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Svarog
Svarog is the supreme incorporeal god, the primeval creator of the bright sky under whose vault "everything is born and happens". He is the progenitor of the earth and every "fruit and fruit", that is, everything on earth, but also the creator of the entire universe. All Slavs considered this god "full of glory and divinity" because he rules the sky that is above and beyond everything, and yet encompasses everything. Svarog sleeps and in his dream he created this world, which he entrusted to Perun and the other gods to guard and govern. He cannot directly act on the physical, material environment that he dreams of, but he can nevertheless influence the will of the other gods, and his influence here is enormous. His awakening will mark the end of the world. Alternative names: Rod and Usud.

Jarovid
Jarovid is the god of anger, rage and war. He is also known as Jarevid or Jarovit. At the heart of his name is the word jar, which means fire, ferocity and anger. Although almost all Slavic gods are also warriors, only Jarovid is actually the god of war, the one who controls its course. He is also known by the names Žerovid (Gerovit), Ruđevid (Rujevit), then Porevid and Jarilo. According to legend, Jarovid comes accompanied by crows, which is perhaps why the very common motif in Serbian epic poems is that war news is brought by black birds that say: "Two crows and ravens flew in". He is armed with seven swords, while the eighth sword, which he holds in his hand, is the invincible sword Jarost (wrath), and a ribbon of death is tied around his forehead.

Stribog
In Slavic mythology, Stribog is the god of rivers and streams swollen by rain, the god of all water and air currents. All winds are considered Stribog's grandchildren. Most often mentioned among the Eastern Slavs, he is also the god of winter, ice and frost, who brings cold winds, storms and storms. Alternative names: Podaga, Pogoda, Podzvižd.

Perun
Known to all Slavs as the god of thunder and stormy skies, Perun left numerous traces in the names of people, places, mountains, and even plants, e.g. iris, which is also called bogiša, hence the divine plant. This is the god who strikes and breaks, who punishes injustice. He is imagined as a mature man with a long beard, with a fiery stone, arrows or lightning in his hands, sometimes covered with a "cap of storms". Alternative names: Prov, Parom, Porenucie and Belobog (WhiteGod).

Veles
Veles is the god of animals, fields and forests, that is, the god of fertility, vegetation and life in the broadest sense. The Eastern Slavs call him Volos. Alternative name: Lord of the Forest. The Slavs believed that this god most often appears in the form of a bear, although he is also capable of transforming into various other animals of which he is the protector. In later texts, he, like other important gods, is designated as a demon: he lost his original functions and was associated with the devil and the underworld.

Mokosha
Mokosha is revered as the protector of women and women's work, especially spinning, and as the manager of girls' destinies and the goddess of fertility. She was imagined as a woman with a large head and long arms who visits houses and supervises the spinning, rewarding those who are diligent and punishing those who are not. On the other hand, there is also a widespread belief that there is an evil deity in the midst and that her statue looks like a terrible monster made up of various animals. According to this interpretation, she signifies suffering and troubles, is ugly and disgusting and symbolizes all human passions. In some places she is called Mokosh, Mokusha or Moksha.

 

Vesna
In ancient Slavic mythology, Vesna was the goddess of spring and fertility, responsible for spring, morning and the birth of life. She is also known by the names Živa, Diva and Devana. Vesna is depicted as a beautiful, always smiling, naked and barefoot woman, partly covered with a dress made of ferns, grass and flowers, her hair sometimes also made of flowers, lowered to below the knees. She has a lush chest, as befits a goddess who symbolizes fertility, and sometimes she holds an apple in her right hand, and a bunch of grapes in her left, or on her index finger of her right hand is a swallow, a symbol of spring, and on her left is a bunch of flowers, which also symbolizes marriage.

 

Morana
The antipode of Vesna, Morana is the goddess of night, winter, and death, and most often appears as a beautiful girl with long black hair, a pale face, and wolf fangs and claws, features that detract from her divine beauty and emphasize her, in human eyes, evil nature. She is known to all Slavs, and appears under the names Morena, Marena, Marana, Maržana, Maržena. All winter disasters, snow, and death come from the goddess Morana, who was called the goddess of death of the human, animal, and plant worlds. Her three main attributes are winter, death, and darkness, and closely associated with both her and Vesna is Stribog, the god who "takes away one in order to bring another."

 

Veles
Veles is the god of animals, fields and forests, that is, the god of fertility, vegetation and life in the broadest sense. The Eastern Slavs call him Volos. Alternative name: Lord of the Forest. The Slavs believed that this god most often appears in the form of a bear, although he is also capable of transforming into various other animals of which he is the protector. In later texts, he, like other important gods, is designated as a demon: he lost his original functions and was associated with the devil and the underworld.

 

Dajbog
In Slavic mythology, Dajbog is the god of the Sun and fire, and probably the first of the gods created by Svarog, therefore his "eldest son", which is why he is often called Svarožić. Alternative names: Dažbog, Pripegalo, Radgost, Horz, Koledo. Among the Serbs, especially in folk literature, many traces of this god who is the Sun and fire, the "king on earth", the god of gold, silver and mines in general, the protector of blacksmithing and the home hearth and the god who grants prosperity and happiness, as evidenced by the frequent saying "may God grant it".

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