kupalo, about his symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article "God Kupalo or Kupala - the Slavic God of the Summer Sun"

Slavic Gods of the world Navi

Lord Navi - Chernobog, brother of Belobog. This dark God is not at all at war with his brother, he is only doing his work, which is very important, but unappreciated by many: Chernobog destroys what has no place in the world of Revelation.

Other Slavic Gods of the Navi world also exist in order to prevent the world from stopping in development. In addition, it is the Naval Gods who guard the world of the dead and stand on the border between an ordered world and chaos. We refer to the Slavic Gods Navi Moreno, Koscheya, Via... Even the Slavic God of the Winter Sun Kolyada spends most of his time in Navi's world.

Sign of God Viy "All-Seeing Eye"

Viy

Slavic God Viy known by the work of N.V. Gogol, where Viy is a chthonic monster, an all-seeing monster. I must say that this literary character has almost nothing in common with the Slavic deity that our people remember. According to the ancient Slavic myths that we are recreating at the present time, God Viy is one of the oldest Gods created by the Creator Rod at the dawn of time. God Viy prefers Nav - the world of Spirits, where Souls leave and from where they come to Reality. God Viy is a powerful wizard, gloomy, but striving to restore order. Slavic myths consider God Viy "the shepherd of souls" - the very power that makes souls cleanse themselves of obvious hardships, undergo purification by fire and be reborn again. Do you want to know more about God Viy, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article "Viy God is the Keeper of Souls among the Slavs"

Sign of God Chernobog "Navnik"

Chernobog

Slavic God Chernobog perceived by some as a villain and an enemy of humanity. It is believed that the twin brother of the light God Belobog, who embodies everything light and good, Chernobog embodies the opposite principle - darkness and evil. This is a too simple and incorrect idea of ​​two opposite principles. So in a pair of Khors-Diviya, or Dazhdbog-Tara, you can find light and darkness. But who said that this is good and evil? The idea of ​​Chernobog will be correct if you think of him as the destructive beginning of our worlds, about who takes on the role of the destroyer of the old and obsolete. Chernobog is the governing force in the Navi World, and that is why he was revered by our ancestors on a par with Belobog. Do you want to know more about God Chernobog, about his symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you here, to the big article "God Chernobog - Slavic God of Destruction"

Sign of the Goddess Morena "Winter oblique cross

Moraine

Slavic Goddess Morena (Marena, Mora)- is familiar to many from the Maslenitsa holiday, at which "Morena-winter" is chased away and a straw effigy is burned. The Goddess of Winter Morena is also the Goddess of death, which is understandable. This is the Goddess Navi, considered the wife of the ruler of this world, God Chernobog. You should not imagine the Goddess Morena in the form of a terrible old woman - on the contrary, in Slavic myths this is a young black-haired beauty, full of strength and intentions. Also, do not oversimplify the perception of this Goddess - it is known from Slavic myths that she is the daughter of Svarog, the Supreme God of the world, Rule and the beautiful and kind Lada. Do you want to know more about the Slavic Goddess Morena, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article “Goddess Morena - Slavic Goddess of Winter and Death »

Sign of God Koshchei "Koschyun"

Koschey

Slavic God Koschey is often perceived as the same "Kosha" from a Soviet fairy tale film. Slavic mythology is much deeper and more wise than mass cliches. God Koschey is an associate of God Chernobog, who left with him during the battle of Light and Darkness that took place in time immemorial. God Koschey is a voivode of rati, whose task is to cleanse those living unrighteously; every night he leaves Navi for Yav to restore justice and take souls so that they have the opportunity to start living anew. The Slavic God Koschey is a just, punishing God of Death. Do you want to know more about God Koschey, about his symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you here, to the big article "Koschey the Immortal - Slavic God of Death"

Sign of God Trojan "Healer"

Trojan

Slavic God Trojan causes both interest and bewilderment. There is a known "trinity idol" on the island of Rugen (Ruyan), but we are not talking about him. From Slavic myths, we know the son of God Veles and a human woman, who was so eager for knowledge of healing that in the end Troyan was compared with the Gods. After his departure to Nav, Troyan was reborn and recognized by God. Since that time, the great God Troyan is known as the God of healing. Want to know more about the Trojan God, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you here, to the big article "God Troyan - the Slavic God of healing"

Sign of God Kolyada "Kolyadnik"

Kolyada

Slavic God Kolyada many are known for the holiday of carols, which is celebrated at the winter solstice. The symbolism of this holiday coincides with the image of God Kolyada as represented by the Slavs. God Kolyada is the God of the young winter Sun, emerging from Navi at this time. God Kolyada in mythology is the light of the sun and the light of knowledge (the word “enlightenment” gives this image of the sun, light, knowledge, growth). God Kolyada is Avsen's brother, from whom he takes the reins of power for a quarter of a year, in order to give them then to the bright Yaril on the day of the vernal equinox. Do you want to know more about God Kolyada, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article "God Kolyada - God of the Winter Sun"

Sign of the Goddess Kostroma "Cross"

Kostroma

Slavic Goddess Kostroma known from Slavic mythology as the sister of God Kupalo. Due to her absurd nature, in childhood, a misfortune happened with her brother Kupalo, and the curse that Kostroma brought on both of them led to an even greater tragedy in adulthood. These difficult events led to the spiritual rebirth of both brother Kupalo and sister Kostroma. Once in the world of Navi, Kostroma changed and now is the embodiment of the forces that support love in this world. Goddess Kostroma for the Slavs is the Patroness of lovers. Do you want to know more about the Slavic Goddess Kostroma, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article “The Goddess Kostroma - the Slavic patroness of lovers »

