Ancient deities as personifications of the forces of nature presentation. Slavic gods

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Svarog Svarog was the god of Heaven among the Slavs, the father of all things. Svarog is the father of a number of gods (Perun, Dazhdbog-Radegast, Ogon-Rarog-Semargl); god of the fire element, creator, Svarog is associated with heavenly fire and the celestial sphere. The name of God comes from the Vedic "svargas" - sky; The root “var” is also represented in this word - burning, heat. Legend says that Svarog gave people the first plow and blacksmith's tongs, and taught them how to smelt copper and iron. In addition, he established laws that people could follow. “Died of God” Svarog, according to ancient legend, indulges in peace, leaving control to his gods-children and grandchildren - the Svarozhichs...

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Perun The Slavic thunderer was Perun. His cult is one of the oldest and dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. Perun was more of a warrior god than the embodiment of the spring thunderstorms that fertilize the earth. The cult of Perun, the god of thunderstorms, war and weapons, arose relatively late in connection with the development of the druzhina, military element of society. Perun, or as he was also called Perun-Svarozhich, appeared to the Slavs as an armed warrior racing on a golden chariot drawn by winged stallions, white and black. The rise of the cult of Perun, his transformation into the supreme pagan god, begins with the military campaigns of the Kievites - they defeat the Khazars, fight on equal terms with Byzantium, and subjugate many Slavic tribes.

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Perun was called the “prince’s god,” because he was the patron of princes and symbolized their power. Such a god was alien to most communal Slavic farmers. This is the god of warriors and warriors. A characteristic feature of the rituals associated with Perun is their correlation with oaks and oak groves and hills on which statues of Perun and his sanctuary were placed in ancient times. Lightning is the arrows of the thunder god. Perun, according to legend, carries a quiver of arrows in his left hand, and a bow in his right hand; the arrow he shoots hits the enemy and causes fires. His club (hammer), as a sign of a punishing divine instrument, became a symbol of power, its functions were transferred to the royal scepter, priestly and judicial rods.

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Veles The god of fertility associated with Navy (the lower world) was Veles (Volos). The name Veles goes back to the ancient root “vel” with the meaning “dead”. But since the world of the dead was associated with ideas about magical power, the owner of which subjugates people, this same root means power and is found in the words “power”, “command”, “possess”, “great”. Descent into another world brings the hero omniscience, special wisdom, often associated with poetic features, therefore Veles is at the same time the god of wisdom and poetry (the prophetic singer Boyan in “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign” is called the grandson “grandson of Veles”).

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Veles is the son of the heavenly Cow and the primal god Rod, one of the most ancient Indo-Aryan gods, first as the patron of hunters, then of cattle breeding and wealth. He is the god of magic, wisdom and art, patron of crafts and lord of the dead. VELES is the KNOWING and LEADING god (the GREAT WATCHER) for all who follow the paths of magic. “The bestial god” Veles also monitors compliance with the agreement (and any agreement one way or another presupposes trust). It is he who blesses the traveler and helps him on the road. It is Veles who reveals the secrets of craft and medicine. Wisdom and magical crafts, indeed, always go hand in hand. Veles's favorite is a perfect person. He can be a talented scientist, a brilliant poet and singer, an unrivaled master of cooking, the best gardener or forester, a successful peasant, and finally a businessman.

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The Slavs revered Veles as the god of wealth. In ancient times, they often paid with domestic animals; the word “livestock” meant “money”, “property” and was also an indicator of wealth; the word "bestiality" meant love of greed; "cattleman" - a financial official standing between the mayor and the headman; "cowgirl" - treasury. In Ancient Rus', Veles was also the patron of merchants, who often swore by his name in their contracts. The owner of another world - the progenitor deity - in ancient mythology has the appearance of an animal, and the image of Veles goes back to the image of the Bear as a powerful deity. Volos is an ancient chthonic (beast-like) deity who retained a name derived from “hair”, “wool”, “woolly”; God retains the features of an animal and appears shaggy (in South Slavic languages, the name for wool - “volna” - goes back to the same root; another form of the name of God is Volos). The combination of these ideas about God gives the key to understanding the word “magician” - this is a pagan priest, dressed in animal skin with the fur facing out, he communicates with another world, endowed with great wisdom and poetic gift, he is a powerful magician, perhaps a prophet (as is known, People often turned to the dead with questions about the future). The cult of Veles - the great underground god, patron of wealth, lord of wisdom, witchcraft, poetry, arts, music, lord of the dead - was very widespread in Rus'. This, in particular, is evidenced by the abundance of villages and villages with the names Velesovo, Volosovo, Volotovo. In folklore, Veles is often used in the meaning of "shepherd", Veles - "water god". He is also the guardian of Navi, transporting the souls of the dead to Nav (non-existence); owner of the Transition and Vodchik from world to world.

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Chernobog The Lord of Navi, the Kingdom of Pekel, Darkness - there is a mighty ruler Chernobog. Great is the power of the Black God, he strives to overthrow the Light Gods and subordinate everything to his power, fettering them with eternal cold. Chernobog's eternal opponent is Belobog, the embodiment of the forces of Reveal. They fight forever and no one can win a decisive victory. But once a year Chernobog turns into the shining golden-haired Belobog and wages a fierce struggle with the God of Darkness (with himself). This is how the myth illustrates the relationship and cyclicity of light and darkness.

