Genesis of the gods in Slavic mythology

Rod doesn't have anthropomorfic shape like rest of the gods, he is Cosmos itself. He is
personification of the primal nothingness which gave birth to everything. He is primal
element - Air, and from that became all other -Water, Earth, Fire; of course he remained
air.

Svarog and Lada are male and female personifications of Rod, they are examples that
every contrast become from the same origin. Svarog is father of the gods, and Lada is
mother of the gods. They are the symbols of the male and female principle, which can be
recognized in everything (they are rather mixed than separated).They also can be called
the Pre-fire and Pre-water, they continue the myth which begins with Rod and ends with
Veles (Volos), Perun, Dažbog (Dabog), Svetovid.

Many people describe Veles as God-protector of the shepherds, cattle and flock; that is in
fact, only one of his numerous functions. He is also God of wisdom and magic and he 
taught people in agriculture.

Perun is God of thunder, he is son of Svarog and Lada, and brother of Veles, Dažbog and
Svetovid. Perun is generally symbol of militancy, he is protector of warriors, symbol of
freedom and justice.

Dažbog is God of rain (ancient Slavic word dažd, means rain). He is friend and protector
of people. Like other gods, he also has numerous functions, but if we try to determinate
most dominated of them, that will be rain. 

Svetovid is God who has four heads, one to watch on  every side of the world. He is much
more connected with the planet Earth than with the ground (earth). Beside that, he is
protector of hearth and Motherland.

Connection Rod => Svarog + Lada = Veles, Perun, Dažbog,

Svetovid tels story about creation of the world:

''In the beginning of time there was Rod, and from him seceded Svarog and Lada,
who had Veles, Perun, Dažbog, Svetovid as their sons.'' Or ''In the beggining of time
there were Cosmos, and then two contrasts seceded from him (warm and cold, light and
dark, arid and wet), then from that two contrasts four elements were created: fire, water,
earth and air.'' Magic, thunder, rain and four sides of the world are representatives of four
primal elements.
 
World where humans lived was called ''Jav",
Higher world was called ''Prav'', where gods resided
''Nav'', underground world, similar to hell.

Slavic mythology and religion has strong connections with rest of the Indo- European
mythologies, it has many similarities with them, because Slavic people are equal member
of that tribe.
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sv_iv (Svetlana) Tue Jul 22, 08 05:53 PM

I like it. I read few good books about this part of the world mythology. and I know Slavic people had their
Veles runes, very similar with the viking runes.
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 Djole87 Tue Jul 22, 08 07:55 PM

There is one excellent book about Veles runes- Book of Veles (Velesova Knjiga on Serbian), written by dr
Radivoje Pesic. That book also gives extra information about early Slavic history, which is less known.

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sv_iv (Svetlana) Tue Jul 22, 08 06:02 PM

Svarog is like Norse Odin- the God of the Gods

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Djole87 Tue Jul 22, 08 07:34 PM

yeah, it can be said like that. Germanic tribes were very connected with Slavic in their old Homeland, so a

lot of gods bear different names, but their functions are more or less the same.

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pappuca Fri Oct 10, 08 05:00 AM

Zdravo Djole,mogao bi to napisati i na nasem jeziku jer me zanima!

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