Sign of the Goddess Devan "Amulet Star"

Devan

Slavic Goddess Devan known as the Goddess of the Hunt. Like many Slavic Gods, she had a difficult history - as is known from myths, this proud and headstrong daughter of Perun wanted to become the most important in the world of Prav and raised a rebellion against Svarog. After Perun pacified the unreasonable daughter, she became the wife of God Svyatobor, but their marriage was unsuccessful. Devan left her husband and began to rob on long roads. The gods decided to stop Devanu and sent her to Nav. Rebirth in Navi led to the fact that after that the Goddess Devan became wise, careful, but still loved wandering and hunting. Do you want to know more about the Slavic Goddess Devan, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article “Slavic Goddess Devan - Goddess of the Hunt »

Sign of the God Overwhelm "Spiral"

Bridging

Slavic God Bridging little known among the Western Slavs, but in the Pomor north, on the contrary, it is one of the revered and famous Gods, the Patron Saint of sailors. It is his influence in the world that creates a tailwind and opens the way for sailors to return home. God Cross - God Navi, and that is why he can help sailors who risk crossing the border between the worlds, setting off on a distant sea voyage. Do you want to know more about God Pereplute, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rituals of glorification? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article "The God of Reckoning - The God of Travelers"

Slavic Gods that stand apart

A special story Veles, God of the Three Worlds. The name of this Slavic God suggests that the paths to all three worlds are open to him, therefore we cannot attribute him to any of them. Veles is especially revered in the Russian North, the amazing story of this God is definitely worth learning. The Goddess also stands alone Makosh, Goddess of Fate and Magic.

Sign of the Goddess Makosh "Rodovik"

Makosh

Slavic Goddess Makosh known and loved like no other. This is the Goddess of Fate and Magic, who owns the threads of the destinies of both men and women, people and Gods. Due to the great effect and influence on the well-being of people, the worship of the Goddess Makosh was mixed with the cult of the Goddess Mother of Cheese-Earth, also the giver of blessings. But Makosh is a giver of blessings in a great sense, for the entire ancestral line, and the Mother of Cheese-Earth is a more "mundane" well-being, for a specific period. In mythology, there is no mention of the fact that God Rod, who created our Motherland, Worlds, Gods, ever created the Goddess Makosh. This silence may indicate that the Goddess Makosh is a force that came from outside. Do you want to know more about the Slavic Goddess Makosh, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article “Slavic Goddess Makosh - Goddess of Fate and Magic »

Sign of God Veles "Bull's head"

Veles

Slavic God Veles known also to those who are little familiar with Slavic mythology in general. The veneration of God Veles is due to the fact that he simultaneously embodies all the forces of the three Worlds - this was exactly the idea of ​​the Creator Sort in relation to him. That is why the influence of God Veles is great on human life and death. God Veles is revered as the Patron of nature, the ruler of wild and domestic animals, in a word, the obvious well-being of people depends on his strength. In addition, it is believed that it is God Veles who helps the Souls of the dead get into the white Nav and then transfers the Souls of children across the Berezina River for birth in Yavi. In all, God Veles, who is the God of Wisdom and Magic, stands especially in the pantheon of Slavic Gods. Do you want to know more about the Slavic God Veles, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article “Veles - the Slavic God of the Three Worlds »

Sign of God Rod "Svaor"

Genus

And the last one we remember here will be the Primordial God, Rod-Creator, who created the Motherland in the middle of Chaos, creating the order of the world order. According to Slavic mythology, God Rod is not quite the Supreme Creator of the universe; he is the one who created the three worlds in which our bodies and souls exist. God Rod is the one who created the world order and maintains the rules, he is the force that gives meaning to our existence. It was he who created the Gods and gave them various manifestations, organizing a series of development and stoppage, light and darkness. Do you want to know more about God Rod, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article “God Rod - Slavic God-Creator »

Slavic Gods- an embodied idea of ​​the World and world rules. Getting acquainted with the Slavic faith and traditions, of course, one cannot ignore the Slavic Gods. A deep understanding of the faith of our Ancestors begins with the knowledge of their characters.

Today there are various representations of who the Slavic Gods are. Some sources list many Gods and even those who are known to us from the myths of India or Egypt are referred to as Slavic. In other sources, on the contrary, they name only a few Slavic Gods, believing that our ancestors did not form a developed mythology. We will tell you about mythology and Slavic Gods as they say about it in the Russian North. Many ancient traditions, stories, fairy tales, Slavic myths have been preserved here, of which we know this.

Division of Slavic Gods into light and dark

Northern legends say that Rod, God the Creator, created the Slavic world and divided it into three parts: Rule, Reality and Nav. Bright Slavic Gods live in Prav. In Reveal - people and elemental Gods. There are dark Gods in Navi.

This division is simple, however, modern man often misunderstands it. We are accustomed to associating "light" with "good", and "darkness" with "evil." Therefore, many mistakenly believe that only the Slavic Gods of the world of Rule deserve veneration. The ancient Slavs treated the Navi Gods with no less respect than the Gods of the world of Rule, although they were afraid of them. However, in the Slavic picture of the world Navny, the Dark Gods are needed, one cannot do without them.

Slavic Gods of the world Rule

To the Slavic Gods we rule, first of all, Svarog, Heavenly Father, and Lada, Heavenly Mother. Their kids, Svarozhichi- one of the main characters of Slavic mythology. However, not all of their children live in the world of Pravi. For example, Stribog and Semargl appear more often in the world of Reveal, among people.

Of course, one of the most significant Slavic Gods of the world is Rule - Belobog, God of the White Light, God of Creation. Twin brothers Belobog and Chernobog symbolize the forces of creation and destruction, the balance of which is necessary for the development of the Slavic world, for movement forward.

Sign of God Svarog "Horse"

Sign of the Goddess Lada "Star of Lada"

Lada

Slavic Goddess Lada- Mother of the Gods, wife of God Svarog. For the Slavs, this Goddess became the embodiment of all the brightest, kind that can be in a family - harmony between spouses, okay children, alignment and well-being of all home life. The sweetest, merciful and understandable Slavic Goddess. When we think of a Slavic woman - a spouse, mother, sister - then the most appropriate way will be the face of the Divine Mother Lada. Do you want to know more about the Goddess Lada, about her symbols, signs, about holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Goddess Lada - Slavic Goddess of love and beauty»

Sign of God Belobog "Light-flight"

Belobog

Slavic God Belobog- the twin brother of God Chernobog. Our world is based on this love and struggle of two brothers, as our ancestors believed. This view is similar to the global view of the unity and struggle of opposites. Belobog is the one on which the whole white light rests (this can be seen even from his name). Not the Sun, not the Moon, but a comprehensive view of life, growth, development, movement. Thus, God Belobog is the personification of all that is the basis of manifest life. Do you want to know more about God Belobog, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rituals of glorification? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Belobog - the patron god of the Slavs»

Sign of God Chur "Guardian amulet"

Chur

Slavic God Chur familiar to everyone, even not interested in Slavic mythology. A well-known expression - amulet: "Chur, mind me!" appeals to our ancient Guardian God, God Chur. It is believed that this God keeps what belongs to man by right, draws the line between "mine, ours" and "someone else's." Turning to this God helped to preserve their possessions, protected from wrong actions, saved from troubles and enemies. In our language, “to wake up” still means “to think better of something wrong and not useful”. God Chur is sometimes considered the Primordial Ancestor, from whom all Slavic clans were led - in the pantheon he is not revered as the son of God Dazhdbog, but is a common unifying symbol. Do you want to know more about God Chura, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rituals of glorification? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Chur - God is the keeper of Slavic families»

Sign of the Goddess Alive "Summer oblique cross"

Alive

Slavic Goddess Alive- the wonderful daughter of the Goddess Lada. Spouse of God Dazhdbog, Slavic births went from her children. The Goddess is Alive for the Slavs - like a sip of living water, pouring into a person the opportunity to live, love, give birth to their own kind. This is the personification of the flow of vitality that allows the baby to grow up, the boy and the girl - to become a father and mother. From the appeal to the Goddess Zhiva, wounds are healed, health returns, the joy of life pours in. In a word, this is the Goddess who brings Life. Do you want to know more about the Goddess Zhiva, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Alive - the great Goddess of Life, Goddess of Summer»

Badge of the Goddess Leli "Lelnik"

Lyolya

Young and beautiful Slavic Goddess Lyolya- the one that embodies for the Slavs all the charm of a young smile, a sonorous voice and an easy gait. The goddess Lelia is the spring that descends to earth together with the Yarilo-Sun. The embodiment of these blossoming natural forces, restoring man after a long and dark winter, has been preserved in our culture in the form of the Guardian Goddess. The sign of the Goddess Leli is often found in traditional embroideries and is called the "berekinaya". All spring chants, round dances and sonorous songs are dedicated to her - the smiling and affectionate Goddess Lele. Do you want to know more about the Goddess Lele, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Slavic Goddess Lelya - Goddess of Spring»

Sign of God Lelya and God Polel "Palm guardian"

Lel and Polel

Many people know the Slavic God Lelya based on the fairy tale "Snow Maiden", where he, in the guise of a shepherdess, played melodies of love on an uncomplicated horn. And this is perhaps the only image that is allowed by the official culture. Meanwhile, over the centuries, the people's memory kept the image of God - a beautiful youth who kindled love in the hearts of people. God Lel is beautiful as the image of a loved one in the eyes of a woman in love. What is important - God Lel is at the same time the twin brother of God Polelya... This God reigns in the hearts of already betrothed people who have created their own families, patronizes a happy marriage. So the brothers embody those relationships that contribute to happiness: God Lel is the God of love, God Polel is the God of a happy family. Do you want to know more about the Gods Lele and Polele, about their symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Lel and Polel - two Gods, without which happiness is inconceivable»

Sign of God Kvasura "Obezhnik"

Kvasura

Slavic God Kvasura embodies the now forgotten culture of fun without alcohol intoxication, food intake without gluttony, holidays without "massacre". A moderate attitude to bodily pleasures while maintaining the joy of life is what is put into the image of God Kvasura. To be healthy, to be cheerful, to lead a healthy lifestyle without the use of amusing and intoxicating substances is what the Slavic God of fun reminds us of. It is this image that is easiest to turn to when you want to straighten your life, get health and freedom from addictions!Do you want to know more about God Kvasur, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Kvasura - Slavic God of Fun and Moderation»

The sign of the God Kitovras "Kolohort"

Kitovras

Slavic God Kitovras- an amazing creature from old myths. The representative of the fabulous people that we know from Greek myths - the God Kitovras is described as a centaur, half-man, half-horse. It would seem that all this is far from our lands, but it is in the north that the Kargopol clay toy "Polkan" is still being made. This figurine, oddly enough, represents exactly a centaur. About Polkan, or, in other words, about Kitovras, this is what the people say: that he was such a storyteller that people and animals, listening to him, left in thoughts, and then in bodies, into the world about which this bayun sang. That, they say, before Kitovras was a great warrior - a magician and even a commander, and won many battles, and did not lose a single one; but suddenly, at the zenith of glory, he dropped everything and walked across the lands and villages with a kalika, and began to tell fairy tales. And his tales were so soulful and reasonable that they gradually began to call Polkan the God of Wisdom. NSWould you like to learn more about the God Kitovras, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rituals of glorification? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Kitovras - Slavic God of Wisdom»

Slavic Gods of the world of Reveal

Slavic Gods also live in the world of Reveal! First of all, the elemental Gods: Agidel, Goddess of Water; Semargl, God of fire; Stribog, God of the Wind, his children and grandchildren, for example, a warm breeze Dogoda; Mother Cheese Earth, one of the most revered Slavic Goddesses.

There are other Slavic Gods who appear most often in the world of Reveal. Sun God Horse and his sister Divia, Goddess of the Moon. Container- the Slavic Goddess of the Guiding Star (Pole Star), its bright light in the old days did not allow travelers to go astray. We often see lightning in Reveal Perun and the rich rains that his wife sends Diva-Dodola.

Sign of God Khors "Firefighter"

Horse

Slavic God Horse- God rule, whom, fortunately, we see in our world in the firmament. When you look at the Sun, at its luminous image, you see the manifestation of the Slavic God Khors. There are other solar Gods (Kolyada, Yarilo, Kupala, Avsen), and the God of white light Belbog, and the God of reflected light Dazhdbog, but only God Khors is the very Sun in its bodily manifest form. Beautiful fairy tales about God Horse tell that once the Creator Rod gave the day under his control, and every God morning God Horse goes to heaven in his sparkling chariot, and every evening ends up being in a black boat, in a black underground the river returns to its mansions - in order to shine again in the morning and give warmth to all living things on earth.Do you want to know more about God Horse, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Horse - Slavic God of the Sun Disc»

Sign of the Goddess Divia "Lunnitsa"

Divia

Slavic Goddess Divia - our beautiful friend Luna. It is the manifestation of this Goddess that we see in our world in the form of either a thin sickle or a full circle. Goddess Divya-Luna is the embodiment of mystery, changeability and predictive power. This Goddess is the patroness of Fortunetellers, Sorcerers, all Knowing. In the explicit world, her influence extends to women, determining the rhythms of life. The Beautiful Goddess is the twin of God Khors, who, by the will of the Creator Sort, is given control of the night time. Every night the Moon Goddess leaves in her white chariot to the sky and every morning she returns to her place, giving way to her brother in the sky. But, according to legend, she asked the God of Heaven Dyya for permission to sometimes see her brother - therefore sometimes we see them meeting over our heads.Do you want to know more about the Goddess Divia, about her symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Divia - Slavic Goddess of the Moon»

Sign of God Dyya "Wealth amulet"

Smoke

Slavic God Smoke in our mythology - an ambiguous personality. Most likely, a different attitude towards wealth gave rise to a variety of explanations of the properties and incarnations of this God. We know from myths that God Dy is the twin brother of God Viy, one of the darkest and most mysterious Gods of Navi. It is believed that God Dyi was born by a bright God at the dawn of time and is the embodiment of Heaven above our heads. It is believed that God Dyj is simultaneously the Patron of Wealth and Prosperity - and we can understand this, since for our ancestors what happened in heaven directly influenced the lives of people and the well-being of every family. Do you want to know more about God Dyya, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Dyi - Slavic God of Wealth and Prosperity»

Sign of God Svyatogor "God"

Svyatogor

Slavic God Svyatogor known according to myths as a God-hero of enormous growth. Late mentions of him are found even in the epics about Ilya Muromets. Probably, in the image of this God we find some memories of the former race of people of enormous stature - the mythologies of many peoples tell about giants. In the Slavic epic, God Svyatogor is known as the one who holds heaven on his shoulders. In Greek mythology, he is known as Atlas - the same one to which Hercules came to accomplish another feat. Do you want to know more about God Svyatogor, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article "Svyatogor - the Slavic keeper of the Sky »

Sign of God Stribog "Bird amulet"

Stribog

Slavic God Stribog- the elemental God of Air, the embodiment of the winds blowing around Mother Earth. According to Slavic mythology, Stribog is the son of the mighty Svarog, born by him during the first battle of Pravi and Navi. This famous battle took place when Rod decided to divide the Gods for different tasks. At that time, Svarog hit the Alatyr stone with his hammer, and from these sparks two twin brothers were born: Stribog, the God of Wind and Semargl, the God of Fire. Thus, God Stribog is one of the oldest Gods, the Father of the veterinarians. They turn to God Stribog as to an obvious element that helps a person to live in harmony with Nature.Do you want to know more about God Stribog, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Stribog - Slavic God of the elements of Air, God of the wind»

Sign of God Semargl "Rarog"

Semargl

Slavic God Semargl- the elemental God of Fire, the embodiment of the forces of earthly fire and heavenly fire. According to Slavic mythology, Semargl is the son of the mighty Svarog, born by him during the first battle of Pravi and Navi, the twin brother of the God of wind Stribog.God Semargl is thus one of the oldest Gods, the ruler of all fire. They turn to God Semarglu as to an obvious element that helps a person to live in harmony with Nature.Do you want to know more about God Semargl, about his symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Semargl - Slavic God of the elements of Fire»

Sign of God Perun "Gromovnik"