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The black god presides over blackness in all dimensions. Until now, most curses are associated with a wish for death or to return to the place from which you came. Black day, black soul, black raven... Black color among most peoples is the color of the earth, a symbol of belonging to the underground or mortal world. Raven - feeds on carrion, is always associated with death among any people, longevity, old age, wisdom. Ant is a word with the same root as dusk, pestilence, abomination, hassle, dirty, mara, imagine, die, fade (spend the night), twilight, stink. Murava - grass grows from under the ground, where those who did not end up in Iriy go. The Black God - aka Naviy God, aka Koschey - prepares dead matter for new life with his KOCHERGs. Koschey is the ruler of the probability of rebirth in a new life. And Christian storytellers made Koshchei an enemy.

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Dazhbog For several centuries, one of the gods revered in Rus' was Dazhbog (Dazhdbog) - the god of sunlight, heat, and fertility in general. His name does not come from the word “rain”, it means “giving God”, “giver of all good things”. The often used phrase “God willing” reflects the ancient name of Dazhbog (in Old Russian “dai” was “dazh”). Among all Slavs, he acts as a “giving god” (deus dator).

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The Slavs called him “Sun King, son of Svarog”; the symbols of this god were gold and silver. The cult of Dazhbog especially flourished in Rus' in the 11th-12th centuries. Russian people revered Dazhbog as their protector, calling themselves his grandchildren. Dazhbog - the Sun-Tsar - was spoken of as the first ruler, founder of the calendar account of days, and legislator. Dazhbog was depicted flying on a chariot harnessed to four fire-maned horses with golden wings; in the hands of the god are ritual wands with images of fern leaves; sunlight comes from the fiery shield that Dazhdbog carries with him. Dazhbog was the god of sunlight, but by no means the luminary itself

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Yarila Yarila is the son of Veles, he is the god of the spring sun, perishing and reborn. Yarila (Yarilo) was also the god of fertility and love among the ancient Slavs. They imagined him as a young, handsome man, an ardent groom in love. Yarilo is also the spring sun. The pagan Slavs believed that spring blossoms should awaken passion in people, and human love should increase the fertility of the fields. They also asked Yarila for a good harvest when the first spring shoots appeared.

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Horse The name "hors" means "sun", "circle". Horse embodies a luminary moving across the sky. This is a very ancient creature that does not have an anthropomorphic appearance and was represented as simply a golden disk. An analysis of known information about Khors shows that in most works Khors is adjacent to the heavenly gods: Perun, correlated with thunder and lightning, and Dazhbog. Horse is the deity of the solar luminary, but not sunlight and warmth; he was a kind of addition to the image of Dazhbog the sun, the giver of earthly blessings. The cult of Khorsa was associated with a ritual spring dance - ROUND dance (movement in a circle), the custom of baking pancakes on Maslenitsa, reminiscent of the sun's disk in shape, and rolling lighted wheels, also symbolizing the luminary.

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Madder In many ways similar to Veles, Madder is the goddess of Winter, the world of the dead and... the fertility of the earth. Traces of her cult among the Slavs were traced until recently: Mara or Madder in the villages was called a straw effigy - the personification of the winter cold, which on Shrovetide was torn and scattered across the fields so that they would produce a rich harvest. This is symbolic of how it happens in nature: from dead death (winter) and life is born (spring).

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Stribog According to one version, Stribog is the supreme king of the winds - “The Lay of Igor’s Campaign” calls the winds “Stribog’s grandchildren.” He was also revered as the destroyer of all kinds of atrocities, the destroyer of evil intentions. According to another version, Stribog or Striba(ga) is the ancient supreme deity of Space, and then simply the ruler of the air element, time.. According to the East Slavic tradition, STRIBA appears in the form of a psalter plucking the strings, with a bow behind his back, and on his belt - sagaidak with ARROWS. The wind plays with STRINGS - STRINGS of rain and rays - ARROWS of light, the same wind sways the STRINGS of tall grass in the field on the plain where Stribog rules. There is an undoubted phonetic connection with the words “arrow”, “string”, “STEER”, “SWIFT” (one of the main epithets of the Wind in fairy tales). The winds, the grandchildren of Stribog, are closely associated with thunder and lightning; they give speed to the arrows (rays) of the sun, with which it fertilizes everything capable of development and pursues the dark force of death." This emphasizes the function of Stribog as an intermediary between the Upper and Lower worlds...

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Makosh The common Slavic veneration of Makosh, the goddess of the earth, harvest, female destiny, the great mother of all living things, goes back to the ancient agricultural cult of Mother Earth. Makosh, as the goddess of fertility, is closely connected with Semargl (the fire god), with mermaids irrigating fields, with water in general - Mokosh was worshiped at springs, and girls threw yarn into wells for her as a sacrifice. Makosh was also the goddess of women's work, a wonderful spinner. She also spins the threads of fate, together with her assistants Dolya and Nedolya, determining the fate of people and gods.

