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Helmold's information led to the 19th century concept according to which there was supposed to be dualism in Slavic religion, which reached the Slavs from the Iranian peoples (Scythians, Sarmatians or Bogomils); Chernobog and the hypothetical Belobog were compared to Ahriman and Ormuzd, the eternal enemies in Zoroastrian mythology. [13] In this ...
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 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.
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]
Likhoradka (Russian: Лихорадка, Serbian: Милоснице or Milosnice) or tryasavitsa is a female spirit in Slavic mythology. Likhoradka was purported to be able to possess a person's body and cause sickness. In some tales, she is considered a creation of the dark deity Chernobog. Later Russian legends describe 12 Likhoradkas, with ...
Slavic Native Faith (Rodnovery) has a theology that is generally monistic, consisting in the vision of a transcendental, supreme God (Rod, "Generator") which begets the universe and lives immanentised as the universe itself (pantheism and panentheism), present in decentralised and autonomous way in all its phenomena, generated by a multiplicity of deities which are independent hypostases ...
[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.
In the computer game Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension, Koschei appears as a hero character for Bogarus, a faction inspired by medieval Russia and Slavic mythology. The legend of Koschei the Deathless serves as an inspiration for the narrative of Rise of the Tomb Raider. [24]