OTHER GODS AND GODDESS; ROD/ROZANICA, SUD/SUDENICA, VID-VIDA, ZHIBOG, JUTROBOG, MAT ZEMLYA, CHISLOBOG, KARNA, KOSTROMA, LELIA, MATERGABIA, OGNYENA, OZWIENA, BABA SLATA, URODA, URSULA, VELIONA, VESNA, ...
DOGODA, ERISVORSH, FLINS, IPABOG, KRESNIK, MORSKOY, POSVIST, PRIPEGALA, ...
DIDO-DIDA, DOLYA, SRECHA-NESRECHA, ZORYA, ZVEZDA, ...
BEREGINIA, VODIANOY/VODENI MOZH(PODVODNI MOŽ), BOGINKA/RUSSALKA/VILA, LESHY/BOREWIT, POLEVOY/POLUDNICA, ...
DOMOVOY/DOMANIA/SHKRAT, DUGNAY, KRUGIS, PIZAMAR AND PODAGA ...
LOLA, MAYA, SKIPER, VYRGON, KITOVRAS ...
DOGODA, ERISVORSH, FLINS, IPABOG, KRESNIK, MORSKOY, POSVIST, PRIPEGALA, ...
DIDO-DIDA, DOLYA, SRECHA-NESRECHA, ZORYA, ZVEZDA, ...
BEREGINIA, VODIANOY/VODENI MOZH(PODVODNI MOŽ), BOGINKA/RUSSALKA/VILA, LESHY/BOREWIT, POLEVOY/POLUDNICA, ...
DOMOVOY/DOMANIA/SHKRAT, DUGNAY, KRUGIS, PIZAMAR AND PODAGA ...
LOLA, MAYA, SKIPER, VYRGON, KITOVRAS ...
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Rod—Rozanica, Rodzanica,Rodzhanitsa, Rozhanitsy, Rojanitsa
Rozhdenica, Rodjenica, Razivia, Raziwia Rodiva, Rodiwa, Deva, Dewa, Dzewa,Baba, Krasopani, Udelnica ... |
Rozanica is an ancient mother goddess, and her name literally means the "Generatrix" or "Genitrix".
Mother to the newborn child. She is also called Deva, meaning the "Young Lady" or simply "Goddess". Baba, meaning the "Old Lady", "Crone", "Hag"; and Krasopani, meaning the "Beautiful Lady". Udelnica means "Bestower" (of fate). Offerings; bread, cheese and honey ... |
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Sud—Sudenica, Sudenitsa, Sudica, Sudjenica,
Sojenica, Sujenica, Sudzhenica, Sudicka Naruchnica, Orisnica, Urisnica, Uresica ... |
God and Goddess of Judgement ...
Symbols; candle, white clothes, scales |
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Vid–Vida, Wid, Vit, Wit, Sutvid, Wida, Vita, Wita ...
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Vida is identified as the celestial and rainy aspect of the great goddess. She is entitled "Empress of Heaven", associated with the theme of the tree of light ...
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Zhibog, Zibog, Siebog, Sibog, Shibog, Jibog, Gibog,
Ziwa, Zhiwa, Siwa, Shiwa ... |
Zhibog literally means "Life God", "Life Giver".
Zhibog is represented with a cat head ... |
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Jutrobog, Jutrebog, Juthrbog, Yutrobog, Jutrenka, Gitrenka
Jutrovit, Jutrowit, Mesyats, Myesyats, Messiatz ... |
Jutrobog is the moon god, but also the moon light at daybreak, whence the meaning of his name, "Morning God" or "Morning Giver".
The name Mesyats literally means "Moon". The dispenser of abundance and health. Worshiped and celebrated through round dances ... |
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Mat Syra Zemlya, Mata Syra Zjemlja, Mati Syra Zemlya, Mat Zemlya, Zeme, Matka ...
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Matka Ziemia (Damp Mother Earth), is an Earth Goodess ...
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Chislobog, Zislobog, Ziselbog, Kricco
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Literally "Number Giver". She is the goddess of time calculation, of the lunar month and of the moon's influences. Represented as a youthful female with a crescent moon on her forehead. She was also worshipped as the protectress of the crops ...
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Karna, ...
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Goddess of the funerals, personifying tears ...
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Kostroma, ...
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Goddess of spring and fertility. She is connected with grain. Her celebration falls on 29 June, during which a village maiden representing the deity would be ritually bathed in a stream and then worshipped for an evening of feasting and dancing.