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Makosh walks the Earth in the form of a young woman with loose hair and notes who lives how, how they observe customs and prohibitions. She has mercy and rewards only those who are strong in spirit and who are fighting for happiness. It provides a way out of the most hopeless situations, if a person does not despair, if he goes with all his strength, if he has not betrayed himself and his dream. And then Makosh sends the goddess of happiness and good luck to the person - Srecha. And then the man opens the door, takes a step and Srecha meets him. But if a person gives up, loses faith and gives up on everything - they say, “The curve will take you out,” then he will be bitterly disappointed. Makosh will turn away his face. And the outcast will be led through life by monstrous old women - Dashing One-Eyed, Crooked, Not Easy, Week, Nesrecha - to where the snakes lament over the graves of Karn and Jelly

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Lada Lada is the goddess of marriage, abundance, and the time of harvest ripening. The goddess was approached with prayers in late spring and during the summer, and a white rooster was sacrificed (the white color symbolized goodness). Her name was repeated in the choruses of songs: “Oh, Lado!” There were two Mother Goddesses: Mother and Daughter. Lada was called "Mother Leleva". Lada was associated by the Slavs with periods of summer fertility, when the harvest ripened and became heavier. There are many words and concepts associated with the name “Lada” in the Russian language, and they all have to do with establishing order: get along, get along, get along, get along, okay. Previously, the wedding agreement was called “ladins”. Lada was sometimes also considered the mother of the twelve months into which the year is divided.

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Lelya Lelya is the daughter of Lada, the youngest in labor. Goddess of spring, the first greenery and the first flowers, young femininity and tenderness. Hence, a caring attitude towards someone is conveyed by the word “cherish.” The Slavs believed that it was Lelya who took care of the spring shoots - the future harvest. Young girls especially revered Lelya, celebrating a spring holiday in her honor - Lyalnik; they chose the most beautiful of the friends, put a wreath on her head, sat her on a turf bench (a symbol of sprouting young greenery), danced around her and sang songs glorifying Lelya, then the girl - “Lelya” presented her friends with wreaths prepared in advance. The cult of Rozhanits was associated both with fertility and agriculture, and with the concepts of marriage, love and childbirth. .

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“Minor” deities were those who lived side by side with man, helped him, and sometimes hindered him, in various economic affairs and everyday concerns. Unlike the main deities, which were rarely seen by anyone, these quite often appeared before people's eyes. The Slavs have a huge number of traditions, legends, fairy tales and even eyewitness accounts about these cases, from ancient times to the present day. Here are some of these deities: Brownie, Ovinnik, Bannik, Dvorovy, Polevik and Poluditsa, Leshy, Vodyanoy

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Dvorovy Dvorovy is the owner of the yard; he was considered a little less friendly than Domovoy. Ovinnik, the owner of the barn, is even less so, and Bannik, the spirit of the bathhouse, standing completely out of the way, on the edge of the yard, and even beyond it, is simply dangerous. In ancient times, the word “unclean” did not mean something sinful or bad at all, but simply less sacred, more accessible to the action of forces unkindly disposed towards a person.

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Bannik. Many terrible stories are told about Bannik even today. He appears as a tiny but very strong old man, naked, with a long, moldy beard. Fainting and accidents that sometimes occur in the bathhouse are attributed to his evil will. Bannik's favorite pastime is scalding those who are washing with boiling water, splitting stones in the stove and “shooting” them at people. Maybe he will drag you into a hot oven and tear off a piece of skin from a living person. However, you can get along with him. Knowledgeable people always leave Bannik good steam, a fresh broom and a bowl of clean water. And they never push each other on - Bannik can’t stand it, he gets angry. And if you fall under Bannik’s arm, you need to run out of the bathhouse and call Ovinnik or Domovoy for help: “Father, help me out!”

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Leshy. Behind the fence of the dwelling of the ancient Slav, the forest began. This forest determined the entire way of life. In pagan times, in a Slavic house literally everything was made of wood, from the dwelling itself to spoons and buttons. And besides, the forest provided game, berries and mushrooms in a huge variety. But besides the benefits bestowed upon man, the wild forest has always been fraught with many mysteries and deadly dangers. When going into the forest, every time one had to be prepared to meet its owner, Leshiy. "Leshy" in Old Church Slavonic means "forest spirit." Leshy's appearance is changeable. He can appear as a giant, taller than the tallest trees, or he can hide behind a small bush.

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The goblin looks like a person, only his clothes are wrapped the other way around, on the right side. Leshy's hair is long, gray-green, there are no eyelashes or eyebrows on his face, and his eyes are like two emeralds - they burn with green fire. A goblin can walk around an unwary person, and he will rush around inside the magic circle for a long time. But Leshy knows how to return good for good. But he needs only one thing: that when a person enters the forest, he respects the forest laws and does not cause harm to the forest. And Leshy will be very happy if you leave him somewhere on a tree stump some delicacies that don’t grow in the forest, a pie, gingerbread, and say out loud thank you for the mushrooms and berries.

