Slavic pagan world

Cosmogony SVETOVID created the land from the sand brought up from the bottom of the sea.

Svarog -the god of the sun and fire and the central part of the pagan trinity known as Triglav.

The Svetovid statue in Arkona The Svetovid statue-Archaeological Museum of Kraków

Perun is the Slavic god of thunder and the sky.

Veles is one of major Slavic god associated with cattle, commerce, underworld and magic.

Mother Earth -forever fertile, life-giving and reproductive force.

Kupala-goddess of springs, water, sorcery, love and herbal lore.

Kupala’s night celebration

Plenty of other mysterious creatures are present in the slavic folclore….

the Vila are the Slavic versions of nymphs, who have power over wind.

the Rusalka -the soul of a young woman who had died in or near a lake and came to haunt that lake.

The vodyanoy (wodnik) - the spirit of unclean male dead.

The strzyga were believed to fly at night in a form of an owl and attack night-time travelers.

Baba Yaga dwells deep in the forest, in a hut usually described as standing on chicken legs…

Trusia hid in a hole under a barn or stable to avoid human’s eye.

Gnieciuch lured by the smell of alcohol.

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