Around the different Slavic regions, religious beliefs tend to vary. ThoughtCo. litle wrong here. Best wishes! Both religions perform rituals to pay homage to their respective gods, and to attain their favour to ensure a successful harvest or good fortunes (for example). Staffed with a growing team of passionate journalists and local contributors, our Krakw office is fully dedicated to covering all-things Polish, from reporting on the latest news to promoting fascinating local initiatives across Poland. Norse: followers of Asatru (the modern reconstruction of ancient Scandinavian pre-Christian religion) believe in living their lives and dying their deaths honourably. She is sometimes portrayed holding a penis in each hand, because as the goddess of fertility, she is the overseer of male potency or the lack thereof. Wigington, Patti. Svetovid - Svetovid is the Slavic god of war, fertility and abundance. Ata yurdu = Father country. Many of these old gods have been folded into Slavic Christianity. Stribog in the Slavic pantheon, is the god and spirit of the winds, sky and air; he is said to be the ancestor of the winds of the eight directions. It is quite informative as to the possible origin especially of the word for "grandfather" in the dialect of Frosolone, (home of my paternal ancestors) in the Molise region (definitely a lot of Albanians in Molise) where instead of "nonno" they use "tatone" which would roughly mean "big father." They appear in the plural or as a single entity. Atalar = Ancestors. I've been told that one of the names of Odin is "All Father." Svarog * Svarog, Swarg, , Schwayxtix, Swarg in Slavic mythology, is the Slavic sun god and spirit of fire. Wigington, Patti. (2021, December 6). Im still researching Rodnovery, so once I have some more information, I may write another article! Origin of the Anglo Saxon race is a book published in 1906 by Thomas William Shore, author of 'a history of Hampshire,' etc, Honorary secretary London and Middlesex archaeological society; honorary Organizing secretary of the Hampshire field club and Archaeological society. He is associated with the oak tree, and is a god of war; in some respects, he's a lot like the Norse and Germanic Thor and Odin combined. He is an arch enemy of Perun, and is responsible for storms. There are no surviving writings of Slavic prayers or myths, and what is known of their gods comes from Christian chroniclers. To do that, we need to connect with nature and with the language of our origins. The weak verb *wjanan, also derived from *waz, gave rise to Old Norse a 'to rage', Old English wdan 'to be mad, furious', Old Saxon wdian 'to rage', and Old High German wuoten 'to be insane, to rage'. 
Representing both the Morning Star and the Evening one, Zorya is, like other Slavic gods, found with two or sometimes three different aspects. Change). Norse paganism: Asatru (Icelandic, meaning faith in the gods) / Heathenry (heathen was once a derogatory term used by Christians to describe pagans, but modern Norse pagans have adopted it as their own). Ever since the dawn of humanity, spirituality and later religion and science have searched for the answer. Day - Thursday. In some legends, he is accused of stealing Perun's wife or children and taking them down into the underworld. There is no beginning without an endand no night without a day. #Slavic, #Mythology. I have done plenty of study, but sadly I have discovered that there is very little reliable information published about Slavic paganism that has been translated into English. Slavs believed that when Dodola milks her heavenly cows, the clouds, it rains on earth. Each presided over a realm, a natural feature of the Earth such as the soil, water, fire and air. Another possibility is that Tacitus relied on a Slavic speaking informants who completely misinterpreted the word Vodan and Odin and understood them as the one who leads and the one who wanders. Albanian at from Proto-Albanian *ataSerbo-Croatian tacAncient Greek (tta)Alemannic German ttifrom Proto-Indo-European *ttahttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/%C3%A1ttaLots of Albanians and Slavs settle in the South of Italy in medieval timesSo possibly this is where the link is Serbian Irish: thanks for your reply. Belobog, the god of light, and Czernobog, the god of darkness, are essentially two aspects of the same being. This is very interesting because the latest genetic evidence is showing us that Serbs and Croats have majority I2a1 and the Danes have majority I2a2 Y haplogroup. You can see this clearly from these maps published on, We know that there was a lot of mixing between the western Slavs and Danes and that the most prominent Danish Viking dynasties descending from Harlad the blue tooth were of mixed Danish Slavic descent. Of course, big, grand and great are synonyms in many languages. And the universe was now divided into three worlds. Perunovm attribute of the ax - the