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Pages in category "Russian folklore characters" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Azovka; B.
Korab, a deity found in old Croatian mythology, associated with the sea, navigation and fishing, that was reportedly the eponym of the island of Rab, Mount Korab, and a kind of a boat. [63] Kresnik – character in Slovenian folklore. Together with his brother, Trot, he flew in a golden chariot.
Russian folklore characters (3 C, 45 P) Pages in category "Slavic folklore characters" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
Ritual characters. Berehynia (East Slavic mythology female character) Baba Marta (mythical female character in Bulgarian folklore, associated with the month of March. Martenitsa) Božić (Christmas holiday near the southern Slavs) Dodola (in the Balkan tradition, the spring-summer rite of causing rain, as well as the central character of this rite)
One early Russian object of worship was the "Moist Mother Earth", [2] [7] [8] and a later, possibly related deity was called Mokosh, whose name means "moist" and may have Finnish origins. [ 3 ] [ 8 ] Mokosh was the goddess of women, children, and animals, and was worshiped for her connection with fertility. [ 8 ]
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Old Russian sources also mention Rozhanitsa as a single person, usually in the pair of Rod and Rodzanica. [24] An example of such a source is the 12th-century chronicle Gesta regum Anglorum , which describes the cult of Svetovid among the Slavs of the Elbe , comparing him to the Roman Fortuna and Greek Týchē .
This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world.. List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere