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  Other Mythology Encyclopaedia
In Finnish mythology, Akka was the consort of Ukko.
In Japanese mythology, Ama Terasu is the Sun-Goddess.
In Finnish mythology, Tuonetar was the consort of Tuoni.
webpages.charter.net /sn9/religion/myth/otherencyclopaedia.html   (10254 words)

  
 The Probert Encyclopaedia - Other Mythology
In Arapesh mythology, Babamik is a cannibal ogress who is eventually lured to her death and she then becomes a crocodile.
In Islamic mythology, Eblis is the chief of the evil spirits.
In Babylonian mythology, Zu is an evil lesser-god who steals the tablets of destiny from Enlil while he was washing, and flies away to his mountain.
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 CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER IV Lithuanian mythology underwent its formation at the time when the active and belligerent tribes who were the ancestors of modern Lithuanians were distinguishing themselves from the bulk of the Baltic protonation, circa 500 AD.
In the mythology of the Balts, Dangaus Dievas (God of the Sky) retains quite a few original Indo-European characteristics — he lives in heaven, is related to shining celestial bodies and is imagined as a light, radiant person deciding fates.
In Baltic mythology Perkunas is linked both to a mountain — in Lithuanian mythology Perkunas lives on the top of a hill reaching the sky — and to oaks, growing in sacral places, or to sacred oak woods.
www.crvp.org /book/Series04/IVA-17/chapter_iv.htm   (3937 words)

  
 On Some Scythian and Sarmatian Symbols   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Let us consider a fragment of a Slavonic embroidered towel of the end of the 19th century - the beginning of the 20th century which is housed in a private collection (the village Pavlovskaya) (The field materials, 2003), see figure 6.
I conclude that in the Slavonic mythology two dogs are an emblem of the deity of the sun, fire, war, life and death.
Since the funeral and marriage are close connected in the Slavonic beliefs (Rjabchikov 2002e), I suppose that the archaic symbols of the Kuban embroidery are relevant to funeral or wedding rites.
www.anthroglobe.ca /docs/Sergei/scythian-sarmatian-symbols.htm   (3370 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Rod in Slavonic mythology were worshipped in two dimensions.
Actual Slavonic mythological texts or other written relics from later times depicting the Slavonic mythological system during paganism have not survived, since the religious and mythological entity of paganism was destroyed during Orthodoxation.
Christianity, which was born in different environment from Slavonic, treated the Paganism of the Slavs as a hostile religion and the latter was severely prosecuted by both the clergy and the authorities in power.
users.teol.net /~svarog/english.html   (3054 words)

  
 Church Slavonic. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
The year 1100 is the conventional dividing line between the ancestor, Old Church Slavonic, and its descendant, the later Church Slavonic, which flourished as the literary language of a number of Slavic peoples before the 18th cent.
In any case, because this dialect was inadequate for their purpose, they had to enrich and transform it, drawing on the vocabulary and syntax of Greek.
Old Church Slavonic is the first Slavic language known to have been recorded in writing.
www.bartleby.com /65/ch/ChurchSl.html   (427 words)

  
 Scythian/Sarmatian Influence on Slavonic Mythology and Decorative Art by Sergei V. Rjabchikov - English
I have investigated a Slavonic embroidery from the Kuban region that is exhibited in the Krasnodar Historical-Archaeological Museum (Krasnodar, Krasnodar Territory, Russia).
A Slavonic wooden decoration of a Cossack house from the Kuban region is exhibited in the Krasnodar Historical-Archaeological Museum.
Really, one early pagan Slavonic temple was dedicated to the goddess Makosh' and the feast Kolyada (the winter solstice), and another early pagan Slavonic temple was dedicated to the goddess Makosh' and the feast Kupala (the summer solstice) (Rybakov 1987: 129).
public.kubsu.ru /~usr02898/sl37.htm   (8762 words)

  
 Converted WP file 1viera
The Slavonic version clearly indicates that the translator was fully aware of the mythological nature of Hephaistos and Helios resulting in substitutions of Slavic deities instead.
In Hittite mythology the stone monster Ullikummi, who fights the weather god Te%ub, is a son of the major god Kumarbi and a rock, a goddess called Peruna% or Piruna%.
Their mythology was often as inconsistent as in the case of the Slavs.
www.ibiblio.org /sergei/Zaroff   (12336 words)

  
 Some Remarks on the Scythian and Sarmatian religion
The same sign is presented in a Scythian/Sarmatian record on a Greek vessel of the 4th century B.C that was discovered at the village Starotitarovskaya, the Taman’ peninsula (the Krasnodar region, Russia) (Rjabchikov 2000a).
Number 9 is a Russian sacral sign associated with Slavonic pagan sacrifices (Rybakov 1987: 140-2); on the other hand, number 3 is a symbol of the absolute perfection and superiority (Toporov 1992a: 630).
According to the Indo-Aryan mythology, the god Indra is a patron of cows; per Herodotus (The History IV, 8), the Scythian god Targitai (Heracles) carried off bulls.
www.anthroglobe.ca /docs/Sergei/scythian-sarmatian-religion.htm   (2568 words)