weapon of Slavic warriors. These were the primeval gods and goddesses. Could the time have come to reclaim what has been lost? He resides in the mountains. Radegast | A god of Slavic mythology associated with fertility, agriculture, war, hospitality, fire & the evening sky. And do modern Slavs hold the keys to unlock one of the last great secrets of Europe? "odi" or "hodi" means walks and "oditi" or "hoditi" means you walk, walking. All of the various Slavic tribes honored Dzbog. Dzbog is the patron of the hearth fire, and offerings were made to him so that the fires would keep burning through the cold winter months. Belobog (black god) and Chernobog (white god). They are fiercely proud of their roots, and pay as much respect to their ancestors as they do their gods. PRAV/RULE was the realm of the divine and supreme truth, JAV/REALITY, the tangible reality in which people live and the world in-between, and NAV/UNDERWORLD, as the home to the lower aspects of existence. His thatched scarecrow is burnt in a bonfire on the holiday of "Ivana Kupala" (the day of Summer Sunstaying). However, one of the differences between the two pantheons is that the Slavic deities tend to have polar opposites of each other. "odi on" or "hodi on" means he walks, he who walks. Perun lived in the highest branches, so that he could see all that happened. I believe the sir/Vanir War took place much much further back in time and actually details the conflict of Homo Sapiens and Neanderthal. Or more precisely reopened. She was mentioned by, Stribog is the god of the wind. In the beginning, there was darkness and chaos. Dola is the personification of fate and destiny. So you are right that frenzy and walking is not mutually exclusive in the behaviour associated to him. In some ways, she is similar to the Norse Freyja, because of her association with love, fertility, and death. This is how the night and day were born. Popular among Eastern Slavs, she is connected to fertility; many of those who participated in the cult of Mokosh had large, breast-shaped stones that were used as altars. The masculine noun *wanaz developed from the Proto-Germanic adjective *waz, related to Latin vts and Old Irish fith, both meaning 'seer, prophet'. His name, meaning "god of giving", may suggest that he was also a god of abundance. But before the scientific theories, there were stories. He had created the forces and the cycles that presided over all that ever existed. Norse: many Norse pagans perform Blots, which are essentially sacrificial rituals. Wigington, Patti. Myths and legends that the people created, and used, to make sense of the complex world around them. This could have lead to the erroneous linking of Odin, Vodan with MercuryBut this would put Slavic speaking people in Germania in the the first century AD A can of worm has been opened. It has been speculated that these words derive from the name "Odin" which may have been brought to the region by the Normans. He is attributed with being a. Dazhbog is a sun god. So Rod gave life to love, represented by Lada, the goddess of love and the primordial mother of all beings. Dazbog, The first part of the name is daj a form of the verb to give, while the second part bog means god. They ruled the skies, the Sun, the Moon and the stars. (LogOut/ Little is known about the two of them from primary sources, but it's generally agreed that Czernobog, whose name translates to black god, was a dark and possibly cursed deity who was associated with death, misfortune, and overall calamity. Museums around the world are filled with statues of gods and goddesses once worshipped by the ancient Greeks, Romans or Egyptians. That all being said, I find it interesting to think that if indeed the two languages are related as you have described that perhaps what was in the Slavic languages a root word meaning "to walk," if it did indeed "transfer" to Old Norse seems to have then changed to mean "frenzy." She is the one who opens the gates of heaven every morning, as Zorya Utrennjaja, so that the sun can rise. The adjective *waz (or *w) was further substantivized, leading to Old Norse r 'mind, wit, soul, sense', Old English ellen-wd 'zeal', Middle Dutch woet 'madness', and Old High German wuot 'thrill, violent agitation'. It is called Uralic. You can contact me on serbianirishculture@gmail.com, Very interesting piece as always Serbian Irish. Then join the online course created by the authors of Slovakia: The Legend of the Linden and Czechoslovakia behind the Iron Curtain, Dr Gabriela Bereghazyova and Dr Zuzana Palovic. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. His attributes are a sword, a bridle, a saddle, and a white horse. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. In it the author gives detailed analysis of the Anglo Saxons, and shows us that both Angles and Saxons were just terms used for complex federations of south Baltic Germanic, Norse and West Slavic tribes. 