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Lelia, ...
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Goddess of spring and mercy .
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Matergabia, Matka Gabia, Matergabiae ...
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Matergabia literally means "Fire Mother". She is the Goddess of the hearth. Goddess of home, hearth, and patron of their care. She could take the form of a cat, stork or rooster, or she could appear as a woman clothed in red ...
Animals:Cat, Stork Colours:Red Offerings: Bread, salt Symbols: fire |
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Ozwiena, ...
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Baba Slata, Zlata Baba, Slotaia Baba, Zolotaya Baba, Zolotaja Baba, Zolstoia Baba, Baba Zlatna, Baba Korizma,
Baba Gvozdenzuba ... |
Her name literally means "Golden Old Lady". She is worshipped among Finno-Ugric populations along the Ob River, but also among Slavs. She has two other aspects, Baba Korizma ("Lent Old Lady") and Baba Gvozdenzuba ("Iron-Toothed Old Lady"). Goddess of magic ...
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Uroda, ...
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Goddess of ploughed land, of agriculture.
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Ursula, Ursala, Orsel, Horsel, Urschel
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Goddess of the moon associated with the Ursa Minor constellation.
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Veliona, Velonia, Vielona, Vielonia, Veliuona, Velu Mate,
Velnias, Velns ... |
Goddess of death, warden of the souls of the ancestors. Velu Mate ("Mother of the Souls").
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Vesna, Wiosna, Vesnas, ...
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Dogoda, ...
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God of the west wind ...
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Erisvorsh, Erishvorsh, Erivorsh, Varpulis, Warpulis ...
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God of the storm, wind and thunder ...
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Flins, Flyns, Flyntz ...
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God of death ... He is represented as a skeleton with a lion upon his shoulder, holding a burning torch in his hand, and placing a foot on a large pebble.
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Ipabog, ...
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Ipabog is the god of hunting. The name may mean "Movement Giver"
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Kresnik, Krsnik, Skrstnik, Vesnik, Kurent
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God of fire and of the sun. He is a young, solar warrior hero and a benevolent god of fertility, but also a god of rebirth who "waits ... in a mountain cavern for the hour of his awakening and return to true life".
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Morskoy, Morskoi
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He is the god of the sea. His name literally means "Emperor of the Sea" ...
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Posvist, Poswist, Poshvist, Pogvist, Pohvist, Pozvizd ...
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God of the wind, otherwise called "Star". His name literally means "Whistler" or "Blower".
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Pripegala, Prepeluga ...
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God of fertility, vegetables, nature, guardian of livestock, fruit, beekeeping, sex, genitals, masculinity, and gardens ...
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Dido–Dida, Lado–Lada ...
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Divine twins ...
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Dolya–Nedolya, Dola–Nedola ...
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Goddess of fate ... with bloodshot eyes ...
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Srecha–Nesrecha, Sretcha–Nesretcha ...
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Goddess of welfare and spinn a golden thread ...
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Zorya is the goddess of beauty, virgin associated with war Her name literally means "Light" or "Aurora", and she manifests as three goddesses AND sister of Zvezda, with whom they are often conflated:
-Zorya Utrennyaya ("Morning Light") is depicted as a warrior goddess, fully armed and courageous, and was invoked to protect against death in battle. Often conflated with Zvezda Dennitsa. -Zorya Vechernyaya ("Evening Light"), -Zorya Polunoshnaya ("Midnight Light"). Guardian goddesses ... Animals; Horses ... Guardian, Protection, Battlefields ... |
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Zvezda, Zwezda ...
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Zvezda literally means "Star", and refers to the planet Venus. It is the name of two sister goddesses, often conflated with Zoria, who represent the two phases of the planet Venus:
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Bereginia, Beregynia, Berehynia, Przeginia ...
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Deity, of waters and riverbanks. She has been heightened to the status of a national goddess "hearth mother, protectress of the earth". In Old Church Slavonic, the name was prĕgyni or peregyni, and they were rather—as attested by chronicles and highlighted by the root *per—spirits of trees and rivers.The interpretation as female water spirits, bregynja or beregynja, is an innovation of modern Russian folklore.
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Vodianoy, Vodianoi, Vodianoj, Vodnik
Vodeni Mozh, Bagiennik, Bolotnik |
Vodianoy is a tutelary deity, or are tutelary deities, of waters (voda, "water"). He is represented as an older man with a high cap of reeds on his head and a belt of rushes around his waist. To ingratiate themselves with him, Slavic fishermen sacrificed butter in water while millers sacrificed sows.
