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Slavic religion Slavic religion, pre-Christian religious practices among the Slavs of Eastern Europe.
pantheon pantheonpăn´thēŏnand180;, -thēen, term applied originally to a temple to all the gods.
Germanic religion -> The Germanic Pantheon Germanic religion, like most ancient religions, was polytheistic.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/searchpool.asp?target=Slavic+pantheon   (493 words)

  
 Slavic religion on Encyclopedia.com
Two important gods of Slavic religion were Byelobog (or Byelun) [the White God] and Chernobog [the Black God].
It is generally thought that the earliest Slavic religious beliefs were based on the principle that the whole natural world is inhabited and directed by spirits or mysterious forces.
Svarog, a god known to most Slavic peoples, was regarded as the father of the chief deities.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/s/slavicre.asp   (725 words)

  
 Slavic Mythology
Slavic sun and fire god, originally the supreme god of the Slavic pantheon.
An ancient Slavic fire god, especially of the fire that was used to dry grain.
The Slavic war god of the Baltic area, known especially from Stettin and Brandenburg.
http://www.members.aol.com/helekleinegurl/Slavmyth3.html   (1549 words)

  
 Slavic languages - encyclopedia article about Slavic languages.
Note too that historical inter-Slav cultural currents, such as the influence of South Slavic Old Church Slavonic and of South Slavic scholars on Russian, have exercised some re-unifying influence.
One can view all Slavic languages as descendants from Proto-Slavic, their parent language.
While not used in modern times, the text of a Church Slavonic mass survives in the Czech Republic, which is best known through Janacek's musical setting of it (the Glagolitic Mass).
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Slavic+languages   (3389 words)

  
 Slavic Pantheon - Stirpes
She is often mentioned in Slavic pagan conjuring songs and prayers for rain, mainly at the Bulgarian rain-begging ritual "peperuna".
In later Slavic mythology, when Belobog and Chernobog had lost their religious significance, Belobog - embodiment of solar benifaction = good = joy - is considered to be follower of Dazhdbog.
This is Slavic equivalent of the wide spread in many mythologies heathen idea for sacral divine marriage between Earth and Sky.
http://forum.stirpes.net/showthread.php?t=631   (9989 words)

  
 Slavs are people that are considering themselves as offsprings of their Gods
Likewise, the notion that tonight the barrier between the land of the living and the land of the dead disappears is expressed on this day.
The Slavic Pagan Witches prepare kasha and pour libations of vodka.
This is the time of the Slavic Pagan Witch festival known as Halloween.
http://www.sweb.cz/magie.xchat/SlavicPaganism.htm   (3975 words)

  
 The Resurrection and The Willow - The Pre-Christian Slavic Religion
The Slavic religion was unaccompanied by doctrinal systems or creeds or scriptures and as a consequence it evolved in various directions as the ancient Slavic tribes migrated from their common homeland into Eastern and Southern Europe.
Important also were Chernobog, the black god of the underworld, who survives in many Slavic curses, and Belobog, the white god of the upperworld.
Both the Eastern and the Western churches held to the belief that Slavic heathenism was of demonic origin and entirely without merit.
http://members.tripod.com/ResurrectionWillows/PaganSlavs.html   (725 words)

  
 Slavic Powers
The Slavic pantheon is a young one, one that has been in ascendance even as the gods of the Kalevala have waned.
However, although Svarog is the supreme god of Slavic religion, he is in fact a mere minor emissary of the 'Idle God', a massively potent overpower whose name may not be spoken and whose powers are beyond comprehension.
His son, Svarozhich, brother of Dazhbog, is the actual personification of fire, and they share their realm in the elemental plane.
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/9974/slavic.htm   (1221 words)

  
 Eurasian Studies 201 Handouts: East Slavic Paganism
In what we can piece together of the ancient Slavic pantheon, each realm had its own set of divinities, and each class seems to have worshipped its own favorite gods.
The Slavic peoples held the Indo-European concept of a universe divided into the three realms of heaven, earth, and an underworld.
In opposition to gods of life and fertility were gods of death and the underworld: Vii (VEE) and Kashei, or Koshei, were the gods of the underworld who incarcerated Yarilo and Morena during the cold months; Simargl (SEE-mar-gul), or Pereplut (pi-ri-PLUT), was the winged dog who guarded the harvest and the underworld.
http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/russ110/handout_p1_paganism.htm   (815 words)