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Water. The water deity was Vodyanoy - a mythical inhabitant of rivers, lakes and streams. The merman was represented as a naked, flabby old man, goggle-eyed, with a fish tail. Spring Waters were endowed with special powers, because springs, according to legend, arose from Perun's lightning strike. Such keys were called “rattling” and this is preserved in the names of many sources. Water - like other natural essences - was an originally good, friendly element for the Slavic pagans. But, like all the elements, it demanded that it be addressed as “you”. She could have drowned her, destroyed her for nothing. It could have washed away the village that was set up “without asking” from Vodyanoy. This is why the Vodyanoi often appears in legends as a creature hostile to humans. Apparently the Slavs, as experienced forest dwellers, were less afraid of getting lost than of drowning, which is why Vodyanoy in the legends looks more dangerous than Leshy.

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Brownie Brownie is the soul of the house, the patron of the building and the people living in it. The construction of a house was filled with the deepest meaning for the ancient Slavs, because in this case a person was likened to the gods who created the Universe. Great importance was attached to the choice of the start time of work, the choice of location and building materials. When cutting down trees, the pagan Slav apologized to the tree souls expelled from the trunks and performed cleansing rituals. But the ancient Slav was still not completely sure that the felled trees would not begin to take revenge on him, and in order to protect himself he made so-called “construction sacrifices.” The skull of a horse or bull was buried under the red (eastern) corner of the house, in which carved statues of the gods were placed.

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The brownie settled down to live underground, under the stove. He presented himself as a little old man with a face similar to the head of the family. By nature, he is an eternal troublemaker, grumpy, but caring and kind. People tried to maintain good relations with Domovoy, take care of him as an honored guest, and then he helped keep the house in order and warned of impending misfortune. Moving from house to house, Domovoy was always invited, through a conspiracy, to move with his family. Domovoy, who lives next to a person, is the kindest of the “small” deities. And just beyond the threshold of the hut, “your” world becomes more and more alien and hostile Gradually, our ancestors came to believe that there were many beregins in the world, they lived in forests. The cult of the great Beregini was represented by the birch tree - the embodiment of heavenly radiance, light, therefore, over time, it was the birch that began to be especially revered at the “mermaids”: ancient pagan festivals in honor of the beregini - forest mermaids. According to popular beliefs, betrothed brides who died before the wedding turned to beregins. For example, those girls who committed suicide because of the betrayal of a treacherous groom. In this they differed from the water mermaids, who always live in the water and are born there. On Rusalnaya, or Trinity, week, at the time of flowering of rye, beregins appeared from the other world: they came out of the ground, descended from heaven along birch branches, and emerged from rivers and lakes. They combed their long green braids, sitting on the bank and looking into the dark waters, swung on birch trees, wove wreaths, tumbled in the green rye, danced in circles and lured young handsome men to them. Each guy was a lost groom for the beregina, and they drove many crazy with their beauty and cruelty. But then the week of dancing and round dances ended - and the beregins left the earth to return to the next world again. On the day of Ivan Kupala, people gave them a farewell: they had fun, put on animal masks, played the harp, and jumped over bonfires.

Gods of the ancient Slavs

Romanova Svetlana Evgenievna,

teacher of history and social studies MBOU secondary school No. 1. Chernogorsk

Bykova Evgenia Alexandrovna,

Teacher of Russian language and literature MBOU Secondary School No. 1 of Chernogorsk

The embodiment of bright human ideals: goodness, honor and justice.

Belobog was also revered as the embodiment of the spring sky and the god of daylight.

It was believed that this wise and fair god always helps those who are not lazy and do everything for the prosperity of their family.

Slavic werewolf god, sage god, patron of the arts, lord of sorcery

Veles is the god of fertility, wealth and family farming.

Veles was considered the god of luck and travelers. Sometimes he was poetically called the Lord of the Roads or the Guide of all Paths.

Dazhdbog

Patron of the summer sun and fertility.

Dazhdbog, whose favorite weapon was a spear (and occasionally a bow), was one of the greatest warriors of Iria, and not a single war was complete without his participation. Our ancestors depicted Dazhdbog in crimson-golden armor with a spear and shield in his hands. This was a mighty heavenly hero, which, by the way, even the mighty Perun could not cope with.

Dazhdbog's wife.

Lelya, Lada and Makosh are the incarnations of Zhiva, which characterize the three stages of a woman’s development. Lelya is a young, playful and carefree girl. Lada is a young woman, measured and open. Makosh is a married woman who gave life to the successors of her family. And all of them are aspects of Alive, that is, life itself.

Goddess of the harvest, fertility and death, patroness of witchcraft and justice

Winter is the physical manifestation of Mara

The goddess repeatedly saved the world, but also repeatedly practically destroyed it.

God of thunder and military valor

The name Perun comes from the Proto-Slavic “perunъ”, which means “to strike, to strike.”

The distinctive features of the god Perun have always been a spacious red cloak (which among the Slavs later became a characteristic sign of princes-warlords), a powerful heroic horse and a hundred-foot club

The creator of the world and the father of the first generation of light gods (gods-fathers), the Cause of all Causes, the founder and essence of the universe.

The one god Rod created the world as we know it.

all the most important words in the Russian language (Motherland, native, nature) come from the name of this god.