In the Viking era, blood sacrifices were extremely common, but nowadays it is preferable to pay libation in leftover food or drink! For example: Belobog (black god) and Chernobog (white god). Blackness enveloped a golden egg, the symbol of new life, in which Rod, the forefather of all Slavic gods and of all of creation, was sound asleep. Opponent of thunder-god Perun he is also the God of Druids, the God of secret and the Keeper of the passageway from the world of Yav middle world where we live to the Prav or righteous higher world of Spirits and Nav the lower world. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Slavic mythology: Rod, and the birth of a new universe, Slavic mythology: Veles, King of the Slavic Underworld - Kafkadesk. So the forces of imbalance awoke Rod from his harmonious slumber. Dazbog stands for the Sun disc. Are you curious to learn more about their ancient Gods and Goddesses? 
Up until then, consciousness was all there was. They do not bow down before their gods, but instead ask them for guidance and pay homage to them in a variety of ways including (but not limited to) prayer, rituals, sacrifices etc. Finnish and its related languages are their own language tree and independent of the Indo/European line. No one knows if Slavic religion had a universal pantheon of gods like other Indo-European people, but we do know that the gods were honored in different ways around the Slavic world. https://www.thoughtco.com/slavic-gods-4768505 (accessed July 22, 2022). Perun - Perun is the Slavic god of thunder and the sky. We already learned about Perun, the thunder god, and Morena, the goddess of death, now lets take a look at Slavic mythologys very own creation myth with Rod.
Because of the duality of Slavic gods, Czernobog is rarely mentioned without the inclusion of Belobog, who is associated with light and goodness. Much of what scholars know about ancient Slavic religion comes from a 12th-century document called the Novgorod Chronicle, as well as the Primary Chronicle, which details the beliefs of the Kievan Rus. ThoughtCo, Dec. 6, 2021, thoughtco.com/slavic-gods-4768505. But, it was unknown to itself. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/slavic-gods-4768505. Pingback: Slavic mythology: Veles, King of the Slavic Underworld - Kafkadesk. Only the very bravest of warriors can ever hope to go to Valhalla, whereas those who died of sickness or old age were pretty much destined for Hel. Patti Wigington is a pagan author, educator, and licensed clergy. Another theory is that the souls of the dead went to Nawia the land of eternal happiness, but that they could return to the land of the living several times throughout the year during rituals dedicated to the forefathers (Dziady). Its branches stretch to the heavens, and its roots bury down into the underworld. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); A Comparison of Norse and SlavicPaganism. Mentioned by, Morana is the goddess of vegetation, but also of death and winter. We've updated our Privacy Policy, which will go in to effect on September 1, 2022. Floating in the primordial chaos, Rod was resting and waiting for the moment to grow strong enough to create all that we know to be the world. Svetovid's four heads stand for the four sides of the world that this all-seeing god is looking at. Slavic: there is, sadly, hardly any surviving documents pertaining to the ancient Slavic pagan afterlife. First, Rod gave form to his two avatars light and darkness. , , , , , , , . I will soon publish few more articles about this link and you will see how deep the rabbit hole goes :). The light and the darkness are destined to be forever engaged in a struggle of good versus bad. Perun is heavily masculine, and is representative of the most active parts of nature. Serbian Historian from the 19th century, Milo Milojevi, claimed that Serbs and Danes were one and the same people. Despite many Slavic areas being heavily Christian, there is still an interest in the old Slavic folk gods. But when we take a closer look at most recent theories and scientific breakthroughs, we can begin to spot parallels between cutting-edge scientific