  
 Mythology's Mything Links: Eastern Europe / Pan Slavic Traditions & Beliefs
Such an assumption is a consequence of the paucity of knowledge about Slavic mythology.
...the native Eastern Slavic religion was assumed to be a collection of some animistic beliefs with an inpersonalised "Mother Moist Earth" as a dominant, agricultural deity.
This page from Ainsley Friedberg on Slavic Gods and Goddesses is divided into "Minor Deities" and "Greater Pantheon." The alphabetized data is quite interesting (although sources aren't noted).
http://mythinglinks.org/euro~east~panSlavic.html   (2564 words)

  
 Neopaganism
Polytheism often involves the worship of a heavenly pantheon of kindred gods, with one chief god who typically sits as lord.
As a group these Slavic religions are known as [[Slavianstvo]].
==== Slavic ==== Most [[SlavsSlavic]] neopagans follow customs of old [[Slavic religion]] and revere [[Slavic pantheonSlavic gods]].
http://www.agseinc.com/repository/n/neo/neopaganism/data.xml   (4655 words)

  
 Slavic, Old-German and Icelandic Goddesses Realm
Spring and love are often placed under the auspices of the same Deity, whether male or female, for obvious reasons: spring is the season of reproduction and new life, often outcomes of love.
Here the old pagan Finnish-Ugric, Germanic, Slavic, Baltic and Icelandian goddesses shall dwell again.
Dutch goddess of plenty who ruled over sea-travel and possibly the dead.
http://inanna.virtualave.net/slavic.html   (2644 words)

  
 Slavic - The Society and Culture Beat - SearchBeat.com
The Eternal Slavic Fire/ Âå÷íèÿò Ñëàâÿíñêè Îãúí - Ancient Slavic beliefs, mythology and religious culture.
Ukrainsko Yazichnitstvo - An Ukrainian site on the Slavic pagan religion of Ukraine.
The Princess Libushe: A Czech Legend - Story of a time when woman-rule by three wise sisters was questioned by their people, causing the sisters to turn power over to a mysterious peasant who became Princess Libushe's husband.
http://www.searchbeat.com/Society/ReligionandSpirituality/Pagan/Slavic   (555 words)

  
 Slavic Mythology
In Slavic mythology, the Rod are the spirits of deceased female ancestors and are considered to be goddesses of fate and fairies.
East Slavic spirit of the threshing house (ovin).
He was probably the highest deity in the Slavic pantheon.
http://members.aol.com/helekleinegurl/Slavmyth2.html   (1402 words)

  
 Perun
According to the Kievan Primary Chronicle, Perun was the chief deity of the pagan gods worshipped by the Russians until their Christianization in 988 by St. Vladimir I, Grand Prince of Kiev.
Some scholars maintain that Perun gradually displaced the more ancient Rod as the high god of the East Slavic pantheon.
Ultimately, Perun's identity can perhaps be traced back to the Vedic thunder god Parjánya.
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/perun.html   (259 words)

  
 ANDREAS IS HERE - WELCOME TO ALL
SVETOVID(SVANTOVIT,SVANTEVIT): He is the Supreme deity of the Slavic Pantheon of Gods.
PERUN/PEROUEN: Stormgod who was worshiped in the pre- christian Slavic pantheon of Gods by the East Slaves, especially by the Russians.
STRIBOG: Slavic who was official worshiped by the Russians during the lasts years of the tenth century.
http://www.freewebs.com/andreas1965/eurolandthemepark.htm   (2373 words)

  
 Tech-Savvy Slavic Pagans Take Rituals to the Internet
Not only do Russia's pagans take to the woods to worship the myriad gods of the Slavic pantheon, they've hit the Internet as well.
The section continues with more than 100 articles and essays on everything from paganism in modern Russia to the ancient Slavic pantheon to Maslenitsa, a holiday with pagan origins marked with feasting and games.
A simple explanation of what paganism is -- a group of mythical, religious and philosophical worldviews based on polytheism -- can be found in the Materials section.
http://dev.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2002/08/06/047.html   (298 words)