The god of primordial fire and fertility, a messenger god capable of uniting and multiplying the powers of all Svarozhichi.

Semargl the Fire God, together with Svarog, participated in the Primordial Battle of Light and Darkness, which once and for all delineated the boundaries of the Slavic world, clearly separating Prav, Yav and Nav from each other.

Gods of the Slavs

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Slavic gods. Why did the Slavs reverence the sun more than anyone else? What gods did the Slavs believe in? Where to look for the answer? Looking for information? We learned about the beliefs of the ancient Slavs. The Slavs were pagans. Slavic god and our ancestor. There were four solar gods: Khors, Yarilo, Dazhbog and Svarog. Since ancient times, the Slavs have celebrated the change of seasons and the changing phases of the sun. Yarilo was revered in the spring between the spring and summer solstice (from March 21 to June 22). The connection of the gods with the change of seasons. The Slavs celebrated the beginning of the new year on December 22 - the day of the winter solstice. HORS – god of the sun. Yarilo. LADA is Yarilo’s wife. - Gods of the Slavs.ppt

Myths of the Slavs

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Myths of the ancient Slavs. Pantheon is a collection of deities of any religion. Gods of the Slavic pantheon. Perun - the god of thunder and lightning, was also considered the god of war. Svarog is the god of fire. Yarilo is the god of agriculture, the god of the spring sun. Veles is the “cattle god”, the god of the household. LADA is the goddess of youth and spring, beauty and fertility, patroness of love and marriage. Folk myth about the sun. What explains the folk myth about the sun? How does the myth explain the appearance of plants and animals? How does the myth explain the appearance of the human mind? How is the appearance of fire explained? Slavic holidays. At the foot of the idol there was a sacrificial altar. - Myths of the Slavs.ppt

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Slavic mythology. The most ancient beliefs are the worship of objects and phenomena of the immediate environment. What could our ancestors worship in their immediate environment? Remember the fairy tales that describe the process of werewolfhood. The werewolf later came to be considered an evil spirit, a demon. Then the wolf will no longer be able to turn into a human. The cult of animals among the ancient Slavs. Cult of the bear. As with any totem animal (animal that was worshiped). The ancient temple is a place of prayer and idolatry. Cult of the wolf. V. M. Vasnetsov “Ivan Tsarevich on the Gray Wolf.” What fairy tales with the participation of the Wolf do you know? - Ancient Slavs.ppt

Paganism of the Slavs

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Slavic beliefs

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Gods of the ancient Slavs

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Religion of the ancient Slavs. 1.From history... 2.Rituals. 3.Gods. 4.Author. 5.Bibliographic list. The Slavs in the pre-Christian period did not have a religion common to all tribes. From history... Very little information has been preserved about the paganism of the ancient Slavs. Of all the rituals of pagan Rus', the best known is the funeral one. Rituals. The funeral ended with a memorial feast and military competitions. Gods. Perun, movement of the ether, thunder. Golden mother, silence, peace. Svetovid, sun, vital warmth. Znich, initial fire, ether. Belbog, goodness and good beginning. Strong god, strong god. Dazhbog, prosperity. - Gods of the ancient Slavs.ppt

Myths of the ancient Slavs

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Myths of the ancient Slavs. Eastern Slavs. Belarusians. Russians. Ukrainians. Ancient Slavs -. Pagans. Christianity. Persecution of pagan culture. Dual faith. The Gamayun bird is a prophetic bird, a talker, a messenger of the gods. Prophetic bird, wise bird, You know a lot, you know a lot... Tell me, Gamayun, sing, tell us... Why was the whole White Light conceived? Myth -. Horse -. god of the sun and solar disk. Son of Svarog. Spouse of Zari-Zarenitsa. Together with other gods, he freed Perun from captivity. The oldest collection of Slavic myths. And the silver curls of the thunder god are tossed by the mountain winds! - Myths of the ancient Slavs.ppt

Slavic mythology

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Ancient religion of the Slavs

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Religion (beliefs) of the ancient Slavs. Gods of the ancient Slavs. The Slavs did not have a single polytheistic pantheon of deities. Although there are a number of deities that researchers recognize as common Slavic. Sources for the study of Slavic beliefs. The study of paganism seems to be a very difficult task due to a number of factors. Idols in the religion of the ancient Slavs. Most often, idols were placed on hillocks, on river banks, and in groves. Pantheon of Prince Vladimir. Magi in the religion of the ancient Slavs. The Slavs also had so-called Magi. Mentions have been preserved, including in chronicles, of miracles performed by the Magi. - Ancient religion of the Slavs.ppt

Religion of the Eastern Slavs

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Research work On the topic: “Religion of the Eastern Slavs.” Paganism -. The religion of our ancestors. I. The origins of paganism. 1) What is paganism? 2) Where did paganism come from? Rituals and holidays. 1) Holidays of the Eastern Slavs. 2) Rituals of the Eastern Slavs. The origins of paganism. The Eastern Slavs were pagans. Paganism appeared when people began to think about the world around them. Pagan gods of the Eastern Slavs. Svarog was considered the father and ruler of all gods. The most revered god of thunder is Perun. Objects of religious worship. All pagan rituals were performed in special sanctuaries - temples. - Religion of the Eastern Slavs.ppt

