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  1. So, we were doing this again in Warsaw... Celebration of #Spring with march through Old City, with straw effigy od #Slavic goddess of winter, Morana/Marzanna. At the end we threw her into Vistula river, along with written notes about bad things we want to disappear from our lives.

    (There were few times more people, not everyone posed for photos.)

    #folklore #tradition #SlavicMythology

  2. A theory about ancient Slavs view about world of dead

    I find this article (thanks normalhumanlibrarian of Tumblr) very fascinating, because it touches one of core aspects of Slavic paganism, and basically points out that we do not have a reliable info on whether Slavs paganism had special ruler of the Underworld. And this can be interesting question. What if Veles is not so creepy as some authors (especially Chistianized ones) depict him? What if Slavs did not had such figure as ruler of world of dead, Underworld? What if Slavs paganism did not […]

    legends.house/a-theory-about-a

  3. I just discovered #Godsworn and I am surprised that I only noticedren this game now.

    It is a #RTS with a strong focus on heroes and #SlavicMythology with baltic elements.

    The gameplay feels closer to #Warcraft3 than to #SpellForce. You build bases and armies, but heroes and their abilities are clearly the main focus.

    There is no heavy #RPG questing or long dialogues, instead it is more #SystemsDriven and match focused.

    It is an #IndieGame with little marketing, but it looks interesting and is worth a look for #Strategy fans.

    youtube.com/watch?v=CAfkWWYFEok
    Honestly, the soundtrack alone already makes the game worth it for me.

    It is a bit sad that the game is not available on #GOG and is only on #Steam.

    #games #gaming #pcgaming

  4. Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·

    Perun

    In Slavic mythology, Perun is the highest god of the pantheon & the god of the sky, thunder, lightning, storms, rain, law, war, fertility, & oak trees. His other attributes were fire, mountains, wind, iris (the flower), eagle, firmament, horses & carts, & weapons (hammer, axe (Axe of Perun), & arrow).

    The supreme god in the Kievan Rus’ during the 9th-10th centuries, Perun was first associated with weapons made of stone & later with those of metal. The Kievan Ris’ (a.k.a. Kyivan Rus’) was the 1st East Slavic state & later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. It encompasses a variety of peoples, including East Slavic, Norse, & Finnic.

    The Primary Chronicle relates that in the year 6415 (907 AD) Prince Oleg (Old Norse: Helgi) made a peace treaty with the Byzantine Empire & by taking his men to the shrines & swearing by their weapons & by their God Perun, & by Volos, the God of cattle, they confirmed the treaty.

    In 980, when Prince Vladimir the Great came to the throne of Kiev, he erected statues of 5 pagan gods in front of his palace which he soon thereafter discarded after his Christianization in 988.

    Perun was chief among them, represented with a silver head & a gold moustache. Vladimir’s uncle, Dobrynya, also had a shrine of Perun established in his city of Novgorod. After the Christianization of Kievan Rus’ this place became a monastery, which continued to bear the name of Perun.

    Perun was worshipped by the Varangian (Scandinavian) warriors hired by Oleg & Igor during the campaigns against Byzantium. In the treaty of 971, the Varangians reenforce with the Slavic deity, Veles.

    When the arrival of Christianity, the old gods fared poorly amongst the Slavs. Grand prince Vladimir the Great, who had once been a very vocal & lavish patron of Perun, converted to Christianity.

    In 988, the prince & his family & people of the Kievan Rus’ were collectively baptized. He ordered that the statues of Perun which he himself had erected formerly, be dethroned, torn down with great dishonor & dragged through the streets as they were beaten with sticks. The idols were then cast into rivers & not permitted to land on the shore. 3 of Vladimir’s sons are also recognized as saints.

    In neopaganism interpretation, the struggle of St. George with the serpent is understood as the struggle of Perun with Veles, who stole cows from him.

    According to the book Dezionization by Valery Yemelyanov, 1 of the founders of the Russian neopaganism, in the ideas of the “Veneti” (“Aryans”), there was a “trinity of three triune trinites”: Prav-Yav-Nav, Svarog-Perun-Svetovid, Soul-Flesh-Power.

    In some currents, Perun may be the supreme patron god. Since 1992, the 1st neopagan Kupchinsky Temple of Perun has been in St. Petersburg.

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    #10thCentury #6415 #907Ad #980 #9thCentury #arrow #aryans #axeOfPerun #byzantineEmpire #byzantium #carts #christianization #dezionization #dobrynya #eagle #eastSlavic #easternEurope #fertility #fire #firmament #hammer #helgi #horses #igor #iris #kiev #kievanRus #kupchinskyTempleOfPerun #late9thCentury #law #lightning #mid13thCentury #mountains #norse #novgorod #oakTree #oldNorse #perun #pravYavNav #primaryChronicle #princeOleg #princeVladimirTheGreat #rain #rodnovery #russianNeopaganism #scandinavian #slavicMythology #slavicNeopaganism #stGeorge #stPeterburg #storms #svarogPerunSvetovid #thunder #trinity #triune #valeryYemelyanov #varangian #veles #veneti #volos #war #wind

  5. Found that in the #furry community in the Fediverse there are not so much arts from КМБК artist: bsky.app/profile/kmbk-arkadia. or patreon.com/KMBK_ARKADIA

    TIME TO FIX IT! :dragncool:

    There are a lot of drawings with mix of scalies, Slavic mythology, etc :dragnaww:

    #scalie #dragon #SlavicMythology #dragonposting

  6. Literature puzzle to solve

    What if (at least some) modern knowledge about the world would be represented as fairy tales, e. g. with some aspects of Slavic, e. g. Ukrainian or Polish folklore taken into account, how they written?

    #paganism #pagan #slavicPaganism
    #slavicMythology #folklore #slavicFolklore
    #science

  7. 🎮 FIRST 2 HOURS: BLACK BOOK 🌙 Initial dive into this atmospheric deck-builder exceeded expectations! Two hours in and already impressed by the authentic Slavic mythology, solid card mechanics, and genuinely creepy atmosphere. Perfect for anyone who likes their card games with a side of folklore horror.

    Early impressions and beginner tips: the-2tonwaffle.ghost.io/black-

    Gaming #FirstImpressions #IndieGames #DeckBuilder #BlackBook #PCGaming #GameReview #SlavicMythology