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Greek Myth Details Perun: Zeus: Perun is the god of lightning and thunder, [3] as well as of war, [4] and the patron of the druzhina. [5] He is the etymological and functional continuator of the Proto-Indo-European thunder god *Perkʷunos, and shares many characteristics with other thunder gods worshipped by Indo-Europeans. [6]
The rozhanitsy after Christianization were replaced by the Mothers of God or saint women. In Russian charms of a maturing boy, Parascheva, Anastasia and Barbara are mentioned, and in Bulgarian folklore Mother of God, Parascheva and Anastasia. [10] Angels or even Christ Himself also took over the functions of rozhanitsy. [13]
The first source mentioning Rod is the Word of St. Gregory the Theologian about how pagans bowed to idols, from the 11th century: [6]. Also, this word reached the Slavs, and they began to offer sacrifices to Rod and the Rozhanitsy [fate-goddesses] before Perun, their god.
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
Chief god of the Greek pantheon. [161] He is the king of the gods, [162] and the most powerful deity. [163] He is the son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, and the husband of Hera. [164] He is the only Greek god who is unquestionably Indo-European in origin, [165] and he is attested already in Mycenaean Greece. [166]
Prior to their Christianisation, the Slavic peoples were polytheists, worshipping multiple deities who were regarded as the emanations of a supreme God.According to Helmold's Chronica Slavorum (compiled 1168–1169), "obeying the duties assigned to them, [the deities] have sprung from his [the supreme God's] blood and enjoy distinction in proportion to their nearness to the god of the gods". [7]
Greek river god Achelous. [1] Achvizr, Achuvesr, Achuvizr, Achviztr: Unknown character associated with Turan. [2] It may be one of the Samothracian Great Gods or Cabeiri (Άξίερος, perhaps from *Aχsiver-) according to É. Benveniste. [3] ais (pl. aiser), eis (pl. eisar) general term for gods. [4] [5] aiser si: gods of light. [5] aiser ...
Thoth, originally a moon deity, later became the god of knowledge and wisdom and the scribe of the gods; Sia, the deification of wisdom; Isis, goddess of wisdom, magic and kingship. She was said to be "more clever than a million gods". Seshat, goddess of wisdom, knowledge, and writing. Scribe of the gods.