Slavic paganism or Slavic religion is the religious beliefs, myths, and ritual practices of the Slavs before Christianisation, which occurred at various stages between the 8th and the 13th century. The South Slavs, who likely settled in the Balkan Peninsula during the 6th–7th centuries AD, bordering with the Byzantine Empire to the south, came under the sphere of influence of …

Svarozhits is a fire god mentioned in minor East Slavic texts. He is also mentioned by Bruno in a letter to King Henry II and later in Thietmar's Chronicle as the chief deity of Rethra, the main political center of the Veleti. His name is generally translated as "son of Svarog", less commonly as "little, young Svarog".Generally identified with Radegast, less commonly with Dazhbog.

In Slavic mythology, Rusalka is a water nymph, a female spirit who lives in rivers. In most versions, rusalka is an unquiet being who is no longer alive, associated with the unclean spirit and dangerous.According to Dmitry Zelenin, people who die violently and before their time, such as young women who commit suicide because they have been jilted by their lovers, or unmarried …

Vedmak stems from Proto-Slavic *vědět ("to know") and Old East Slavic вѣдь ("knowledge; witchcraft", compare the use of the term "cunning" in English folklore). Under the influence of The Witcher fantasy saga by Andrzej Sapkowski, the term vedmak is sometimes also rendered as "witcher" in English in certain contexts.

In the pre-Christian religion of Eastern and Southern Slavs, Rod (Slovenian, Croatian: Rod, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian Cyrillic: Род, Ukrainian Cyrillic: Рід) is the god of the family, ancestors and fate, perhaps as the supreme god. Among Southern Slavs, he is also known as Sud ("(the) Judge"). He is usually mentioned together with Rozhanitsy deities …

Chernobog (lit. "Black God") and Belobog (lit. "White God") are an alleged pair of Polabian deities. Chernobog appears in the Helmold's Chronicle as a god of misfortune worshipped by the Wagri and Obodrites, while Belobog is not mentioned – he was reconstructed in opposition to Chernobog.Both gods also appear in later sources, but they are not considered reliable.

スラヴ神話（スラヴしんわ、Slavic mythology）とは、9世紀頃までにスラヴ民族の間で伝えられた神話のことである 。 概要 [ 編集 ] スラヴ民族は 文字 を持たなかったため、伝えられた神話を民族独自に記録した資料は存在しない [2] 。

The European dragon is a legendary creature in folklore and mythology among the overlapping cultures of Europe.. The Roman poet Virgil in his poem Culex lines 163-201, describing a shepherd having a fight with a big constricting snake, calls it "serpens" and also "draco", showing that in his time the two words probably could mean the same thing.. In and after the early …

May 14, 2022 · The supernatural characters in Slavic mythology appear in a wide range of forms. The name of a single being may be encountered with a different spelling or transliteration according to a specific language of a specific Slavic country. For example, the “Vodanoi” is a male water spirit from Slavic mythology.

Nov 27, 2019 · In Slavic mythology, all peasant houses have a domovoi, who is the soul of one (or all) of the deceased members of the family, making the domovoi part of ancestor worship traditions. The domovoi lives in the hearth or behind the stove and householders took care to not disturb the smoldering remains of a fire to keep their ancestors from falling ...