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The drekavac was originally thought to have come from the souls of sinful men, or from children who died unbaptised. [2]It was popularly believed to be visible only at night, especially during the twelve days of Christmas (called unbaptised days in Serbo-Croatian) and in early spring, when other demons and mythical creatures were believed to be more active. [2]
Henryk Łowmiański, however, theorised that Svarog was a Slavic sky god and personification of daylight sky itself, possibly a continuation of Proto-Indo-European *Dyēus Ph 2 ter, while Svarozhits and solar Dazhbog were the same deity, though, he concluded, two other aspects of Svarozhits also existed: fiery Svarozhits, as in the Sun ...
The first narratives in Slovene were translations of German Catholic educational fiction.There were legends about women's fidelity, the most popular being Genovefa of Brabant (Ena lepa ... historia od ... svete grafnie Genofefe ..., 1800), maiden stories (dekliškovzgojna povest) attesting a girl's honesty and stories about social rise of an orphan (najdenska povest).
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Toponyms and Slavic mythology iewrn Macedonia. Numerous toponyms relate to Slavic gods or mythological creatures. Veles - (Macedonian: Велес) is a city in Macedonia that has the name of the Slavic god Veles.
The statue De Lange Wapper in front of castle Het Steen in Antwerp. Lange Wapper is a Flemish folkloric character. He is a legendary giant and trickster whose folk tales were told especially in the city of Antwerp and its neighbouring towns, but similar tales are also prominent in other Flemish cities.
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Old Church Slavonic [1] or Old Slavonic (/ s l ə ˈ v ɒ n ɪ k, s l æ ˈ v ɒ n-/ slə-VON-ik, slav-ON-) [a] is the first Slavic literary language and the oldest extant written Slavonic language attested in literary sources.