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Slavic Mythology

Mokosh

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
4 October 2017

Zorya

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
30 July 2017

Kupalo

Kupalo: a god of vegetation and the center of the celebration called Kupala. The festival was

Byelabog

Byelabog: the deity of light, of all goodness and happiness. His name means “white god” and

Vodianoi

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
28 July 2021

Yarilo

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
29 October 2019

Rod

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
29 October 2019

Perun

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
29 October 2019

Khors

Khors: a seemingly contradictory character described as the god of the Sun, chaos, and darkness.
29 October 2019

Dazhbog

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
28 July 2018

Kikimora

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

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
13 November 2017

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