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Viktor Vasnetsov Gamayun, The prophetic birdy
In his esoteric Christian-Buddhist cosmography Roza Mira, Daniil Andreev maintains that Sirins, Alkonosts, and Gamayuns are transformed into Archangels in Paradise.
Slavic mythology | |
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| Major gods | Dazbog • Jarilo • Morana • Perun • Siwa • Svantevit • Svarog/Svarogich • Triglav • Veles • Zaria • The Zorya |
| Other gods | Belobog • Berstuk • Chernobog • Dziewona • Hors • Flins • Karewit • Lado • Mat Zemlya • Mokosh • Oźwiena • Perperuna • Porenut • Porewit • Porvata • Radigost • Rod • Rugiewit • Stribog • Zirnitra • Złota Baba |
| Legendary heroes | Alyosha Popovich • Bash Chelik • Burislav • Dobrynya Nikitich • Ilya Muromets • Ivan Tsarevich • Lech, Czech and Rus • Libuše • Popiel • Kraljević Marko • Sadko • Solovey-Razboynik |
| Magical creatures and plants | Alkonost • Cikavac • Firebird • Fern-flower • Gamayun • Raskovnik • Simargl • Sirin • Zmey |
| Spirits and demons | Ala • Baba Yaga • Bagiennik • Bannik • Bies • Boginki • Bukavac • Domovoi • Drekavac • Karzełek • Kikimora • Koschei • Lady midday • Leshiy • Likho • Polevik • Rusalka • Skrzak • Stuhać • Sudice • Vila • Topielec • Vampir • Vodyanoy • Zduhać |
prophet or prophetess is a person obligated with the responsibility of being a follower from a holy person or thing with the purpose of making social change.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
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Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Russian mythical heroes
See Ilya Muromets, Dobrynya Nikitich, Alyosha Popovich, Svyatogor, Nightingale the Robber, Bogatyr, BylinaSpirits
''See Koschei, Baba Yaga, Leshiy, Domovoi, KikimoraFairy tales
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Paradise is an English word from Persian roots that is generally identified with the Garden of Eden or with Heaven. Originally meaning a walled garden or royal hunting grounds, the term entered Jewish (and eventually Christian) beliefs as a Greek translation for the Garden
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Sirin is a mythological creature of Russian legends, with the head and chest of a beautiful woman and the body of a bird (usually an owl). According to the myth, they lived "in Indian lands" near Eden or around the Euphrates River.
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Alkonost is the bird of paradise in Slavic mythology. It has the body of a bird with the face of a woman. The name Alkonost came from the name of Greek demi-goddess Alcyone transformed by gods into a kingfisher.
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Roza Mira (full title in Russian: Роза Мира. Метафилософия истории
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Daniil Leonidovich Andreyev (Russian: Даниил Леонидович Андреев) (b. November 2, 1906, Berlin - d.
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Slavic mythology and Slavic religion evolved over more than 3,000 years. It is conjectured that some parts of it are from Neolithic or possibly even Mesolithic times.
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Dazbog, Dazhbog or Dazhdbog (South-Slavic Dabog or Dajbog, Czech Dažbog, Polish Dażbóg, Serbian Dažbog/Дажбог
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Jarilo (Cyrillic languages: Ярило, transliterated to latin alphabet as Yarilo or Iarilo; Polish: Jaryło; Serbian/Croatian: Jura, Juraj, or Djordјe) or Jarovit
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Marzanna, Mara, Murava, Morana, Moréna or Morena is a Slavic goddess. Her exact function is unclear. She is most often believed to be a Goddess of harvest and witchcraft.
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Perun (with many spelling and pronunciation variants among modern Slavic languages) is the highest god of the and the god of thunder and lightning. His other attributes were the mountain, oak, eagle, firmament (in Indo-European languages this was joined with the notion of the
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Sventevith, Svetovid, Suvid, Svantevit, Svantovit, SvantovÃt, SwantovÃt, Sventovit, Zvantevith, Świętowit, Sutvid, Vid. and, incorrectly, Światowit, is the Slavic deity of war, fertility and abundance.
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In Slavic mythology, Svarog (Polish: Swaróg, Cyrillic: Сварог, Sorbian: Schwayxtix) is the Slavic Sun God and spirit of fire; his name means bright and clear. The name may be related to Sanskrit Svarga and Persian xwar (pron.
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Triglav (lit. 'three headed') also sometimes called troglav is a god or complex of gods in Slavic mythology, similar in nature to the Trinity in Christianity or Trimurti in Hinduism. Often, he is considered to be the same deity as Troyan.
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- For the city in the Republic of Macedonia, see Veles (city).
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Zaria or Zoria is the goddess of beauty in Slavic mythology.[1] A once-popular goddess also associated with the morning, Zaria was known to her worshippers as "the heavenly bride." She was greeted at dawn as "the brightest maiden, pure, sublime, honorable.
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In Slavic mythology, the Zorya (alternately: Zarya, Zvezda, Zwezda) are the three (sometimes two) guardian goddesses, known as the Auroras. They guard and watch over the doomsday hound that threatens to eat the constellation Ursa Minor, the 'little bear.
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Belobog, Belbog, Bialbog, Byelobog, Bielobog, Belun, Bylun, (all names meaning: White God) is a reconstructed Slavic deity of light and Sun, the counterpart of dark and cursed Crnobog (Black God).
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Berstuk is the evil god of the forest in Wendish mythology.
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References
- Wilhelm Vollmer (1974). Wörterbuch der Mythologie aller Völker (excerpt). Verlag-Stuttgart.
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Chernobog (also spelled Crnobog, Czernobóg, Černobog or Zernebog, each name meaning "black god") is a mysterious Slavic deity of whom much has been speculated but little can be said.
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Dziewona (or Dziewanna in Polish, Devana in Czech, Diiwica in Serbian) is the Slavic equivalent of the Roman Goddess Diana, whose name is said to appear very late in Slavic history. However, all her names that derive from Slavic language translate to "The Maiden.
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Hurs or Hors is the Slavic god of the winter sun. The only authentic ancient sources to mention it are the Russian Primary Chronicle and the Tale of Igor's Campaign. The name is thought to have Iranian (Scythian) origin.
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Flins is the god of death in Wendish mythology.
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References
- Ingeman, B. S. Grundtræk til En Nord-Slavisk og Vendisk Gudelære. Copenhagen 1824.
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In Wendish mythology Karewit is the protector of the town of Korzenica (nowadays Garz) on Rugia. Depicted alone, his naked statue has a head with two faces, an oxen's head on his chest and a rooster's head on his belly.
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Lada or Lado is a fakeloric Slavic pagan deity of harmony, merriment, youth, love and beauty which almost certainly never existed in the ancient Slavic pantheon. It is perhaps the finest example of misconception, confusion or pure invention caused by romanticised or neopagan
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Mat Zemlya, also Matka Ziemia (literally Mother Earth, various other names are in use as well) is the collective term applied to a number of Slavic deities devoted to plants, growth, birth, creation and patrons of field works.
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Mokosh (Old Russian Мокошь) is a Slavic goddess attested in the Primary Chronicle, connected with female activities auch as shearing, spinning and weaving.
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Dodola (also spelled Dudulya and Didilya, pronounced: doh-doh-la, doo-doo-lya, or dee-dee-lya) or Perperuna is a being in old Slavic mythology.
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