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  AllRefer.com - Slavic religion (Ancient Religion) - Encyclopedia
Slavic religion, pre-Christian religious practices among the Slavs of Eastern Europe.
It is generally thought that the earliest Slavic religious beliefs were based on the principle that the whole natural world is inhabited and directed by spirits or mysterious forces.
Two important gods of Slavic religion were Byelobog (or Byelun) [the White God] and Chernobog [the Black God].
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 Slavic mythology
Slavic religion recognizes three worlds: Jav, Prav, and Nav, Jav being the material world, Nav the immaterial, and Prav being the laws that govern them.
The supreme god of Slavic pantheon is usually Svarog (senior member of Triglav).
Sometimes the underworld of this religion is Svarga, residence of Svarog, and Irij is its paradise.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/sl/slavic_mythology.html   (366 words)

  
 Pre-Christian Eastern Slavic Reflections on Nature
The arrival of Christianity as the official religion and the establishment of the Russian Orthodox Church culminated in the banning of many folk ritual practices which were pre-Christian in origin, and in the persecution of those who practised them.
Perun represented the arbor mundi and the axis mundi in the slavic religion.
The primary female figures in slavic religion are the goddesses of fate, death, Baba Yaga, and the moist mother earth.
www.ignca.nic.in /ps_05018.htm   (2912 words)

  
 Religion
religion - religion, a system of thought, feeling, and action that is shared by a group and that gives the...
Egyptian religion - Egyptian religion, the religious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Egypt.
Slavic religion - Slavic religion, pre-Christian religious practices among the Slavs of Eastern Europe.
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 The Resurrection and The Willow - The Pre-Christian Slavic Religion
The Resurrection and The Willow - The Pre-Christian Slavic Religion
The Slavic religion was unaccompanied by doctrinal systems or creeds or scriptures and as a consequence it evolved in various directions as the ancient Slavic tribes migrated from their common homeland into Eastern and Southern Europe.
Paramount in the ancient Slavic pantheon was Svetovid, god of fertility and war, who shared his primacy with Svarog, god of heaven and the air.
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 Additional Reading (from Slavic religion) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Religion is commonly regarded as consisting of a person's relation to God or to gods or spirits.
Worship is probably the most basic element of religion, but moral conduct, right belief, and participation in religious institutions are generally also constituent elements of the religious...
The Slavic languages are a group of related languages within the Indo-European family.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-65465?tocId=65465   (913 words)

  
 Mythology's Mything Links: Eastern Europe / Pan Slavic Traditions & Beliefs
Slavic mythology has a strong focus on the sun, warmth, light, birds, fire (and firebirds), epic victories, and brightly painted cosmic bird-eggs.
In contrast to the bride, there is a female folk figure in traditional East Slavic lore whose hair is permanently loose and uncontrolled; she is the rusalka.
Part One is entitled "The Light of Knowledge: Healing and Divination in Slavic Wisdom Teachings and Practices." She looks at Slavic beliefs and lore in the context of shamanism and her knowledge of current psi research.
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 Slavic mythology -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
According to the Book of Veles, Slavic religion recognizes three realms: (Click link for more info and facts about Yav, Prav, and Nav) Yav, Prav, and Nav, Yav being the material world, Nav the immaterial, and Prav being the laws that govern them.
In its crown was Slavic (The abode of God and the angels) Heaven/ ((Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death) paradise, so called (Click link for more info and facts about Svarga) Svarga, residence of Svarog, or (Click link for more info and facts about Iriy) Iriy.
In some branches of Slavic religion, the supreme god is (Click link for more info and facts about Svarog) Svarog (senior member of (Click link for more info and facts about Triglav) Triglav).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sl/slavic_mythology.htm   (1597 words)

  
 Russia Before Christianity. Major Concepts of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion
Slavic tribes were pretty aggressive, as well as most barbarians.
In general, Slavic paganism consisted of prayers for harvest, animism, and cult of the forefathers.
The attempt to make a major religion out of Slavic pantheism did not satisfy Vladimir so he had to turn to existing major religions.
www.angelfire.com /pro2/politcentr/pagan-gods.html   (2205 words)

  
 Slavic religion on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Displacement, desire, identity and the "diasporic momentum": two slavic writers in Latin America.
Quantifying religion: toward building more effective ways of measuring religious influence on state-level behavior.
William Gulas who headed St. Stanislaus Church in the Slavic Village neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, was killed by a Franciscan brother Daniel Montgomery.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/s/slavicre.asp   (725 words)

  
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Religion and Ecology - Brief introduction to ecotheology and short descriptions of the relationship between individual religions and the environment.
Popular Religion in Portugal - Appearances of the Virgin at Fatima, religion in the north of Portugal, and origins of selected Portuguese popular saints considered by Ray Vogensen from a non-religious viewpoint.
Religion and Culture of the Roma (Gypsies) - From Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance.
www.arctur24.de /odp/odp.php?page=books-de&search=Religion   (528 words)

  
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And, that most important, was not of any slavic organization, which would put before herself a task on creation religious slavic faith.
In the beginning I assumed to name new organization Slavic Union, but in 1997 on the first congress on the river Kaluzhka per Day Perun the representatives 5 communities after long disputes have decided(solved) to refuse this name.
Differently slavic population of Russia today would be equal to the population of Poland or Ukraine.
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 Amazon.com: Slavic Sorcery: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Explore the history and folklore of Eastern Europe and European Russia as Johnson delves into the superstitions and wives' tales that helped earth-magic beliefs, such as dowsing, survive the religious and political turmoil of the region.
At the same time, add secrets of the Slavic magical tradition to your own repertoire through Johnson's experiences with Slavic spells, sacred places of power, tree magic, and spirits of the otherworld.
Instead, this book chronicles the author's efforts to be accepted into the vestigal groups of slavic shamans; and his experiences among them.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1567183743?v=glance   (843 words)

  
 СОЮЗ СЛАВЯНСКИХ ...
The union is the assignee of state religion of Russia forbidden in a result of governmental revolution 988 - 990 гг.
Annually for Day Perun in Kaluga the slavic Congress is going, on which the questions of the further expansion of our activity are decided(solved).
The fifth congress of Union of Slavic Communities in Kaluga.
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 Factmonster Search: religion
religion, a system of thought, feeling, and action that is shared by a group and that gives the...
Egyptian religion, the religious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Egypt.
Shinto, ancient native religion of Japan still practiced in a form modified by the influence of...
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 Slavic mythology - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Old Slavic religion evolved over more than a thousand years and some parts of it were from neolithic or possibly even mesolithic times.
The supreme god of Slavic pantheon is Svarog a.k.a.
Underworld of this religion was Svarga, residence of Svarog, and Irij was its paradise.
www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Slavic_religion   (203 words)

  
 Searchlite.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Un religion roman moderne, como Shinto / Taoismo / Hinduismo pro le mundo occidental.
Brings to the internet selected topics of the major world religions with movies, reviews, chat, spirituality, newsletter, and humor.
Index of resources for practitioners of Earth Religions who are experiencing religious discrimination.
www.searchlite.com /search.php?str=Religion&PPC20=a41199b4230735d225559bf163a2901b   (127 words)

  
 Pagan Russian Tea Room 1999 - 2001 archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I am originally from the Ukraine and have always been interested in Slavic paganism (unfortunately, the books i have on it are in old slavonic and difficult to read), orthodox christianity, and the ways in which the two have been related (by people, that is).
But there is a problem, small slavic nations, like the Slovenes, Macedonians, Sorbs, Kashubs, … have no chance in the fight with the enemies of SLAVHOOD [USA, Germany, christianity, Jews, …], so it’s reasonable, that all slavic nations unite [ not as an ethnos, but as a state and in the pagan religion].
And we all agree, that that shod be the slavic pagan religion.
members.aol.com /hpsofsnert/1999.html   (11413 words)

  
 ureland.com » Society » Ethnicity » Slavic » Slavic Religion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Codes of Slavic Cultures - The journal Codes of Slavic Cultures is devoted to the traditional spiritual culture of the Slav peoples.
Eastern Slavic Reflections on Nature - An account of how, the Eastern Slavs, particularly the pre-Christian Russians, interacted with nature.
Moist Mother Earth - Slavic Myth and Religion, Slavic Gods, and rituals.
www.ureland.com /dir/Top/Society/Ethnicity/Slavic/Slavic_Religion   (229 words)

