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Svantovit or Svantevit

Slavic war god. His citadel-temple at Arkona was destroyed in the 12th century by invading
Christian Danes.
Svarog, also called Zuarasici
Slavic deity, divine smith and instigator of monogamous marriage. The root svar means
quarrel or dispute. Svarog was considered the father of Dazhbog.
Rusalka, Slavic spirit, plural Rusalki,
in Slavic mythology, lake-dwelling soul of a child who died unbaptized or of a virgin who
was drowned (whether accidentally or purposely). Slavs of different areas have assigned
different personalities to the rusalki. Around the Danube River, where they are called vile
(singular vila), rusalki are beautiful, charming girls, dressed always in light robes of mist,
singing sweet, bewitching songs to the passersby. The rusalki of northern Russia are ugly,
unkempt, wicked, invariably naked, and always eager to ambush humans. All rusalki love
to entice menthe vile to enchant them and the northern rusalki to torture them.
Vodyanoy,Slavic religion
in Slavic mythology, the water spirit. The vodyanoy is essentially an evil and vindictive
spirit whose favourite sport is drowning humans. Anyone bathing after sunset, on a holy
day, or without having first made the sign of the cross risks being sucked into the water by
the vodyanoy. He can assume many different forms that enable him to deceive and trap his
victims. The vodyanoy lives alone in his particular body of water and is known to favour
rivers with strong currents and swamps.
Moko ,Slavic goddess, also spelled Mokosh,
the goddess of life-giving in ancient Slavic mythology. She is the only female deity
mentioned in the Old Kievan pantheon of ad 980 and has survived in East Slavic folk
beliefs as Mokoa, or Mokua. A tall woman with a large head and long arms, she spins flax
and wool at night and shears sheep. Her name is connected, on the one hand, with spinning
and plaiting and, on the other, with moisture. Associations with spinning, plaiting, and
moisture suggest early European roots: the Great Goddess, or Fate, the spinner of lifes
thread, dispenser of lifes ... (100 of 107 words)

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