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In Christian times the name's meaning started to be associated with the Proto-Slavic roots *svętъ (holy, light, world) and *slava (glory), to be explained as "One who worships the Holy". A diminutive form for Sviatoslav is Svetlyo (Bulgarian), Slava (Russian), Świętek (Polish), Slavko, Sveto, Svet, Sviat, Sviatko (Ukrainian). Its feminine ...
Porevit is a god mentioned by Saxo Grammaticus and in the Knýtlinga saga. He was worshipped in Gardec on Rügen, where his temple was located, as well as Rugieavit and Porenut. Statue of him had five heads, and importantly did not have any weapons. The meaning of the name is unclear, perhaps meaning "Lord of strength". [38] Porenut: Rani
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries.. The main types of Slavic names: . Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (Ostromir/měr, Tihomir/měr, Němir/měr), *voldъ (Vsevolod, Rogvolod), *pъlkъ (Svetopolk, Yaropolk), *slavъ (Vladislav, Dobroslav, Vseslav) and their derivatives (Dobrynya, Tishila, Ratisha, Putyata, etc.)
2010 - Rusalka is the name of a song by Croatian black/folk metal band Stribog. 2012 – Rusalka is the name of a water nymph-like boss fought in the Nintendo 3DS video game Bravely Default. 2013 – Rusalki appear as monsters in the action role-playing video game The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing.
Alla (Russian: А́лла) is a Russian and Ukrainian female given name. The Eastern Orthodox Church usually relates the name with Saint Alla , [1] the widow of a Gothic chieftain, martyred in King Athanaric's times. Since the name is also spread among Tatars, there is some speculation that the name has its origin in the pre-Islamic goddess Allat.
Glory (from the Latin gloria, "fame, renown") is used to describe the manifestation of God's presence as perceived by humans according to the Abrahamic religions.. Divine glory is an important motif throughout Christian theology, where God is regarded as the most glorious being in existence, and it is considered that human beings are created in the Image of God and can share or participate ...
Fyodor, Fedor (Russian: Фёдор) or Feodor is the Russian-language form of the originally Greek-language name "Theodore" (Greek: Θεόδωρος) meaning "God's gift" or "god-given". Fedora (Федора) is the feminine form. "Fyodor" and "Fedor" are two English transliterations of the same Russian name. It may refer to:
Glory, glory to you, my Rus’, Glory, you are our Russian Land. Let it be forever strong Our beloved home country. Glory, glory, from generation to generation, Be glorious, our Great Russian People. Enemies, encroached on Native land, Strike down mercilessly with a mighty hand. Glory, glory, Heroes of the soldiers, The homeland of our brave sons.