  
 CER Book Review Tales from Slavic Myths by Ivan Hudec
The book also has an index of the pantheon of Slavic deities and demons.
Thus, to understand the nature of Slavic peoples in its totality, one needs to look to Slavic mythology as it existed before the advent of Christianity.
What we know about Slavic mythology is based upon oral traditions and scattered references in ancient texts.
http://www.ce-review.org/01/17/books17_kopanic.html   (1056 words)

  
 Study Guide -- Eurasian Studies 201 Test One
He himself had hundreds of concubines and erected special temples to the Slavic pantheon of gods.
Know the term religious syncretism (dvoeve¡rie, or "double-faith") to refer to the natural intertwining of traditional Slavic spirituality ("paganism") with Byzantine Orthodox Christianity after 988.
Note also the concept of appanage, or udel (oo-DELL, ude¡l), an estate that could be disposed of by the owner according to his discretion (and I mean "his" not "hers" since Rus was a patriarchal society).
http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/russ110/t1_studyguide.htm   (5782 words)

  
 SLAV 536 Syllabus
R *Marija Gimbutas, “Ancient Slavic religion: a synopsis” in To Honor Roman Jakobson, Mouton: The Hague, 1967, Vol 1., pp.
A survey of Slavic pre-Christian and Christian beliefs, rituals and customs with special emphasis on their role in folklore.
Each student chooses two specialized topics such as: “Do the Ancient Slavic Gods Live on in the Saints?” or “Norse Influence on Slavic Mythology” and proceeds to present them orally in a seminar format and then again, improved and expanded, in written form.
http://www.virginia.edu/slavic/fall_2004/slav_536.html   (1186 words)

  
 Planewalker.com
Obey his priests, for they are blessed with the holy sight, and know the will of the gods.
Svarog thoughts on the matter of the imminent dissolution of the pantheon remain a mystery for all.
He is the patron of all wild animals and the master of the forests, but he seems not to care much for prayers and priests.
http://www.planewalker.com/entry.php?intEntryID=10119   (3269 words)

  
 Moist Mother Earth - Slavic Myth and Religion
This page contains lists of information I've gathered on Slavic gods, rituals, etc. While my primary passion is ancient Greek paganism, I am also interested in pre-Christian Slavic religion, and these are the fruits of my research.
The eyes of the dead, in Slavic belief, could lure one into the grave.
Moist Mother Earth - Slavic Myth and Religion
http://www.winterscapes.com/slavic.htm   (5683 words)

  
 Slavic Pagan Resources
Znayenko, Myroslava T. The Gods of the Ancient Slavs: Tatishchev and the beginnings of Slavic Mythology.
"Slavic Mythology" in Funk & Wagnall's Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend.
Tempest, Snejana J. Water: Folk Belief, Ritual and the East Slavic Wondertale.
http://members.aol.com/HPSofSNERT/slavres.html   (796 words)

  
 Mokosh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She is supposed to be the protector of women, goddess of bounty, as well as occult knowledge and divination.
Many scholars, however, doubt that such a goddess ever existed in Slavic pantheon.
Mokosh (Mokosz, Mokusa, Mokoš, Cyrillic Мокошь) is a goddess associated with the sacred feminine in Slavic pantheon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokosh   (355 words)

  
 Medieval Russia -- Religion
Slavic and Eurasian Pantheons: An alphabetical list of some Slavic Pagan mythological figures.
Slavic Magick and Folk Medicine: Spells, Divinations, Remedies and Superstitions
Slavic Pagan Holidays: Some information on Pagan holidays
http://medievalrussia.freeservers.com/religion.html   (268 words)

  
 Stribog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stribog (Strzybog, Стрибог), in Slavic pantheon, is the god and spirit of the winds, sky and air; and is said to be the ancestor (grandfather) of the winds of the eight directions.
This page was last modified 17:16, 25 August 2005.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stribog   (58 words)