Ancient gods

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Slavic deities. Genus. Violent winds - from the breath.. Svarog. Svarog cooked (cooked, created) the earth. The thickened moisture became the first dry land. They honor both father and son - Svarozhich-Fire. Veles. Veles is one of the greatest gods of the ancient world. People learned to overcome difficulties and value happiness. Veles could take on any form. Dazhdbog. Dazhbog closes winter and opens summer. Perun. Perun is the most famous of the Svarozhich brothers. God is the manager, God punishes for non-compliance with laws. Perun's thoughts are quick, Whatever he wants is now. Lada. All people should be able to get along with each other. Roof. - Ancient gods.ppt

Slavic gods

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Paganism of the ancient Slavs. Slavic paganism. Historical development of Slavic-Russian paganism. Human. Paganism. The decline of the authority of the church. A kind of double faith. Lots of magical characters. Pantheon of Slavic gods. Supreme deity of the Slavs. Horse. Yarilo. Dazhdbog. Svarog. Solar gods. Functional gods. Perun. Veles. Fire God. Stribog. Gods of the Slavs of the middle sphere. Chur. Belbog. Day and Night. Makosh. Lada. Polel. Brownie. Meadow. Leshy. Water. Deities-monsters. Ancient man. - Slavic gods.ppt

Slavic deities

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Beliefs of the ANCIENT SLAVS. About earthly dispensation. How did our distant ancestors imagine the world? Scientists write that the Slavs imagined the world to be like an egg. Migratory birds fly there in winter. World Tree. Mother Earth and Father Sky. The Slavs considered the Earth and Sky to be a married couple that gave birth to all living things. The God of Heaven was called Svarog, or Stribog - “father-god”. The Slavs called the Goddess of the Earth Makosha. It was believed that the Earth would not carry a deceiver. For lazy people, the Great Mother could ruin the harvest. Svarozhichi. Perun is the Slavic god of thunder. Perun Svarozhich. Sanctuary of Perun. Dazhdbog Svarozhich. - Deities of the Slavs.pptx

Names of the Slavic gods

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Gods. Belobog. Belobog was portrayed as a wise, gray-haired old man. Chernobog. Chernobog (black Serpent, Koschey) - Lord of Darkness. God of cold, destruction, death, evil, madness. Veles and Dazhdbog. Dazhdbog is the god of the Sun, heat and light, the god of fertility and life-giving force. Dogoda and Pozvizd. Dogoda is the god of quiet, pleasant winds and clear weather. Pozvizd is the fierce god of bad weather and storms. Kitovras and Kolyada. Kitovras is a centaur god, a builder god, a scientist and an inventor. Kolyada is the god of merry feasts. Lel. Lel is the god of love passion, the son of the goddess of beauty and love Lada. The word “cherish” reminds us of it - undead, love. - Names of the Slavic gods.ppt

Names of Slavic gods

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Pantheon of Slavic gods. Pantheon. Genus. Svarog. Veles. Dazhdbog. Perun. Semargl. Stribog. Lada. Makosh. - Names of Slavic gods.pptx

List of Slavic gods

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Ancient Slavs. Gods of the Slavs. Svarog. Lord of the fire element. Perun. Ilya Muromets. Dazhdbog. Son of Svarog. Semargl. Deity of seeds. Horse. Sun. Stribog. Stribog is the supreme king of the winds. Makos. Goddess of the earth. Veles. God of wisdom and poetry. Yarilo. God of the young spring sun. Moraine. Goddess of winter. Childbirth and women in labor. Gods of fertility and childbirth. Spirits of the ancient Slavs. Brownie. The soul of home. Field worker. Patron of the fields. Water. Mythical river dweller. Dvorovoy and Bannik. Dvorovoy. Holidays of the ancient Slavs. Carnival. Egory Veshny. Ivan Kupala. Elijah the Prophet. Slavs. Holiday. - List of Slavic gods.pptx

Ancient Slavic gods

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Ideas of the ancient Slavs about the world. A.S. Pushkin. We know the structure of the world quite well according to the ideas of the ancient Slavs. In the bowels of the earth, in the lower world, an unquenchable fire (inferno) burns. World Tree. The ancient Slavs considered the world tree to be a kind of axis holding the world together. Buyan - Island of the Sun. In Russian medieval folklore - “the father of all stones.” In conspiracies and fairy tales - “white-flammable stone”. It was not for nothing that the combustible Alatyr stone was located in the center of the universe. The Eastern Slavs worshiped stones, trees, and sacred groves. There is a green oak near Lukomorye... The pillar is divided into three tiers, on each of which different images are carved. - Ancient Slavic gods.pptx

Gods of Slavic mythology

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Dictionary. Pantheon. Genus. Lada. Perun. Dazhdbog. Makosh. Svarog. Stribog. Creatures and spirits. Drum. Beregini. Water. Brownie. Leshy. - Gods of Slavic mythology.ppt