Perun

Slavic God Perun- the formidable son of Svarog the blacksmith, the mighty protector of Reveal, God the Thunderer and Lada, the Heavenly Mother. God Perun is one of the most famous Slavic Gods, he is revered as the patron saint of warriors, the protector of the World of Yavi. They tell stories about the different deeds of God Perun, one of the most important is the battle with the spawn of Chaos, the Skipper Serpent. Many signs with the power of this Slavic God are known, the holiday of Perun is now celebrated as a day of military prowess. We see the phenomenon of Perun during a thunderstorm - flashing lightning and heavenly thunder.Do you want to know more about God Perun, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Perun - Slavic God of Thunder and Justice»

Sign of the Goddess Diva-Dodola "Perunitsa"

Diva-Dodola

Slavic Goddess Diva-Dodola, also known as Perunitsa - the Slavic Goddess of the Thunderstorm, the wife of the warlike Perun. According to the ideas of the Slavs, it is during a thunderstorm that this Goddess appears in the sky, surrounded by her priestesses, her bright progress across the sky is accompanied by heavy rain and bad weather, but it always goes to a clear sky and a rainbow bridge. This Goddess manifests as a natural phenomenon and as a world cleansing force leading to tranquility through the storm.Do you want to know more about the Goddess Diva-Dodola, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Diva-Dodola - Slavic Goddess of the Thunderstorm»

Sign of God Yarilo "Yarovik"

Yarilo

Slavic God Yarilo (Yarila)- Slavic God of the spring Sun, the son of God Veles. Many mythological ideas have survived about God Yaril, mainly because among the people his veneration was hidden under the cult of St. George. God Yarilo, thus, manifests itself as a spring sun, giving rise to seedlings, as a life-giving force of Nature and, what is important, as a protective force, male rage, as the embodiment of the power of love and life. God Yarilo is known as the patron saint of men and, interestingly, as the lord of wolves.Do you want to know more about God Yarilo, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rituals of glorification? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Yarilo - Slavic God of the spring Sun»

Sign of God Dazhdbog "Straight cross"

Dazhdbog

Slavic God Dazhboga (Dazhboga) many people know from the well-known statement in the "Lay of Igor's Campaign": "We are Dazhdbog's grandchildren!" It is believed that from the marriage of God Dazhdbog and the Goddess Zhiva, Arius was born, from whom the Slavic clans went. They revered God Dazhdbog as the progenitor of the Slavic clan, as a warrior-protector, but most of all as a deity of light, fertility and, as a result, life's blessings. It is in the manifestation of the reflected solar light that we see God Dazhdbog in Reveal. Some believe that the name of the Slavic God Dazhdbog is associated with rain, but this is not true. The name of this God is derived from "God forbid." Do you want to know more about God Dazhdbog, about his symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then please welcome here for a great article.Dazhdbog - Slavic solar God»

Sign of the Goddess Tara "Vaiga"

Container

Slavic Goddess Container considered the twin sister of Dazhbog, who is sometimes called Tarkh Perunovich. As the twins Khors and Divia, manifesting in the form of opposite phenomena (the Sun and the Moon), so Dazhdbog and Tara manifest themselves at different times of the day: Dazhdbog owns the reflected sunlight, and Tara manifests itself in the night as a guiding Pole Star. The goddess Tara was revered as the patroness of travelers, opening roads and helping to choose a direction. Since the roads of travelers can pass through forests, at the same time the Goddess Tara was considered the patroness of sacred oak forests. Do you want to know more about the Slavic Goddess Tara, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Slavic Goddess Tara - Goddess of the guiding star »

Sign of God Dogoda "Gateway"

Dogoda

Slavic God Dogoda little known among the great Gods of the Slavic pantheon. Nevertheless, this slightly frivolous, agile and cheerful son of Stribog was revered as the God of Good Weather. The life of our ancestors depended on nature and weather conditions, so this natural manifestation of God's mercy made the people happy. There are few legends about him, but nowadays, more than ever, we are ready to welcome the beautiful God Dogoda! Do you want to know more about God Dogoda, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article “Slavic God Dogoda - God of good weather, let's call him together!»

Sign of the Goddess Agidel "Heavenly Beds"

Agidel

Slavic Goddess Agidel, the granddaughter of God Svarog, is known in the north as the Goddess of Water. Our ancestors depended on water bodies, in the north, fishing was one of the main industries, so different types of water were endowed with different divine properties. Slavic mythology knows the Waters, Mermaids, even the sea king, the Goddess Dana and the Gods of large rivers (for example, God Don). The goddess Agidel is, first of all, the mythological savior of the earth from drought, who discovered the world's waters, a girl who turned into river water. Thus, the Goddess Agidel is not the goddess of a particular reservoir, but rather a manifestation of the divine properties of the water element, merciful to man. Do you want to know more about the Slavic Goddess Agidel, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here for the great article " Agidel - Slavic Goddess of water»

Sign of God Avsen "Tausen"

Avsen

Slavic God Avsen known primarily as the God of the Autumn Sun. Autumn harvest festival, thanksgiving to the Gods for the harvest, farewell to summer - for our ancestors this meant the arrival of autumn and Avsen. God Avsen was endowed with calm wisdom - this is the oldest (and oldest) of the solar Gods, who ruled the world for a quarter of a year. On the day of the winter solstice, God Avsen transfers the reins of government to his brother Kolyada, the young Winter Sun. Thus, God Avsen manifests itself as an autumn year period, as the Sun and as the law of withering of what was once young. It is surprising that at the same time God Avsen is a builder of bridges to the future. Do you want to know more about God Avsen, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you here, to the big article "Avsen (Ovsen) - the Slavic God of Autumn"

Sign of God Kupalo "Fern color"

Kupalo

Slavic God Kupalo (Kupala) manifests itself in our world on the shortest night of the year. God Kupalo takes control of the world and is the God of the Summer Sun, the ruler of the annual period until the autumn equinox. The manifestation of God is a natural fall from its very limit, from the greatest height to the state of calm “reaping the fruits”. In Slavic mythology, God Kupalo is the brother of the Goddess Kostroma, who experienced a terrible spell in childhood, which determined the subsequent difficult circumstances of life. Do you want to know more about God Kupalo, about his symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article "God Kupalo or Kupala - the Slavic God of the Summer Sun"

Slavic Gods of the world Navi

Lord Navi - Chernobog, brother of Belobog. This dark God is not at all at war with his brother, he is only doing his work, which is very important, but unappreciated by many: Chernobog destroys what has no place in the world of Revelation.