  
 Planewalker.com
Being a fresh batch of chant (3.5) on the pantheon of Tir na Og and other deities of the Celts
Have a look; you never know what divinity you might meet on the Great Road.
Being a Description of the Muses that Preceded the Current Generation, Back in the Age of Titans Before the Birth of the Olympian Gods
http://www.planewalker.com/portals/powers.php   (539 words)

  
 Wizards.COMmunity Boards - Wiccan Pantheon
But my own scepticism, and the real world aside, there's some pre-existant information out there where people have tried to put stats, or at least some level of divine rank on some the archetypal deities from various cultures that Wicca absorbed in some sense.
Heck, even the Greyhawk and FR deities of nature could be converted to the purpose.
Would we make them both triple beings(maiden, mother, matriarch, etc.) Would there be any other divine creatures.
http://boards1.wizards.com/archive/index.php/t-146966.html   (348 words)

  
 AXE & OAK - excoboard.com
The Three Realms of the Slavic World Tree
Ancient book of Russian sexual traditions found in Russian province
AXE & OAK :: Slavic Recon :: Slavic Main
http://excoboard.com/exco/forum.php?forumid=1461&PHPSESSID=0f2096fc1f91504de8e469dd956c1d01   (124 words)

  
 Slavic Myths - Deluxe Edition
The book also includes a pantheon of Slavic gods and deities, bibliography, index, and a map of prehistoric Slavic sites.
This book, being the first narrative about Slavic mythology in English, helps to complete the Gestalt Circle of Indo-European mythology.
The book, Slavic Myths, is the first collaborative work in English on Slavic mythology.
http://www.iarelative.com/books/slavic_myth.htm   (410 words)

  
 A Slavic Pantheon
Eastern Europe and Northern Asia have been home to countless tribes and nations, peoples whose cultures and religions are shrouded in mystery, as often as not.
This page is intended as a reference guide for students of Slavic and Eurasian mythology, and is a catalogue, hopefully reasonably complete, of known God-forms.
Vlkoslak, or Wampyr) Any of a class of spirits associated with tainted souls who cannot rest in their graves.
http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/SlavPan.html   (2792 words)

  
 Russian Folk Literature and Ritual
In-class viewing of reconstruction of Stravinsky/Roerich/Nijinsky, "The Rites of Spring" (the 1913 avant-garde ballet-reconstruction of ancient Slavic earth worship)
*Monday, February 10- Paganism II- The Kiev Pantheon and Slavic Mythology
An introduction to the folk literature and rituals of the East Slavic peoples.
http://academics.hamilton.edu/russian/home/courses/russian298   (2268 words)

  
 Gwydion Home Page
But primarily I'm Slavic Pagan and one of the people who work on the reanimation of our native religion.
Between her wings is the Pantheon of Slavic Gods and Goddesses.
You can read something about old Slavic Gods here.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/8933   (310 words)

  
 Journal of Indo-European Studies - Index - S
Neglected Evidence of Dioscurism (Divine Twinning) in the Old Slavic Pantheon
Report on the 2nd Colloquium of Anthropology and Comparative Religion of the Indo-European World
Schmalstieg, William R. Slavic Kamy and Mati: A Structural View
http://jies.org/DOCS/jies_index/S.html   (540 words)

  
 RPGnet: Review of Frost and Fur: The Explorer's Guide to the Frozen Lands (Printable Version)
However this is a relatively minor nuisance as the book is otherwise rather well laid out.
Following the new races are three new core classes: the Cossack (peasant warrior), The Koldun (evil Slavic magic users), and the Volkov (pagan priests).
The Domovoi (Slavic dwarf subrace) are a bit odd… they dwell in the homes of humans, living under their stoves (males) or in their pantries (females).
http://www.rpg.net/reviews/view-printable.phtml?reviewNumber=10572   (1989 words)

  
 Pantheon - OneLook Dictionary Search
pantheon : An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology [home, info]
Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "Pantheon" is defined.
We found 27 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word Pantheon:
http://onelook.com/?w=Pantheon&ls=a   (253 words)