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Boginka, Bogunka, Russalka, Navia, Nawia
Navje, Mavje, Navi, Navjaci, Nejka, Majka, Mavka Nemodlika, Latawci, Vila, Wila, Samodiva, Samovila, Vila, Iuda |
Boginka literally means "Little Goddess". Deitie of waters.They are distinguished into various categories, under different names, and they may be either white (beneficent) or black (maleficent).
The root *nav which is present in some name variants, for instance Navia and Mavka, means "dead", as these little goddesses are conceived as the spirits of dead children or young women. The words diva has the meanings of "wild", "rage", "rave", "divinity" whereas vila means "spun" or "spinning" (such as tornado or a hailstorm spinning). They are described as playful beings in white and wearing wreaths that can be beneficent or maleficent to men and women alike, depending on how they perceive being treated. They are said to be found in woods, mountains, near fairy rings, near water sources where they bathe. Also contrast dwelling in graveyards, dangerous places and to build invisible cities below the clouds when they are associated with malice. They can sometimes be attributed to: have wings, transform in various animals such as wolves, send ravens/crows as messengers, ride white-gray deer or bears, shoot arrows. Was given various offerings. |
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Leshy, Borewit, Leshak, Leshuk, Leszy, Lesny
Lesnoy, Lesnoi, Lesnoj, Lesovoy, Lesovoi, Lesovoj Lesovik, Barowit, Borovoy, Borovoi, Borovoj Borovik, Boruta |
Leshy is the tutelary deity of forests, Another name of the god is Borewit or Boruta, coming from the Slavic root *bor which denotes dark woods. He is represented as an old man with long hair and beard, with flashing green eyes.To secure his protection, people who lived near woods sacrificed salted bread to him. He may manifest in the form of animals, such as bears, wolves and hares. Other names include Berstuk and Zuttibur (also rendered Swiatibor).
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Polevoy, Poludnica, Polevoi, Polevoj, Polevik
Belun, Datan, Lawkapatim, Laukosargan Tawals, Poludnitsa, Poludnitza, Polednica Poludniowka, Przypoludnika |
Tutelary deity of fields ("field"). The god of the fields is also known by the names Datan, Lawkapatim, or Tawals. Poludnica is his female form; her name is etymologically related to poluden or polden, not only related to fields but also, literally, "midday". She is represented either as an airy, white woman or as an old woman with horse hoofs and a sharp sickle in her hand. The name Lawkapatim reflects the Prussian Laukosargas.
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Domovoy, Domania, Domovoi, Domovoj, Domovik
Did, Didko, Diduch, Ded, Dedushka, Dedek Djadek, Shetek, Shotek, Skritek, Shkrat, Shkratec, Shkrata, Shkriatek, Skrzatek, Skrzat, Skrzot, Chozyain, Chozyainushko, Stopan, Domovnichek, Hospodarichek, Domovikha Kikimora, Marukha, Volossatka |
Domovoy is the household god, warden of the hearth. The Indo-European root *dom is shared by many words in the semantic field of "abode", "domain" ("house"). Domania is sometimes present as his female counterpart, but he is most often a single god. Domovoy are deified fountainhead ancestors, and all other household deities with specific functions are their extensions. Domovoy may manifest in the form of animals, such as cats, dogs or bears, but also as the master of the house or a departed ancestor of the given kin. In some traditions they are symbolised as snakes. They were worshipped by the Slavs as statuettes which were placed in niches near the house's door, and later above the ovens.
Other household gods are Dvorovoy (tutelary deity of courtyards. Bannik ("Bath Spirit", tutelary deity of the sauna who corresponds to the Komi Pyvsiansa and Ovinnik ("Threshing Barn Spirit"), Prigirstitis (known for his fine hearing), and the goddess Krimba. Another household deity is the lizard-shaped Giwoitis. |
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Dugnay, Dugnai
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Goddess - deity of bread and bakery.
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Krugis, Krukis, Kriukis
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Deity (God) of blacksmithery and pets.
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Pizamar
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Deity (God) of North.
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Podaga
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Deity (God) of hunting and fishing.
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Lola (Letnitsa) Gromovitsa
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The Goddess of thunder and lightning
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Maya
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Goddess of harvest
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Skiper-beast (Skiper)
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God of snake or giant snake like beast
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Vyrgon
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Goddess of snake
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Kitovras (Karachun)
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Deity of mixes and sky
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