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Slavic Pantheon

Ajysyt (The Yakuts of Siberia) Goddess of birth.



Baba Yaga or Jezi Baba (Slavic) Man-eating grandmother of the Devil whose mouth stretches from the earth to the gates of Hell.



Bugady (The Musun if Siberia) Mother of all animals.



Colleda or Kolida (Serbian) Goddess of the Winter Solstice.



Dazhbog (Slavic), Dabog (Serbian),Dazbog, (Polish) Sun God who rides through the sky on a diamond chariot. He is born in the morning and ends the day as an old man.



Dolya (Slavic) Goddess of fate, (who lives behind the stove!). When she's in a good mood, she is Dolya, an old lady who brings good luck. When she is in a bad mood, she is Nedolya, an old, haggish lady who brings bad luck. Occasionally, she appears as a young woman. In all aspects, she guards over child-birth.



Dunne Enin (Siberian) Goddess of clan territory.



Erce (Slavic) Earth Goddess. Each spring water, milk and flour is poured into the turned furrows of tilled farms in honor of her.



Leshy, Lesiye, Lesovik (Slavic) Green-bearded, shadowless spirit ofthe forest who causes hunters to get lost. He can become tiny or huge, as he chooses.



Mati Syra Zemlya (Slavic) The Goddess of the earth.



Perunu (Slavic), Pyerun (Russia), Piorun (Poland) (Slavic) Thunder God, chief, creator God.



Rusalki Water spirits, the ghosts of drowned girls, found in both Slavic and Russian myth. In South-Eastern Europe, they are beautiful, mermaid-like women who lure people into the water with their music. In Northern Europe, they are ugly and ragged looking women, who grab passers by and drag them down into the river with them.



Svantovit, Svantevit (Slavic) God of war whose worship included human sacrifice. In some myths, he is the supreme God, father of all other Gods.



Svarazic, Svarozic, Svarogich (Slavic) God of fire whose worship included human sacrifice.



Veles, Volos (Russia) God of flocks and herds.

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