Other Slavic Gods of the Navi world also exist in order to prevent the world from stopping in development. In addition, it is the Naval Gods who guard the world of the dead and stand on the border between an ordered world and chaos. We refer to the Slavic Gods Navi Moreno, Koscheya, Via... Even the Slavic God of the Winter Sun Kolyada spends most of his time in Navi's world.

Sign of God Viy "All-Seeing Eye"

Viy

Slavic God Viy known by the work of N.V. Gogol, where Viy is a chthonic monster, an all-seeing monster. I must say that this literary character has almost nothing in common with the Slavic deity that our people remember. According to the ancient Slavic myths that we are recreating at the present time, God Viy is one of the oldest Gods created by the Creator Rod at the dawn of time. God Viy prefers Nav - the world of Spirits, where Souls leave and from where they come to Reality. God Viy is a powerful wizard, gloomy, but striving to restore order. Slavic myths consider God Viy "the shepherd of souls" - the very power that makes souls cleanse themselves of obvious hardships, undergo purification by fire and be reborn again. Do you want to know more about God Viy, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article "Viy God is the Keeper of Souls among the Slavs"

Sign of God Chernobog "Navnik"

Chernobog

Slavic God Chernobog perceived by some as a villain and an enemy of humanity. It is believed that the twin brother of the light God Belobog, who embodies everything light and good, Chernobog embodies the opposite principle - darkness and evil. This is a too simple and incorrect idea of ​​two opposite principles. So in a pair of Khors-Diviya, or Dazhdbog-Tara, you can find light and darkness. But who said that this is good and evil? The idea of ​​Chernobog will be correct if you think of him as the destructive beginning of our worlds, about who takes on the role of the destroyer of the old and obsolete. Chernobog is the governing force in the Navi World, and that is why he was revered by our ancestors on a par with Belobog. Do you want to know more about God Chernobog, about his symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you here, to the big article "God Chernobog - Slavic God of Destruction"

Sign of the Goddess Morena "Winter oblique cross

Moraine

Slavic Goddess Morena (Marena, Mora)- is familiar to many from the Maslenitsa holiday, at which "Morena-winter" is chased away and a straw effigy is burned. The Goddess of Winter Morena is also the Goddess of death, which is understandable. This is the Goddess Navi, considered the wife of the ruler of this world, God Chernobog. You should not imagine the Goddess Morena in the form of a terrible old woman - on the contrary, in Slavic myths this is a young black-haired beauty, full of strength and intentions. Also, do not oversimplify the perception of this Goddess - it is known from Slavic myths that she is the daughter of Svarog, the Supreme God of the world, Rule and the beautiful and kind Lada. Do you want to know more about the Slavic Goddess Morena, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article “Goddess Morena - Slavic Goddess of Winter and Death »

Sign of God Koshchei "Koschyun"

Koschey

Slavic God Koschey is often perceived as the same "Kosha" from a Soviet fairy tale film. Slavic mythology is much deeper and more wise than mass cliches. God Koschey is an associate of God Chernobog, who left with him during the battle of Light and Darkness that took place in time immemorial. God Koschey is a voivode of rati, whose task is to cleanse those living unrighteously; every night he leaves Navi for Yav to restore justice and take souls so that they have the opportunity to start living anew. The Slavic God Koschey is a just, punishing God of Death. Do you want to know more about God Koschey, about his symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you here, to the big article "Koschey the Immortal - Slavic God of Death"

Sign of God Trojan "Healer"

Trojan

Slavic God Trojan causes both interest and bewilderment. There is a known "trinity idol" on the island of Rugen (Ruyan), but we are not talking about him. From Slavic myths, we know the son of God Veles and a human woman, who was so eager for knowledge of healing that in the end Troyan was compared with the Gods. After his departure to Nav, Troyan was reborn and recognized by God. Since that time, the great God Troyan is known as the God of healing. Want to know more about the Trojan God, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you here, to the big article "God Troyan - the Slavic God of healing"

Sign of God Kolyada "Kolyadnik"

Kolyada

Slavic God Kolyada many are known for the holiday of carols, which is celebrated at the winter solstice. The symbolism of this holiday coincides with the image of God Kolyada as represented by the Slavs. God Kolyada is the God of the young winter Sun, emerging from Navi at this time. God Kolyada in mythology is the light of the sun and the light of knowledge (the word “enlightenment” gives this image of the sun, light, knowledge, growth). God Kolyada is Avsen's brother, from whom he takes the reins of power for a quarter of a year, in order to give them then to the bright Yaril on the day of the vernal equinox. Do you want to know more about God Kolyada, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article "God Kolyada - God of the Winter Sun"

Sign of the Goddess Kostroma "Cross"

