Mokosh Moist ALSO KNOWN AS: Mokosha; Mokosz ORIGIN: Slavic Mokosh is the spirit of moisture. She is an ancient spirit but was also the preeminent female deity of the later Slavic official
The Zorya are guardian goddesses, three sisters: • Zorya Utrennaya, Lady of the Morning Star • Zorya Vechernyaya, Lady of the Evening Star • Zorya Polunochnaya, Lady of the Midnight Star Every morning Zorya Utrennaya opens the celestial gates so
In Slavic myth and folklore, the vodianoi is the unpredictable, dangerous king or spirit of water, particularly of freshwater. As a water spirit, the vodianoi needed no clothes. He generally was seen
Yarilo (also Jarilo or Yaro): god of the springtime and spring fertility. He is portrayed as a young man in white, with a wheat wreath on his head, a wheat sheaf in
Rod: possibly the most ancient of the Slavic deities and probably a peasant’s deity. His name means “kin,” and he is rarely mentioned except in the earliest hymns. He is credited with
Perun: god of thunder and lightning, sometimes portrayed as the chief of the Slavic gods. Generally pictured as a man with silver hair and a golden mustache, Perun fights against demonic forces
Dazhbog (Dazbog, Dazdbog) (giving god) In Slavic mythology, sun god, son of Swarog, the sky god, and brother of Svarogich, the fire god. According to one myth, Svarog became tired of reigning
Kikimora The Kikimora is a female house spirit with dominion over spinning, weaving and needlework. There is not one Kikimora but many. Theoretically, every household may have one. She may or may
Volos ALSO KNOWN AS: Veles Volos is the lord of cattle, wolves, wealth, and well-being. He defends the balance between wolves and domestic animals. Volos has dominion over birth and death: his
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