  
 Slavic Cat Names
To be honest, the Slavonic myths aren't really known for examples of cat fancying.
The Slavonic line continues to this day in the people we now call Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Macedonians and Russians, just to name a few.
The Slavic tales and beliefs may seem unfamiliar to us today but among the many supernatural beings populating their stories, two should be instantly recognizable to any fan of horror films.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Estates/6913/slav.htm   (1654 words)

  
 Chapter II: Section I.--The Old Gods
The Slavonic tales, like those with which we are more familiar, abound in accounts of how a dead hero is restored to life by means of this precious liquid, which is sometimes brought by the Whirlwind, the Thunder, and the Hail, sometimes by their types the Raven, the Hawk, the Eagle, and the Dove.
In the same sense of the word the moon is often spoken of as "white," and the horses are "white" which draw the chariot of the sun
As a group of consonants formed by rk or rg would be in disharmony with the phonetic rules established in the Slavonic languages, and the usual transposition of the liquid was not effected, an unusual remedy only could hinder the violation of the laws of the language."--Phil.
www.sacred-texts.com /neu/srp/srp05.htm   (5211 words)

  
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Main purpose and a keynote of this project is to promote the idea of the integrated Europe and the development of understanding and good relationships among European nations, cultures, and individual people by means of art.
The first year will be devoted to the mythology of Slavs and Nords, the second to the mythology of Celts and finally the third will belong to the Greek mythology.
Great Picnic of the Slavonic and Scandinavian culture during which Polish and Scandinavian companies will present their offers will be organized on that day.
www.mk.gov.pl /pkk/doc/olimp_short.doc   (617 words)

  
 Apocalyptic Symbolism of Chernobyl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The two syllables of the name Cherno-Byl are derived from the two names Cherno-bog and Byelo-bog.
This elemental opposition gave birth to two divine images which are found among the peoples of the Slavonic world: Byelobog and Chernobog.
British Minister for Energy, Mr Peter Walker, who had recently made a speech about a Super-Pit at Hob Lane, was visiting Moscow on the day of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl.
www.cv81pl.freeserve.co.uk /chernobyl.htm   (149 words)

  
 Isabella Valancy Crawford's "Gisli the Chieftain"
Students of mythology were suggesting that all stories about the gods are versions of the sun’s cyclic struggle with darkness.
As George Cox puts it in his preface to Mythology of the Aryan Nations (1870), “the epic poems of the Aryan nations are simply different versions of one and the same story, and.
To the idea of this voyage, also, some of the archaeologists are inclined to turn for an explanation of the old Slavonic custom of burning or burying the dead in boats, or boat-shaped coffins.
www.canadianpoetry.ca /cpjrn/vol02/ross.htm   (4158 words)

  
 Easter Customs of the Carpatho-Rusyn People
The variation in customs can be found in the games, songs and dances, the origin of which, can, in most cases, be traced to the Slavonic Mythology.
They have been traced to the story in Slavonic Mythology where Lala, son of goddess "Lada", with his queen and his retinue travelled throughout his domain to see how his people lived.
The counterpart of Lala in Greek-Roman mythology is Cupid while that of Lada is Venus.
www.carpatho-rusyn.org /crs/eastercu.htm   (1198 words)

  
 Sixty Folk-tales from Slavonic Sources: Preface
Circumstances have enabled me to make a considerable addition to what is as yet known of Slavonic Folk-lore, although I cannot make any pretence to having exhausted the mine, or, rather, the many mines, which the various Slavonic races and tribes possess, and which still, more or less, await the advent of competent explorers.
I took up the book, originally, for the purpose for which it was compiled, viz., that of obtaining an acquaintance with the main features of all the Slavonic dialects, but found myself tempted, by the extreme beauty of some of the stories, to translate the major portion of them.
For an essay on the singular mythical being, Kurent, occurring only in the Serbian tales from Carniola, and as yet unnoticed in any work on Slavonic mythology, I am indebted to Professor Gregor Krek, of Grätz, in Styria.
www.sacred-texts.com /neu/sfs/sfs01.htm   (637 words)

  
 SLAVONIC ANTIQUITY by Sergei V. Rjabchikov - English
The main aim of the South Russian folkloric-ethnographic expedition worked under the leadership of Sergei V. Rjabchikov in 2002 was the collection of materials whereby he managed to reconstruct different aspects of the Scythian and Sarmatian (Proto-Slavonic) culture.
Really, the fairytale Deer with Golden Horns fits the deer, characters from the Scythian mythology, as such images are depicted on the golden artifacts from the Kuban barrows.
He read not only several Slavonic inscriptions on fragments of the Tmutarakan' amphorae, but also decoded some signs engraved on Polovtsian statues.
public.kubsu.ru /~usr02898/slavonic.htm   (3010 words)

  
 Chernabog Image Gallery from La Casa Dei Taddeo
The winged devil was based on the Black God of Slavonic mythology (which some references say may have originally been spelled 'Chernobog' before Disney settled on the name which is displayed on all current merchandise).
Tytla was Ukranian and based the demon on a creature from Ukranian mythology -- a mythology based upon The Black Art (i.e.
Black Magic) known as "Chorni-bok." As told in the Fall 1998 issue of The Disney Magazine, actor Bela Lugosi, Hollywood's most famous Count Dracula, was paid $150 back in 1939 to be the live model on which Chernabog was based.
www.geocities.com /TheTropics/Shores/1622/Chernabog.html   (436 words)

  
 MythHome: Printed References for Mythology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Manual of mythology: Greek and Roman, Norse and Old German, Hindoo and Egyptian mythology,Murray, A. Medieval Holidays and Festivals, Cosman, Madeleine Pelner, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981
Mythology : Anthropological Assessment of Theories of Georges DumÈzil 3ed, Littleton, C. Scott, University of California Press Berkeley, 1982
Mythology: Tales of Ancient Civilizations, Roberts, T.R. and M.J. and B. Katz,, 1997
www.mythome.org /PrintRef.html   (2816 words)

  
 Ancient Mythology
The Slavs did not believe in destiny but believed that the victim will be saved.
There is a strong correlation of the Slavonic mythology and the Iranian influence.
The inscription on the tomb of Ramez III in Medinet Habu (1195 B.C.) gives a detailed description of some Mediterranean people who come to plunder and conquer the Pharaoh Menerptah in the 13th century B.C. The Pulasi i.e.
www.soros.org.mk /konkurs/058/anc_myth.htm   (1010 words)

  
 Byelobog
In Slavic mythology (western Slavs) Byelobog ("white god") is a deity of the sun and of fortune.
He is mentioned by the medieval historian Gelmold in his "Slavonic chronicles".
Article "Byelobog" created on 11 October 1998; last modified on 30 July 2001 (Revision 2).
www.pantheon.org /articles/b/byelobog.html   (86 words)

  
 Slavic Pagan Resources
Lang, David M. "The Slavs" in Mythology, an Illustrated Encyclopedia.
Oinas, Felix J. Essays on Russian Folklore and Mythology.
Znayenko, Myroslava T. The Gods of the Ancient Slavs: Tatishchev and the beginnings of Slavic Mythology.
hometown.aol.com /HPSofSNERT/slavres.html   (576 words)

  
 Find in a Library: The songs of the Russian people, as illustrative of Slavonic mythology and Russian social life.
Find in a Library: The songs of the Russian people, as illustrative of Slavonic mythology and Russian social life.
The songs of the Russian people, as illustrative of Slavonic mythology and Russian social life.
WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/7e64671aa58cb0e6.html   (69 words)

  
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Baba-Yaga is one of the main characters in Slavonic mythology, and is a personification of evil spirits.
She is a dreaded ogress who lives in a small hut perched on four chicken legs.
But Baba-Yaga does not have only bad qualities in her.
www.albanytula.org /Gala06.htm   (67 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
After some brief correspondence, she happily volunteered to translate the text for me! A big "thanks" to Mara for all her help, and for making this deck all the more enjoyable to me!
As I had assumed from Baba Yaga's presence, the deck features bad guys from old Slavonic folk-tales (I have read that they cannot properly be called "fairy tales", as they have no fairies...).
Courts for each suit seems to feature characters which are encountered in a specific type of area: Club courts are water-based creatures, whether found in rivers, wells, lakes, ponds or the bath.
members.aol.com /ataraxiarl/blgupc/forces/text.htm   (715 words)

  
 Religion
Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration and Magic, Anglo Saxon Books, 1992 (TT).
Norse Mythology A -Z, Facts on File, 1991 (TT)
Scandinavia (The Worlds Mythology), WH Smith and Hamlyn 1981 (TT)
www.thorshof.org /religion.htm   (551 words)

  
 Hate Forest biography @ Tartareandesire.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
HATE FOREST's first songs were created in the year 1995 in the Ukraine.
HATE FOREST's art is based upon the Aryan/Slavonic mythology, Nietzschean philosophy, and the ideology of elitism.
Every subhuman buying HATE FOREST releases buys a weapon against himself.
www.tartareandesire.com /bands/hateforest.html   (68 words)

  
 Thousands of DEMON NAMES for your DOG, CAT, HORSE, PET OR CHILD from Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Thousands of DEMON NAMES for your DOG, CAT, HORSE, PET OR CHILD from Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia
Asmodeus (Persian mythology, Christian demonology and Jewish folklore)
Lamia (Bulgarian folklore, Christian demonology and Greek mythology)
www.lowchensaustralia.com /names/demonnames.htm   (210 words)

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