Kostroma

Slavic Goddess Kostroma known from Slavic mythology as the sister of God Kupalo. Due to her absurd nature, in childhood, a misfortune happened with her brother Kupalo, and the curse that Kostroma brought on both of them led to an even greater tragedy in adulthood. These difficult events led to the spiritual rebirth of both brother Kupalo and sister Kostroma. Once in the world of Navi, Kostroma changed and now is the embodiment of the forces that support love in this world. Goddess Kostroma for the Slavs is the Patroness of lovers. Do you want to know more about the Slavic Goddess Kostroma, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article “The Goddess Kostroma - the Slavic patroness of lovers »

Sign of the Goddess Devan "Amulet Star"

Devan

Slavic Goddess Devan known as the Goddess of the Hunt. Like many Slavic Gods, she had a difficult history - as is known from myths, this proud and headstrong daughter of Perun wanted to become the most important in the world of Prav and raised a rebellion against Svarog. After Perun pacified the unreasonable daughter, she became the wife of God Svyatobor, but their marriage was unsuccessful. Devan left her husband and began to rob on long roads. The gods decided to stop Devanu and sent her to Nav. Rebirth in Navi led to the fact that after that the Goddess Devan became wise, careful, but still loved wandering and hunting. Do you want to know more about the Slavic Goddess Devan, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article “Slavic Goddess Devan - Goddess of the Hunt »

Sign of the God Overwhelm "Spiral"

Bridging

Slavic God Bridging little known among the Western Slavs, but in the Pomor north, on the contrary, it is one of the revered and famous Gods, the Patron Saint of sailors. It is his influence in the world that creates a tailwind and opens the way for sailors to return home. God Cross - God Navi, and that is why he can help sailors who risk crossing the border between the worlds, setting off on a distant sea voyage. Do you want to know more about God Pereplute, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rituals of glorification? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article "The God of Reckoning - The God of Travelers"

Slavic Gods that stand apart

A special story Veles, God of the Three Worlds. The name of this Slavic God suggests that the paths to all three worlds are open to him, therefore we cannot attribute him to any of them. Veles is especially revered in the Russian North, the amazing story of this God is definitely worth learning. The Goddess also stands alone Makosh, Goddess of Fate and Magic.

Sign of the Goddess Makosh "Rodovik"

Makosh

Slavic Goddess Makosh known and loved like no other. This is the Goddess of Fate and Magic, who owns the threads of the destinies of both men and women, people and Gods. Due to the great effect and influence on the well-being of people, the worship of the Goddess Makosh was mixed with the cult of the Goddess Mother of Cheese-Earth, also the giver of blessings. But Makosh is a giver of blessings in a great sense, for the entire ancestral line, and the Mother of Cheese-Earth is a more "mundane" well-being, for a specific period. In mythology, there is no mention of the fact that God Rod, who created our Motherland, Worlds, Gods, ever created the Goddess Makosh. This silence may indicate that the Goddess Makosh is a force that came from outside. Do you want to know more about the Slavic Goddess Makosh, about her symbols, signs, holidays and glorification rites? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article “Slavic Goddess Makosh - Goddess of Fate and Magic »

Sign of God Veles "Bull's head"

Veles

Slavic God Veles known also to those who are little familiar with Slavic mythology in general. The veneration of God Veles is due to the fact that he simultaneously embodies all the forces of the three Worlds - this was exactly the idea of ​​the Creator Sort in relation to him. That is why the influence of God Veles is great on human life and death. God Veles is revered as the Patron of nature, the ruler of wild and domestic animals, in a word, the obvious well-being of people depends on his strength. In addition, it is believed that it is God Veles who helps the Souls of the dead get into the white Nav and then transfers the Souls of children across the Berezina River for birth in Yavi. In all, God Veles, who is the God of Wisdom and Magic, stands especially in the pantheon of Slavic Gods. Do you want to know more about the Slavic God Veles, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article “Veles - the Slavic God of the Three Worlds »

Sign of God Rod "Svaor"

Genus

And the last one we remember here will be the Primordial God, Rod-Creator, who created the Motherland in the middle of Chaos, creating the order of the world order. According to Slavic mythology, God Rod is not quite the Supreme Creator of the universe; he is the one who created the three worlds in which our bodies and souls exist. God Rod is the one who created the world order and maintains the rules, he is the force that gives meaning to our existence. It was he who created the Gods and gave them various manifestations, organizing a series of development and stoppage, light and darkness. Do you want to know more about God Rod, about his symbols, signs, holidays and rites of praise? Then we ask you to come here, to the big article “God Rod - Slavic God-Creator »

Paganism of the ancient Slavs. On the eve of the adoption of Christianity (the Slavic peoples were baptized in the 9th-10th centuries), paganism reached its highest development among the Slavs. The ancient Slavs worshiped the natural elements, on which their life, the work of the farmer depended. The veneration of ancestors also played an important role. There were many gods. There were even more spirits with which the Slavs inhabited the entire nature around them. Different tribes worshiped different gods. But all the Slavs have long worshiped two main deities - Perun and Veles.

God Perun. An ancient Byzantine author wrote that the Slavs consider God, the creator of lightning, to be their ruler. God the Thunderer Perun appeared in the form of a middle-aged strong man with a gray-haired silvered head, with a golden mustache and beard. He rode through the sky on horse or chariot, armed with lightning, axes or arrows. Perun was the ruler of the upper part of the world - the top of the World Tree, he was the master in the sky and on the mountains, ruled over the clouds and heavenly waters. It was in his power to water the earth with life-giving rain or punish with drought or storm. Perun's arrows could hit anyone on the ground.

Over time, Perun becomes the patron of the prince and the squad, their assistant in military affairs. Perun was especially revered by the East Slavic princes. Prince Vladimir Krasnoe Solnyshko installed a wooden image of this god with a silver head and golden mustache in Kiev, on a mountain next to the prince's palace, and proclaimed Perun the chief among the gods.

