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Statue of him had five heads, and importantly did not have any weapons. The meaning of the name is unclear, perhaps meaning "Lord of strength". [38] Porenut: Rani: Porenut is a god mentioned by Saxo Grammaticus and in the Knýtlinga saga. He was worshipped in Gardec on Rügen, where his temple was located, as well as Rugiaevit and Porevit. His ...
Serbia continues to use a flag with all three Pan-Slavic colors, along with fellow republics Croatia and Slovenia. Most flags with pan-Slavic colors have been introduced and recognized by Slavic nations following the first Slavic Congress of 1848, although Serbia adopted its red-blue-white tricolor in 1835 and the ethnic flag of Sorbs (blue-red ...
Al-Masudi, an Arab historian, geographer and traveler, equates the paganism of the Slavs and the Rus' with reason: . There was a decree of the capital of the Khazar khaganate, and there are seven judges in it, two of them from Muslims, two from the Khazars, who judge according to the law of Taura, two from the Christians there, who judge according to the law of Injil, one of them from the ...
The Russian Orthodox cross has three horizontal crossbeams, with the lowest one slanted downwards. Today it is a symbol of the Russian Orthodox Church [2] [3] [4] and a distinctive feature of the cultural landscape of Russia. [5] Other names for the symbol include the Russian cross, and Slavonic or Suppedaneum cross.
[4] [14] The sculpture known as Zbruch Idol was supposed to depict Rod as the main Slavic deity according to Rybakov's concept. [4] Rybakov also believes that all the circles and spiral symbols represent the different hypostases of Rod. Such symbols are to be "six-petal rose inscribed in a circle" (rosette) and the sign of the Thunderer (). [15]
Oak is a sacred tree of the Slavonic world, a symbol of life, of the sun, of eternity of being, of the age and structure of the universe (the "world tree"). [5] Cherry is a symbol of the world tree, life; the symbol of Ukraine, native land; mother; bride. [8] Violet is a symbol of fun and joy, a unity of a couple, forest violets signify sorrow.
It is the basis of alphabets used in various languages, past and present, Slavic origin, and non-Slavic languages influenced by Russian. As of 2011, around 252 million people in Eurasia use it as the official alphabet for their national languages. About half of them are in Russia. Cyrillic is one of the most-used writing systems in the world.
The swastika, which is found on Slavic patterns (on embroidery and ornaments of weapons and armor), is a traditional symbol. 19th-century Russian embroidery from Velikoustyuzhsky Uyezd, Vologda Governorate [1] Picture of an urn from 1941 and the coat of arms of Litzmannstadt (occupied Łódź), based on the swastika from the urn. [2]