knowledge and the wisdom of the old world. sfn error: no target: CITEREFIvanovToporov1987 (, sfn error: no target: CITEREFSzyjewski2006 (, sfn error: no target: CITEREFZarubin1971 (, sfn error: no target: CITEREFWitkowski2006 (, sfn error: no target: CITEREFKropiej2012 (, "What Do We Know about *rnobog and *Bl Bog? Basically they are the closest genetic cousins. In many traditions, Marzanna is represented as an effigy, which is typically burned or drowned as part of the cycle of life, death, and eventual rebirth. He created a system of opposites, but not before creating the greatest force that there has ever been love as the means to unite opposing forces. Russian neo-pagans play with a fire celebrating the summer solstice festiva. He started feeling hot, and suddenly, freezing cold. It is very intriguing to compare the gods and goddesses of these two pantheons, as they bear striking similarities. They also both celebrate holidays such as the Summer and Winter Solstices, pre-Christian versions of Christmas (otherwise known as Winter Solstice/Yule) and Easter (Eostre/Ostara/Jare Swieto). Little is known about Helgafjell, but it appears to be a sort of limbo between the others. pity..nothing bout the tribe of dan,that left the holy land as one of the 12 tribes..tribe of dan,the pirates,danmark,soudan,etc etc. But if this is true, why does Norse god have name whose etymology comes from Slavic languages? Veles is one of major Slavic god associated with cattle, commerce, underworld and magic. Is this just a coincidence? Marzanna, the Goddess of Winter and Death. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Norse: Yggdrasil, a colossal ash tree which holds the Nine Worlds. Lada is a spring goddess of beauty and love in Slavic mythology. Kupala God of summer, husband of his sister Marena. In regards to etymological issues, according to my various sources, Odin and its etymological origins means "frenzy," which, as you state, would relate to ideas like rage, not unlike the rage the berserkers are said to have entered before battle, "possessed" as they were, by Odin. His other attributes were the fire, mountains, the oak, iris, eagle, firmament (in Indo-European languages this was joined with the notion of the sky of stone), horses and carts, weapons (the hammer axe and arrow) and war. His cult is described by, The only reliable source mentioning Chernobog is the, Devana is the goddess of wildlife, forests, the moon and hunting. Idols of Perun depicted him as a large man with a silver head and golden mustaches. But I hope that you enjoyed reading my comparison. It is Interesting that in Greek we have word (hods) which means threshold, road, path, way, journey, trip, expeditionThe official etymology is that the Greek word comes form Proto-Indo-European *sodos. I think youll agree, they both have much in common! Slavic: followers of Rodnovery (the modern reconstruction of ancient Slavic pre-Christian religion) believe in restoring national spirituality. She is the author of Daily Spellbook for the Good Witch, Wicca Practical Magic and The Daily Spell Journal. At midnight, she dies with the sun, and in the morning, she is reborn and awakens once more. She is a patron of weddings, and is often called upon to bless a newly married couple, along with her twin brother Lado. In fact, many would argue that theirs is NOT a reconstruction, but rather a modern movement based on the folklore and old traditions of their region. Odin, the wanderer, was the Homo Sapiens hunter/gatherers who brought Indo/European languages with them. Slavic: Rod, Belobog, Chernobog, Perun, Svetovid, Lada, etc. "The 10 Most Important Slavic Gods." Inter multiformia uero deorum numina, quibus arua, siluas, tristicias atque uoluptates attribuunt, non-diffitentur unum deum in celis ceteris imperitantem, illum prepotentem celestia tantum curare, hos uero distributis officiis obsequentes de sanguine eius processisse et unumquemque eo prestantiorem, quo proximiorem illi deo deorum. In order to discover its great wholeness, it would have to break off into dual opposites. For example: Both Odin and Rod are the chief gods of their respective pantheons.