Bulls and roosters were sacrificed to Perun; they were placed near the idol of the god or near the sacred oak. In especially important cases, when they wanted to ask God for help in defeating enemies, they brought human sacrifices to Perun. They killed the captives or even fellow tribesmen by lot: “We sword the lot for a lad or a maiden; on whom it falls, we will slaughter God. "

God Veles. No less than Perun, the ancient Slavs revered Veles (or Volos, that is, hairy, shaggy) - "cattle god", the patron saint of domestic animals, trade and wealth. The word "rich" originally meant "having God", "enjoying the protection of God"; poor, "poor" - on the contrary, meant "devoid of God." In ancient times, the ancestors of the Slavs represented Veles in the form of a huge fire-breathing Serpent. He could also take the image of a shaggy bear, in general he was much for all sorts of transformations. He was considered the lord of the underworld, the master of earthly waters.

The Slavs did not have a very clear distinction between the "occupations" of the gods. Therefore, Veles, although he was considered primarily a "cattle god", but influenced other economic affairs. According to the legend of the Slavs, the fertility of the earth depended on him. He was close to his mother's damp earth; abundance, fertility and wealth were in his power.

Farmers made a sacrifice to the god of fertility, leaving after the harvest on the field a bush of ears - "on the beard of Veles." In honor of Veles, ritual feasts were held - brothers.

Apparently, Veles "was in charge" and the afterlife - "the thirtieth kingdom." It was believed that in this distant kingdom, lying “beyond the distant lands, across the rivers and across the sea,” everything was made of gold - both mountains and trees. And the owner of all gold is Veles-Serpent.

If Perun eventually became the patron saint of the prince and the squad among the Eastern Slavs, then Veles remained the people's defender, the patron saint of "all Russia". In ancient times, Veles was undoubtedly a good deity. But after the adoption of Christianity, having given his good features to the Christian saints (Nicholas, Vlasiy), Veles (he is a snake, bear, goblin) turned into the leader of the dark forces.

Mokosh is the only female deity among the Slavs. Perhaps she was considered the wife of Perun. Mokosh patronized women's household crafts, but also influenced fertility. Spinning was her main occupation. Of the days of the week, Mokoshi was dedicated to Friday. Out of respect for the goddess, women did not spin or wash on this day. A violator of the prohibition was threatened with severe punishment: the goddess could stab her with a spindle or force her to spin at night. Even after the baptism of Russia, women gathered for secret meetings, where Mokoshi prayed and sacrificed wheat and honey to her. Influenced by Orthodoxy positive features pagan goddesses eventually switched to Saint Paraskeva (Praskovya) Friday, and "mokoshka" began to be considered an evil spirits, a demon, persuading women to do evil deeds.

Gods of fire, sun and wind. The upper part of the world was inhabited by the ancient Slavs with a whole family solar gods... Among them, the main one was the god of fire, Svarog. He gave birth to fire, which was called "svarozich". He, Svarog, was a heavenly blacksmith who taught people to use fire and work metals.

The son of Svarog was the sun god Dazhdbog - the one who gives good, warmth, wealth. He moved across the sky in a chariot of fire. This god was considered the patron saint and ancestor of all inhabitants of Ancient Rus, who called themselves "Dazhdbozh's grandchildren". Khors was also a solar deity, a double of Dazhdbog. Apparently, under this name he was revered by representatives of the Iranian peoples who met among the population of southern Russia and Kiev. (In Iranian, the name Khors means "sun"). Next to them, another celestial is mentioned - Stribog, the god of the wind, who carried the divine blessing along the earth.

All the higher gods had a human appearance among the Slavs, except for the winged dog Simargl. The name and appearance of this god, in all likelihood, were also borrowed from the Iranian peoples, who worshiped the prophetic bird of Simurg. In Russian folk legends, the Diva bird had a similar appearance, which, sitting on the top of a tree, screams like an animal, portends defeat and misfortune.

Among the Western Slavs, the fiery Svarog was known under the name of Radogost or Sventovit. He was considered the main god among them. Local priests turned him into a deity of war. In the Baltic city of Arkona, there was a Sventovita temple, crowned with a red roof (everything in this temple was red). The temple contained a wooden idol with four heads and a weapon dedicated to it. In his right hand, the idol held a horn, which was filled with wine annually. By the amount of the remaining drink, they were guessing about the future harvest. If there was little wine left, they expected a crop failure. The temple contained a sacred white horse, which was used for fortune telling.

Zbruch idol

A pagan sanctuary. Unlike the Western Slavs, the inhabitants of Eastern Europe did not erect temple buildings. The sanctuaries were set up in the open air. Each tribe had its own sanctuary. Usually it was a round-shaped area (the sanctuary of Perun near Novgorod had the shape of a flower), around which low ramparts and ditches were arranged, which had no defensive value. A wooden idol was installed in the center of the site, ritual bonfires were kindled in front of it and sacrifices were made: grain, domestic animals.

The sanctuary of the highest gods was set up in Kiev in 980 by Prince Vladimir, trying to give it national significance: “And he put idols on a hill outside the courtyard of the tower: Wooden Perun, and his head is silver, and his mustache is golden, and Khors, Dazhdbog, and Stribog, and Simargla and Mokosh ". Idols-idols looked like pillars with a carved image of a human head. Unfortunately, wooden idols have not reached us. Several stone Slavic idols are known. The most famous of them is the Zbruch idol found in the Carpathian region. The faces of the gods were depicted schematically, roughly, and were not endowed with individual features. Ritual actions in the sanctuaries were performed by magic priests, or magi. The priests were elders and princes.