  
 Religion in Russia
The Religion of Unity > From the History of Religions of Earth > Russia From the Slavic History
This form of religion pertains to people who live in harmony with wildlife and who have never heard about knowledge of a higher level.
In other words, we can see that Slavic religion was not primitive paganism at all, but rather a quite mature system, which possessed the knowledge about the Creator and quite concrete Divine Teachers, as well as methods of spiritual work used in esoteric schools.
www.religiousbook.net /Books/Online_books/Sh/Heart_28.html   (1013 words)

  
 Pagan Russian Tea Room   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Slavic pagan society Perun's Circle — Krug Peruna invites you to celebrations of Perun's days along with the construction of ceremonial place and erection of statue of the Slavic god Perun.
And of course when I say the word Slavic, I am talking about all Slavs from every Slavic country from Serbia, Coatia, Poland, Bulgaria, Czecheslovakia, and the list goes on and on and it is too long and too much for me to type here, but all of you Slavs know exactly who you are.
SLAVIC INFLUENCE IS ALSO SEEN IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: path (pot) vs. the germanic way/weg, night-mare (night is germanic, but mare (mora) is slavic), and some others: to saw (šivati),....
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 Slavic Religion Slavic Ethnicity Society
- An account of how the Eastern Slavs interacted with nature through the Slavic religion based on nature worship.
- Slavic Myth and Religion, Slavic Gods, and rituals.
- The journal Codes of Slavic Cultures is devoted to the traditional spiritual culture of the Slav peoples.
www.iaswww.com /ODP/Society/Ethnicity/Slavic/Slavic_Religion   (63 words)

  
 Ethnologue 14 report for language code:MKJ
Sociopolitical attitudes are strong: called 'Slavic' in Greece, considered to be a dialect of Bulgarian by some in Bulgaria.
Speakers are bilingual in Greek, which is used for education and religion.
Called 'Slavic' in Greece, where 'Macedonian' refers only to people living in Macedonia, a region in Greece.
www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=MKJ   (144 words)

  
 Prince Vladimir the Red Sun Accepts Jesus as his Saviour
Their words were artful, and it was wondrous to listen and pleasant to hear them.
When Vladimir learned their response, he directed the envoys of the emperors to report to the latter that he was willing to accept baptism, having already given some study to their religion, and that the Greek faith and ritual, as described by the emissaries sent to examine it, had pleased him well.
When the emperors heard this report, they rejoiced, and persuaded their sister Anna to consent to the match.
www.angelfire.com /pro2/politcentr/christian-russia.html   (1085 words)

  
 Moist Mother Earth - Slavic Myth and Religion
This page contains lists of information I've gathered on Slavic gods, rituals, etc. While my primary passion is ancient Greek paganism, I am also interested in pre-Christian Slavic religion, and these are the fruits of my research.
The eyes of the dead, in Slavic belief, could lure one into the grave.
Perkowski, Jan. The Darkling: A Treatise on Slavic Vampirism and Vampires of the Slavs.
www.winterscapes.com /slavic.htm   (5683 words)

  
 Slavic Religion
A group exploring slavic culture as it emerges from the mists of time, in myths and in facts.
Because of this, the best descriptions of Slavic idols and temples come from their Christian destroyers, such as bishop Otto of Bamburg and bishop Thietmar of Meresburg.
This alphabet spread across the Slavic lands and is still used today in Greek Orthodox Slavic countries.
www.ancientsites.com /aw/Post/427642   (331 words)

  
 Organisations: Ukraine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ukrainian heathenism is a generic term referring to the national religion of our Ukrainian ancestors 1000 years ago, prior to Christianity, and which is now enjoying a revival in Ukraine.
Halyna LOZKO is the Chairwoman of the society (Confession) of the Ukrainian Native Faith Pravoslavya, a scientific member and author of many publications on Ukrainian heathenism.
The dissertation Ukrainian Heathenism as a Source of Everyday Religious Syncretism proves the possibility of a reconstruction of the ancient Ukrainian religion.
www.wcer.org /members/europe/Ukraine   (584 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Slavic mythology Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This article should be merged with Polish mythology and Slavic creatures of folklore Slavic religion evolved over more than a thousand years.
It's conjectured that some parts of it are from neolithic...
These heroes are based on real persons but most stories about them became pure fiction, involving magic etc.
www.ipedia.com /slavic_mythology.html   (385 words)

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