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Chernobog [a] (lit. "Black God" [1]) and Belobog [b] (lit. "White God" [1]) are an alleged pair of Polabian deities. Chernobog appears in Helmold's Chronicle as a god of misfortune worshipped by the Wagri and Obodrites, while Belobog is not mentioned – he was reconstructed in opposition to Chernobog. Both gods also appear in later sources ...
The Belobog–Chernobog duality is also represented on the human plane as the Perun–Veles duality, where the former is the principle of martiality and the latter is the principle of mystical philosophy. [48] Man and woman are further symbolised by father Svarog itself and mother Lada. [25]
The Belobog–Chernobog duality is also represented on the human plane as the Perun–Veles duality, where the former is the principle of martiality and the latter is the principle of mystical philosophy. [108]
Chernobog and Belobog – alleged deities of bad fortune and good fortune. [56] Diva – theonym mentioned by Sermon by Saint Gregory. [57] [58] Diy – theonym mentioned in Sermon and Revelation by the Holy Apostles. Possibly related to sky or rain. [59] Hennil or Bendil – an agricultural deity mentioned by Thietmar. [60]
The Godman and the Devilman have not to be confused with the dual expression of God, Belobog and Chernobog; especially, the Devilman is not Chernobog, the collective personification of the principles of destruction which are part of the cycle of nature, since the essence of the Devilman is completely outside and against nature in both its ...
The dualistic creation myth by "evil god" diving has 24 credentials in Balto-Slavic areas and 12 credentials in Finno-Ugric areas. The Bulgarian myth does not mention the Devil's catastrophe, but it develops the theme of creation by the formula "by God's and my power", and the Devil, who twice reversed the order of the formula, could not reach the bottom until the third time he pronounced the ...
I think this relation is a pure fantasy. In fact, if there indeed existed a Belobog that was opposed to Chernobog (Helmold does not mention Belobog, nor does any other historic or etnhographic sources), it would seem more likely that Belobog was a god of winter; at least the color symbolism would fit.
Vilas (Le Villi, 1906) as represented by Bartolomeo Giuliano.Vila (pl. vile, Slovak/Czech víly) is a fairy that is similar to a nymph, identified as a nymph by the Greek historian Procopius; their name comes from the same root as the name of Veles.