  
 Likho
Likho, Liho (Russian: Лихо) is an embodiment of evil fate, misfortune in Slavic mythology.
Recently, some Slavic neopagans attempt to "retrofit" Liho into the Slavic Pantheon.
It is not a member of Slavic pantheon, rather a personage of fairy tales, some of which contain traces of the Odyssey's episode with Polyphemus cyclops.
http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/L/Likho.htm   (337 words)

  
 Luchkai
After ordination as a Greek Catholic priest (1816) he served briefly in his native village, then in 1818 was brought to the episcopal offices in Uzhhorod, where he served as secretary to the bishop, archivist-librarian, notary, and chairman of the eparchial *consistory.
Luchkai was so well known to the Slavic world that the influential pan-Slavist Ján Kollár, in his epic poem Sláva dcera, included him alongside Dobrovský, Obradović, and Karadžić as a member of the ultimate pantheon of Slavic activists.
While in Vienna Luchkai learned about other Slavic peoples living in the Austrian Empire and became a believer in pan-Slavic unity.
http://www.rusyn.org/pop_luchkai.htm   (663 words)

  
 index
Pantheon of Gods from Europe and the occult affairs.
Here you will find anything about the many
http://www.geocities.com/morosbe2001   (190 words)

  
 MTagused 16 - Summary
`owl god') or considered a minor god in the Slavic pantheon.
Linguistically, it can be proved that Taarapita is not a Slavic loan.
http://haldjas.folklore.ee/Tagused/nr16/summ.htm   (1357 words)

  
 Sunbirds.com: Forests of the vampire - Russian Lacquer item
A character who is believed to be the source for the Dracula legend.
The book is written by Charles Phillips (The Slavic World, Pantheon of the Slavs, The Legacy of Slavic Myth) and Michael Kerrigan (Spirit Masters and Little Demons, Kingdoms of the Dead, Tales of Wonder, Magic and Sorcery).
http://www.sunbirds.com/lacquer/box/997845   (251 words)

  
 Marzanna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Her name comes from Slavic root mor used in words "freeze", "death", and is the meaning of the month of March.
Marzanna, Murava or Morena is the Slavic goddess of witchcraft, death and winter.
She was ritually burned and drowned yearly; effigies made with the last straw of last years’ harvest, dressed in white with a broom and cycle.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marzanna   (215 words)

  
 Polish Music Journal 4.2.01 - Paderewski: Chopin
Perun, also known as Svarog, the main deity in Slavic pantheon, associated with oak trees, lightning, fertility, and rain; the patron of the Kiev princes.
Dziedzila - a goddess from pre-Christian Slavic pantheon; see Barford, The Early Slavs (New York: Cornell University Press, 2001).
Paderewski's essay on "tempo rubato" is reprinted in the Polish Music Journal vol.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/PMJ/issue/4.2.01/paderewskichopin.html   (3144 words)

  
 Pantheons
ere is an index to various catalogues of religious and mythological pantheons I have researched.
There should be a button on each page in this site that links to the Globe, which is located on a different server.
At the moment, the coverage is quite small, but I intend to expand it over time.
http://web.raex.com/~obsidian/PanIndex.html   (467 words)

  
 HippyWitch.Net Slavic Myth & Folklore
An overview of Slavic history, culture, and myth
http://hippywitch.net/slavic   (34 words)

  
 EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - General - Planewalker.com adds Slavic pantheon, three PrCs
General - Planewalker.com adds Slavic pantheon, three PrCs
Planewalker.com has adapted the Slavic pantheon to the Planescape campaign setting and posted three prestige classes (Smithwright, Acheronian Aerotrooper, and Ascendant Guide) at their website.
EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - General - Planewalker.com adds Slavic pantheon, three PrCs
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=122257   (273 words)

  
 EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - Planewalker.com adds Slavic pantheon, three PrCs
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http://www.enworld.org/archive/index.php/t-122257.html   (95 words)

  
 EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - Probing for interest in a Slavic-themed game
Don't have either of the Frost books, though.
Sounds as if it could be quite interesting.
I think the whole Slavic milieu is one not used enough in gaming.
http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?s=ec11be812f5a582355f9052da2e733ac&t=102234   (854 words)

  
 Slavic pantheon.html - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wait a few minutes, or check the deletion log.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_pantheon.html   (28 words)

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