Pantheon of gods of the ancient Slavs

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Gods of the ancient Slavs. Svarog. Perun. Power. Veles. Son of the heavenly Cow. The Slavs revered Veles as the god of wealth. Chernobog. Black God. Dazhbog. The sun is king. Yarila. Horse. Madder. Stribog. Makosh. Customs. Lada. Lelya. A huge number of legends. Dvorovy. Bannik. Leshy. The goblin looks like a human. Water. Brownie. The brownie settled down to live underground. Bereginya. Ancestors. - Pantheon of gods of the ancient Slavs.ppt

Pagan gods of the ancient Slavs

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Gods of the ancient Slavs. Customs and traditions. Slavs in the pre-Christian period. Great Gods of the Slavs. Perun. Dazhdbog. Stribog. Yarilo. Mokosh. Lelya. Minor gods. Zevana. Mythological animals and spirits. Bannik. Alkonos. Gamayun. Kikimora. Field worker. Mermaids. Ghouls. Paganism. - Pagan gods of the ancient Slavs.pptx

Slavic myths about the creation of the world

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Slavic myths about the creation of the world. The Slavs imagined the whole world in the form of a huge oak tree. Slavic myths about the creation of the Earth. The egg cracked and mother earth came out of its lower part. Mother Cheese Earth drowned in the abyss of the earth. An excerpt from a myth based on the book by A. I. Asov “Russian Vedas”. Rod gave birth to Love. Rod gave birth to Svarog. The family gave birth to the kingdom of heaven. The sun then came out of his face - the Heavenly Race itself, the progenitor. Sides of the Zbruch idol. The world was in darkness. Svarog finished making peace. On the sea-ocean, on the island of Buyan, there is a Karkolist oak tree. Alatyr. - Slavic myths about the creation of the world.ppt

Lada

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Lada. Lelya. Lel. ..So you ask, friends, Who are the gods of the race? Using an etymological dictionary, try doing your own linguistic research. Lada is the Slavic goddess of love and beauty. All people should be able to get along with each other. Lada was one of the three most revered goddesses of the Slavic pantheon. In general, the Slavs were more willing to make requests to goddesses rather than to gods. In honor of Lada, songs were sung praising harmony and peace, love for people. They made holes in frozen lakes and rivers so that the Lada could breathe. Then the feasting and festivities began. Another holiday in honor of Lada was called the Herd - the present Trinity. -

Veles and Dazhdbog Veles is the brother of Svarog, the “cattle god”, master of wild nature, a powerful wizard and werewolf, interpreter of laws, teacher of the arts, patron of travelers and the god of luck. Dazhdbog is the god of the Sun, warmth and light, god of fertility and life-giving power. His name is heard in the living to this day prayer: “God grant!” DazhdbogDazhdbog is the god of the Sun, warmth and light, the god of fertility and life-giving power. His name is heard in the prayer that has survived to this day: “God grant!” Dazhdbog

Kitovras and Kolyada Kitovras - god-centaur, god-builder, scientist and inventor KitovrasKitovras - god-centaur, god-builder, scientist and inventor Kitovras Kolyada - god of merry feasts. He established the first calendar KolyadaKolyada - god of merry feasts. He established the first calendar Kolyada

Rod and Perun Perun is the god of thunderclouds, thunder and lightning, the patron of the princely squad, the god-manager who punishes non-compliance with the laws of Perun Rod is the creator of the world. Everything born by Rod, Rod still carries his name: nature, homeland, parents, relatives

Svyatobor and Semargl SvyatoborSvyatobor is the god of forests Svyatobor and forest lands. He ensures harmony and agreement in nature Semargl Semargl is the god of fire and the moon, sacrifices, home and hearth, guardian of crops. Could turn into the sacred Semargl winged dog

Triglav and Horse Triglav - the unity of three essences-hypostases of the gods: Svarog (creation), Perun (law) and Svyatovit (light). The Waryan idea of ​​a triune deity was embodied in the Trimurti (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) TriglavTriglav - the unity of three entities-hypostases of the gods: Svarog (creation), Perun (law) and Svyatovit (light). The Waryan idea of ​​a triune deity was embodied in the Trimurti (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) Triglav Horse - the god of the Sun Horse Horse - the god of the Sun Horse

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Slavic god – Yarilo

The god of the grain dying in the ground to be reborn as an ear was both beautiful and cruel.

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the root “yar” is present in such purely feminine combinations: spring cow - yarka, yoke, spring wheat, spring bread. But in the purely feminine gender: rage, milkmaid, yar, yarina (sheep's wool), yara (spring). Yarilo is the son or reality of Veles, who appears as Frost in winter, and in spring as Yarila.

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Yarilo, rage, spring, Yar (among the northerners in ancient times it meant “village”), because they used to live in huts with a fireplace; brightness - these words are united by the concept of increasing brightness, light. Indeed, after the arrival of spring there is a rapid increase in days and increased heat. Everything comes to life, grows, reaches for the sun. Nature is resurrected in the form of the beautiful Lada. Yarilo, melting the snow, lives Mother Earth with melt water. Yarilo - the sun in the form of a young, full of strength groom rides on a horse to his Lada. He is in a hurry to start a family and give birth to children (harvest, young animals, birds, fish, etc.).

