Slavonic Creation Legends

   It has been said that ‘of all the Aryans, the Slavs were the race that remained nearest their original home, and were thus the last to enter history’, nevertheless, the fact remains that with the exception of a few Slavonic gods, traces of which have been found outside Russia, there is but little to recall the glorious mythic past of the Slav peoples. They had an island paradise, Bouyan, on which was Alatuir, the magic stone, and Zarya, the beautiful priestess. The Slavs had Vilas, or sibyls; vampires and werewolves; a series of multi-headed gods: Porenutius, Rugievit, and Svantovit. A remnant of the dualistic system persisted in Bielbog and Czarnobog, the white and black gods. The four great pre-Christian gods were Da-Bog, Khors, Peroun, and Stribog, whose statues stood in the castle at Kiev.

   There was a fertility goddess, Perchta, whose feast was celebrated as late as 1941, as was the Feast of Shadows. The Slav heaven, Svarog, resembled the Vedic Swarga. The southern Slavs, having withstood the onslaught of Islam, had their Byess, Djin, Dyavo, and Syen, all due to Arab influence. Their name for God was Bog, which came from the Sanskrit Bhaga. The fact remains that the impact of Christian almost com pletely illiterate population, resulted in the destruction of the majority of the old myths and their substitution by emasculated versions for the converted. Further details are given under Byelun, Czarnobog, Da-Bog, Dajdbog, Dazh-Bog, Kamennaia Baba, Karliki, Ljeschi, Lychie, Marco, Muma Padura, Oynyena Maria, Porenutius, Porevit, Raviyoyla, Stoymir, Svantovit, Swietowit, Triglav, Trojanu, Veles, Vlkodlaks, Volos, Volusu, Vookodlaks, and Wenceslas.