All cultures, across eras and geographies, have pondered the same eternal question how was the world created? Perhaps most importantly, he is a powerful god who is given credit for creating the world. Perun - Old Slavic God of storms, thunder and lightning. Sve to je napisano je izuzetno blisko onome to mi piemo, posebno deo o jeziku s tim to smo mi nadam se otili neki korak dalje ali je baza ista. Is odin = odi on = the one that walks, travels? As with Norse paganism, there are also elements of prayer and ritualistic practices. They are proud of their history, and wish to uphold the traditions of days gone by. It was Perun and donor harvest next Daboga and Veles. I have also read theories suggesting that Slavs also had their own versions of Valhalla and Hel, although I havent been able to find a completely trustworthy source, so I am reluctant to publicize this as fact. The first clear example of this occurs in the Roman historian Tacitus's late 1st-century work Germania, where, writing about the religion of the Suebi (a confederation of Germanic peoples), he comments that "among the gods Mercury is the one they principally worship. Velika molba, poto su tekstovi vani i za nae citate , moe li da nam pronae ko su pisci odnosno kreatori sajta (bloga) i kako moemo doi do njih.Upravo tvrdnje iznete u tim tekstovima potvruju da nezavisna istraivanja , voena u adekvatnom pravcu i bez predrasuda (zapadnih) mogu dovesti do istih ili slinih rezultata. Belarussians in traditional dresses put candles in the water while celebrating a traditional Slavic holiday. The thing about Odin's name is that this is just one of many "strange" links between the Germanic and Slavic cultures. In regards to one of Odin's epithets, as "far traveled guest," the Old Norse words for such would not be derived from the same etymology.
He is four-headed war god. Come back to your roots The old gods are calling. ", Faceted Application of Subject Terminology, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Slavic_deities&oldid=1096256269, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Veles is a god with many functions, which makes it difficult to compare him to any other deity. (LogOut/ My mother spoke a Southern Italian dialect in which the word for "father" is "attne," a variant of that word in Bari (Puglia) being "uattne," pronounced "wattn." Dodola (also spelled Doda, Dudulya and Didilya, pronounced: doh-doh-la, doo-doo-lya, or dee-dee-lya), Perperuna or Preperua is an old Slavic tradition. I'd be grateful if you would be so kind to provide an email or similar of the authors of the text so that she could reference them and /or get in touch.Her message (in Serbian) is below:mnogo si nas obradovala ovim linkom. According to some interpretations, she is the Slavic goddess of rain, and the wife of the supreme god Perun (who is the god of thunder).
In Slavic mythology, Perun is the god of the sky and of thunder and lightning. Additionally the Old Norse noun i 'rage, fury' and Old High German wuot 'madness' derive from the feminine noun *wn, from *waz. Mat Zemlya is a personification of the Earth appearing mainly in, Rod is a figure, spirit, or deity often mentioned in minor, Rozhanitsy ("Givers of life"), Sudenitsy ("Givers of fate"), and Narechnitsy ("Givers of destiny") are female spirits or deities of fate. I will read you work on Loki over the weekend. Ukranian Pagans make an offering to Perun. Svantevit possessed several major temples, each with a guard of more than a hundred men. Norse: Norse pagans believe that those who die in battle ascend to Valhalla a golden hall in Asgard (realm of the Aesir gods) where they will feast, drink, fight and die, only to be reborn and continue this itinerary until Ragnarok (the final battle of the gods, and the end of the world as we know it). When Did Scandinavians REALLY First Arrive inBritain. As the soil goes cold and the crops die, Marzanna dies as well, only to be reborn in the spring as Lada. Odin and Freya choose half each of those slain in battle. #Mythology, #Slavic. Slavic paganism: Slavic Native Faith / Vedism / Orthodoxy / Old Belief / Rodnovery (this term varies depending on which Slavic country you happen to be in, but it is believed to be derived from the words rod meaning ancestral or indigenous and vera, meaning faith or religion). Perun was honored with shrines and temples in high places, such as on mountain tops and groves of oak trees. Therefore, please forgive me and do let me know if there are any mistakes!
I emailed your article to a friend of mine in Belgrade who is interested in the subject specially from the language point of view. ;) As always, Serbian Irish, a very pleasant, thought provoking read. In some dialects of South Slavic languages word "od" or "hod" means walk. Veles often takes the form of a serpent and slithers up the sacred tree towards Perun's domain.