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By the summer solstice, Yarilo is gaining full strength. He lives in truth and love with the earth, giving birth to new lives in the summer. By June 22, Yarilo turns into Belbog, the day is the longest, nature is kind to him and loves him. Yarila's condition is the condition of all young guys. In the fourth month of the year (now April), the Russians began the most important agricultural work for the entire Slavic family.

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The root of his name – “yar” – is found in the words:

Spring wheat. Yarochka is a young sheep. Furious. Ardent – ​​angry or ardent.

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Yaril as the god of death and resurrection

a young sheep was sacrificed, the blood of which was sprinkled on the arable land in order to make the harvest abundant.

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Slavic god Svarog

One of the main gods in the Slavic pantheon

Svarog is the god of fire.

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One of the main gods in the Slavic pantheon. “Svarga” in Sanskrit means sky, firmament, “var” means fire, heat. This is where all the Slavic derivatives come from - boil, boil, top, etc. Svarog was considered the god of Heaven, the mother of life (“Sva” is the ancestral mother of the Indo-Europeans). At a later time, Svarog changed his gender.

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According to Dietmar (died 1018), the pagan Slavs revered Svarog more than other gods; some recognized him as one being with Redigast and represented him as the director of wars. In the myths of the white peoples, God forges with a hammer - he creates the world, striking lightning and sparks, for all of them he has one relationship or another with fire.

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Among the Baltic Slavs, Svarozhich (otherwise called Radgost) was revered in the cult center of the Redarians Retre-Radgoste as one of the main gods, whose attributes were a horse and spears, as well as a huge boar, according to legend, emerging from the sea. Among the Czechs, Slovaks and Ukrainians, the fiery spirit Rarog can be associated with Svarog.

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Svarog - the old sun riding in a chariot, cold and dark

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Khors is the sun god. Horse, horost, brushwood, khrest, cross, armchair, spark, round dance, horo, kolo, wheel, bracelet, stake, carols, circle, blood, red - all these words are related to each other and denote concepts associated with fire, circle, in red. If we merge them into one, an image of the sun will appear before us, described allegorically.

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The Slavs celebrated the beginning of the new year on December 22 - the day of the winter solstice. It was believed that on this day a small, fierce sun was born in the form of a boy, Khors. The new sun completed the course of the old sun (old year) and opened the course of the next year. While the sun is still weak, night and cold prevail on the earth, inherited from the old year, but every day the Great Horse (as mentioned in “The Tale of Igor’s Host”) grows, and the sun grows stronger.

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Our ancestors celebrated the solstice with carols, wore a Kolovrat (eight-pointed star) - the sun - on a pole, put on the masks of totem animals, which were associated in the minds of people with the images of ancient gods: the bear - Veles, the cow - Makosh, the goat - the cheerful and at the same time evil hypostasis of Veles , the horse is the sun, the swan is Lada, the duck is Rozhanitsa (progenitor of the world), the rooster is a symbol of time, sunrise and sunset, and so on.

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On the mountain they burned a wheel tied with straw, as if helping the sun to shine, then sledding, skating, skiing, snowball fights, fist fights and wall-to-wall fights, songs, dances, competitions, and games began. People went to visit each other, everyone tried to better treat those who came, so that in the new year there would be abundance in the house.

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The harsh northern Rus' loved valiant fun. Forced to live and work in difficult conditions, our ancestors, until the twentieth century, were known as cheerful and hospitable people who knew how to relax. Horse is a male deity who embodies the desire of boys and adult husbands for knowledge, spiritual growth, self-improvement, to overcome difficulties encountered in life and find the right solutions.

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Dazhdbog – god of fertility

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Dazhdbog, give, rain are words with the same root meaning “to share, to distribute.” Dazhdbog sent people not only rain, but also the sun, saturating the earth with light and warmth. Dazhdbog is the autumn sky with clouds, rain, thunderstorms, and sometimes hail. September 22 is the autumn equinox, the holiday of Rodion and Rozhanitsa, the day of Dazhdbog and Mokosh.

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The entire harvest has been harvested and the final harvests are underway in the orchards and orchards. All residents of a village or city go out into nature, light a fire, roll a burning wheel - the sun - up the mountain, dance in circles with songs, play pre-wedding and ritual games. Then they bring tables to the main street, put the best food on them and begin a general family feast. Neighbors and relatives try food prepared by others, praise them, and all together glorify the Sun, the earth and Mother Rus'.

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Dazhdbozhy (solar) grandchildren - that’s what the Rusichi called themselves. Symbolic signs of the sun (solar rosettes, solstice) were present everywhere among our ancestors - on clothes, dishes, and in home decoration. Every Russian man is obliged to create a large family - a family, feed, raise, educate children and become Dazhdbog. This is his duty, glory, really. Behind each of us there are countless ancestors - our roots, and each must give life to branches - descendants.

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Veles - Master of Wildlife

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Patron of livestock and wealth, the embodiment of gold, guardian of traders, cattle breeders, hunters and cultivators, master of magic and the hidden, ruler of crossroads, navy god. All lower spirits obeyed him. Buyan Island became the magical abode of Veles. Veles was mainly concerned with earthly affairs, because he was revered as the lord of forests, animals, the god of poetry and prosperity.