God / Goddess |
Saint |
Time |
Natural Phenomenon |
Spiritual Phenomenon |
Cult place |
Rituals, tools |
Animal |
Plant |
Perun |
Saint Elijah, Ognjena Marija (Fiery Mary) |
The Transfiguration Day, Thursday, St Padovic's Day (Perin Dan) |
thunder, fire |
alas (female demons), fiery rooster |
sacred grove, talisman |
sacrifices, litany, horn |
he-chamois |
iris, oak tree, sage |
Svetovid |
Saint Vitus, Lazarus |
Kupalo Day (John the bather day), St Vitus's day (Vidovdan) |
fire, ember |
Jabuchilo (the winged horse) |
temple |
horn, sward |
white horse, rooster |
peony, ash |
Svarog |
The God |
Sunrise, Carnival |
sun, rainbow, sky |
Fairies, ancestors, Belobog |
Circle, hearth |
Christmas carols, toast, chesnica (Christmas bread) |
eagle, rooster |
yew, pine, grain, walnuts |
Veles |
Saint Basil, Blessed Cornelius and Blaise |
St Blaise's Day, autumn |
The Seven Sisters |
lesnik, dragons |
fields |
wolf hunting (Vučari), cane |
wolf, cattle |
herbs, oak |
Mokosh |
Madonna, Saint Paraskevi |
Annunciation, Presentation of Mary, Friday |
evil eyes |
Domovoi |
home, temple |
spell casting, bonfires, bees |
bees, sheep, snakes |
linden, flax, St John's wort |
Triglav |
Holy Trinity |
September |
night |
Troyan |
mountains |
auspice, sward, spear |
black horse, goose |
grapes, elder |
Radgost |
Saint Andrew, Saint Triphon |
Monday |
wind |
witches |
House threshold, temple |
toast, bread, salt |
boar, bear, swan |
walnut, horse bean, house leek |
Voden |
Saint Nicholas |
St Nicholas Day, Wednesday |
healing waters |
Water fairies |
Water, springs |
healing, baptism |
fish, deer |
willow, fern |
Siva |
Saint Varvara, Madonna |
September |
Abundance |
Forest mother |
Fields, talisman |
assembly, gifts |
rooster, snake |
grapes, grain |
Gerovit |
St George |
Jarilo, April |
flourishing of nature |
dragons |
Rivers, forests |
Lada's ritual (queens), pipes |
forest and farm animals |
rose, cherry, geranium |
Morana |
Saint Mrata, Saint Atanasius |
Friday, calendar |
frost, blizzard |
Witches, Plague, Pestilence |
Cemeteries, crossroads |
lapot, hawthorn stake |
Butterfly, raven, cat |
thyme, juniper |
Vesna |
Newly-weds Day |
early summer |
blooming |
Expulsion of Morana |
Rivers, fields |
dodole, wreaths |
swallow, stork |
violet, breech, willow |
Stribog |
Saint Bartholomew, St Stephen the Windy |
summer, winter |
winds, hail |
Fate, Zduhach |
Cemeteries, crossroads |
talismans, chains |
eagle, Aesculapian snake |
hawthorn, oak tree |
Lada |
Archangels Michael, Gabriel, Raphael |
St Peter's Day, Ivandan Festoon |
sun, rain |
Polevik |
Fields, hills |
bonfires, wreaths |
rooster, deer |
linden, plum, cherry |
Dazhbog |
Saint Sava |
October |
sun |
Daba, werewolves |
Silver mine |
auspice, censer |
Limping wolf (white) |
apple, basil |
Slava |
Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki |
war, Family Saint's Day |
battles |
Pegasus |
Battle ground |
celebrations, statues |
horse |
laurel, vine, olives |
Hors |
Ognjena Marija (Fiery Mary) |
daybreak |
Morning star |
Drekavac (screaming creature) |
watermill |
bread baking, jar |
Black wolf, falcon |
garlic |
Simargl |
The Holy Ghost |
every day |
fire |
Kikimora, Domovoi |
hearthok |
Family Saint's Days, chains |
snake |
houseleek, basil |
(the table is taken over from the book The Primer of Slavic Spirituality by Momir Jankovich, where a more extensive version can be seen)
As we can see above, the mytology of the Slavs can surely be systematized. All the deities not only have their astrological correspondencies, but they can also be associated with plants, animals, and various spiritual and natural phenomena. This fact does not go in the favour of the theoriticians who regard Slavic mythology as being inferior to others. Many of them are of an opinion that the spiritual life of the Slavs was very poor, and that the Slavic people were uncivilised. Fortunately, we are witnessing a new generation of scientists and theoreticians who are, slowly but surely, putting Slavic spirituality back in its righteous place.
Vesna Kakaševski
Translated by Jelena Salipurović
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