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Aleksander Brückner negated the existence of Chernobog (and Belobog) in Slavic religion and claimed that Chernobog was created under the influence of Christianity, including medieval depictions of the devil as a black demon, and compared him to the alleged Prussian god Pikulas, which ultimately derives from the Polish word piekło "hell". [24]
Henryk Łowmiński decided that Chernogłów is "the cemetery transformation of the Chernobog", and Leszek Moszyński proposed a read "T'arnogłowy" (from Proto-Slavic *tьrnъ, "thorn") meaning "with a head crowned with thorns", which is to refer to Jesus' crown of thorns and be a Christian influence on the late Polabian paganism. [5]
Accordingly, Afanasyev, later supported by M. Nikiforovsky, declared that the myth is Slavic, and under the names of God and Satan are Belobog and Chernobog, respectively. [52] However, dualism is not characteristic of Slavic religion, [44] [53] and the existence of these Slavic gods has been questioned. [54]
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[citation needed] In Slavic mythology, a singular Chort is sometimes identified as a son of the god Chernobog and the goddess Mara. [3] [page needed] Likewise, in Ukraine mythology, Chorts were originally the priest of Chernobog. [4] In folk Christianity, they are considered lesser minions of Satan.
The reason for the last two may be that, unlike, for example, those of Greek mythology, the sources on Slavic mythology are severely limited. The first Slavic pseudo-deities began to appear as early as the Middle Ages, mainly in Latin Christian texts, as a result of mistakes. Slavic pseudo-deities on a large scale began to appear from the 18th ...
Also, in Baltic mythology, which is most akin to Slavic, Sun is a female deity, Saule, while the Moon is a male one. The same pattern can be observed in the folklore of many Slavic nations, where the Sun is most often identified with mother or a bride, and Moon with father or husband, their children being the stars.
Svarog [a] is a Slavic god who may be associated with fire and blacksmithing and who was once interpreted as a sky god on the basis of an etymology rejected by modern scholarship. He is mentioned in only one source, the Primary Chronicle, which is problematic in interpretation. He is presented there as the Slavic equivalent of the Greek god ...