Slavic Mythology (A quick introduction)

Slavic mythology and the pre-Christian religious pantheon contained many more deities that differed from each other according to the geographical legion. The video describes the major deities whose altars and evidence of worship was found in several areas.

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𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞? 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 @TheStatExplorer

Gods and Goddesses shown in the clip:
- The sun
- Perun
- Veles,
- Zhiva (Živa) and Mokosh (Mokoš)
- Marzanna or Morana
- Svarog
- Dzbog or Dazhbog (Dažbog)
- Belobog and Chernobog

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[popopopoqwerty]

It is so sad so little remained of the slavic mythology. It's as deep as greek or norse ones, if only more sources were present to learn of them.

[dirtygiraffe]

This was very interesting, looking forward to learn more about slavic mythology!
Love from Norway

[EmbraceTheHate]

This is an extremely high quality video, I hope you make a more in the same vein. Slavic mythology is confusing because it incorporates polytheism, monotheism and dualism at the same time.

Some of the comments below mention how Perun was not considered the main deity. This is correct but it's not a simple explanation.
Slavs spread throughout Europe, and while the hierarchy generally did not change, different tribes worshipped different gods for various reasons. For instance; Serbs worshipped Dabog because they believed they came from him and Serbian Dabog became a very different entity from the traditional Dabog, as he mantled both Yarilo and Veles at the same time. Both of these gods were still worshipped in their original portfolios, and it's uncertain why Dabog specifically changed.

Serbian Dabog was represented as the wolf shepard, and he very closely resembles Germanic Wotan and Ossetian Tutyr. During the warm months he was represented as the good sun god, since Dabog and Svarozic are thought to be the same entity (Svarozic being his "last name", denoting that he is the son of Svarog). But during the winter months when the sun was gone, he was represented as a limping old man with a wolf at his side. He turned from a caring god to a generally dark and vengeful god. Because of him, people avoided killing wolves as it was considered kinstrife (since both the Serbs and the Wolves were believed to come from Dabog).

The Polabian Slavs venerated Triglav/Svetovid, while these gods took minor positions in the other regions where Slavs lived.

Another interesting note is that while Perun is generally considered the "war god", almost all the male Slavic gods were considered war gods. This is likely because different tribes venerated specific tribal gods, and they would attribute war to their tribal god.

Lastly, Rod was also considered the "supreme god". But while the others gods took an interest in the affairs of mortals, Rod was closer to the Hindu "Godhead", an oversoul which represented the absolute and ultimate reality. "Rod" also means "kin" and is the root word for "RODiti" - to give birth, "naROD" - people, "izROD" - degenerate(one who is not a part of the kin), "RODa" - stork etc.

Thank you for the videos Jan, I've been following you for years and I can safely say that you're the glue that binds all the Slavs together. Slava!

[s.v.]

Fun Fact: Perun is the God of Thunder like Thor, however he is not the head of the Slavic Pantheon. Instead it was Svarog the Allfather and Creator of the Gods. This is a common misconception because of Vladimir the Great of the Rus, who before conversion of the Eastern Slavs chose to worship Perun instead of Svarog cause he was seen as the most powerful god when measured in brute strength just like Thor is in Norse mythology. He made this decision because in the twilight years of both slavic and norse mythology they chose to worhsip Thor/Perun in the hopes that he was the strongest to help fight back Christianity. Unfortunately the Slavs did not have runes like the Norse did so record keeping was significantly less, however I do believe in some chronicle (potentially the Primary Russian Chronicle) the author states that when Vladimir the Great in the end chose Christianity he ordered the temple he built for the gods to be destroyed and instead build a church and the statues of the gods to be pulled out dragged through the streets and destroyed as well. The chronicle mentions that in the middle of the temple was the statue of Perun signifying that he was worshipped the most but not that he was the main god and it fits with other pagan trends of worshipping the god of thunder and strength before full conversion.
If I am mistaken feel free to correct me!

[Legendarium-PL]

Very interestingly done and, as a Pole, I like this video 🙂 I like it Bro 👍

[op.owczarek]

It was great, hope you make a longer version one day. Your channel is one of the best slavic content.

[eses]

That was awesome, loved the story about Veles stealing Perun's cattle. Keep it up 👍

[MrTerje]

Amazing video! Hope you will continue this series.
There are a lot of books and sources, not fully alligned with each other.

I have read a bit different stories about what you presented here.
Swaróg and Perun were the same person - Swaróg existed during the peace, but when war came and he was wearing war gear, he was turning into Perun.
Another story is with Czarnobóg. He was defeated and chained under the ground. Weles got his lands(underground) to rule. Czarnobóg remained chained in the dungeons, but was trying to escape. Every time when he was pretty close to break the chains, the Earth was frightened and ready to his arrival. That's why winter come. Swaróg every year was entering that dungeons and reforge chains once again. Then spring come, because Earth wasn't frightened anymore, as Czarnobóg was imprisoned again.

I love Slavic mythology. I think its really beautiful and I don't know why we do not learn that much about it in schools, when it's closer to ourselves and just more beautiful. Instead we have romance mythology etc.

[VitalRegion]

Здорово 🤝🏻🤝🏻🤝🏻
Замечательные вещи создаёшь.
Брат, спасибо тебе 👋

[Esti_Kornél]

This is like basically a Hellenic and Roman spin off with its own spices.

[EmoWader]

I never knew about the myth of Perun hunting Veles, but i've heard the myth of St. Ilija which probably originated from the pagan slavic myth. Like Perun, St. Ilija rode on gods shoulders and hunted the devil on earth with his hunting rifle. Every time he would take a shot, lightning would hit the earth where he was aiming.

[ivopivo]

Treba ovo stavit na neku krscansku stranicu da se podsjete

[vatroslavmorbidovic]

I, kad ćemo se vratiti korenima? :D Još ovakvih stvari! Slava!

[emilnhmdov]

what is the music at the beginning of the video?

[gwentboy]

Damn christianity screwed us over, we need Slavic Paganism again

[Тар-Хун]

Касательно славянской, особенно восточнославянской, мифологии крайне советую всем почитать фольклориста Проппа

[pokerface]

О ребята! На каких бы мы языках ни говорили, но я уверен что мы наконец-то нашли те корни, которые нас объединяют) Всем добра)

[axerock]

Шыкоўна! Колькі б не глядзеў ці слухаў пра родную міфалогію, заўсёды ўражвае!)

[lukasgrodzki]

What's about ROD? Rod as a father of Perun??
Even they sings are almost the same. One is 6 arms in Circle, other is 6 arms in cube🧐🤔