Belobog

Belobog is a deity whose historical existence was, and still is, a subject of numerous debates. Belobog is god of the waxing year, one of the solar god Dazbog's companions, personifying sunshine, warmth and life in general. Peasants believed that Belobog secretly keeps an eye on their wheat and if they praised him, he even helped them in farming, especially in harvest-time.

They imagined him as a long-bearded old m...

Crnobog

Crnobog, or Чернобог as his very name shows, is Slavic black god – god of darkness and winter deity. Slavs believed that cold, famine, poverty, illness originated from this god.

The holiday of Korochun was devoted to him at the winter solstice longest night of the year 21st to 22nd December. Cernobog was respected as all the other gods. He was considered equal to other gods of the pantheon.

In some South Slavic v...

Svarog

Slavic sun and fire god, originally the supreme god-creator of the Slavic pantheon and and the central part of the pagan trinity known as Triglav.

He is the divine smith, and patron of the fire of the hearth and of blacksmiths. The root svar means bright, clear. Sanskrit word ‘Svarga’ meaning the sky or heaven. In Indo-Aryan word ‘svar’ meaning the sun.

Svarog was believed to have forged the Sun and have given it to...