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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johnsemlak" data-source="post: 1888359" data-attributes="member: 7233">Slavic Pantheon--updatedHere's a bit more info on the primary gods of the slavic pantheon.  I'll expand on this a little later.More gods can be found <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1867720&postcount=2" target="_blank">here</a>Dahzhdbog, Khors, and Simargl are the most widely worshipped gods.  Assume all towns have a temple/church to each.Mokosh is also widely respected, and frequently given offerings.Stribog is feared but given offerings during winter for protection from his wrath.Dahzhdbog  AL: LG  Domains: Law, Luck, Sun, Good  Weapon: ClubDahzdbog is the god of sunlight, happiness, justice, and destiny.Giver God from "dati" - to give. He emerges from his Eastern palace every morning in a two wheeled, diamond chariot, pulled by twelve fire-breathing horses with manes of gold. He travels across the heavens each day. Some believe that he emerges each day as a beautiful infant and would age until his death as an old man in the West. Dazhdbóg is also a god of justice who sat seated on a purple throne surrounded by his seven judges The morning and evening stars, seven messengers who fly across the heavens with fiery tails(comets) and sometimes, Myesets, his bald uncle - the moon.<img src="http://myfhology.narod.ru/gods/slavyans/dagbog.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Khors  AL: NG  Domains: Fire, Sun, Good   Weapon: Longbow Khors represents the power and blaze of the sun.  He is an enemy of all undead.<img src="http://myfhology.narod.ru/gods/slavyans/hors.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Mokosh AL: N Domains: Earth, Animal, Plant, FateWeapon: SickleHer name means "moisture" and she may be the personified version of Mati Syra Ziemlja (Moist Mother Earth). Images of her survive to this day in Russianembroidery with arms raised, flanked by two horsemen. She is usually describedas having a large head & long arms. In Onolets, she was believed to walk abroad or spin wool at night and if a sheep mysteriously lost it's hair, it meant that Mokosh had sheared them.Mokosh is associated with weaving, spinning, and perhaps that is why she is seen as the Goddess of fate. She is also seen as a Goddess of fertility and bounty. <img src="http://myfhology.narod.ru/gods/slavyans/makosha.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Perun  AL: CG*  Domains: Air, Good, War  Weapon: Throwing Axe*Note, I mistakenly said earlier he was Chaotic NeutralGod of thunder from "per, perk or perg" - to strike. He is described as a rugged man with a copper beard. He rides in a chariot pulled by a he-goat and carries a mighty axe, or strely, sometimes a hammer. This axe is hurled at evil people and spirits and will always return to his hand.  His symbol, an axe, hung on horses to protect them from storms, restore milk to cows, ease labor and grant good luck to newborns and newlyweds.All big trees are sacred to Perun, but he especially loves the oak. There some oaks are fenced in as sacred to him. Sacrifices to him usually consisted of a rooster, but on special occasions, bear, bull or he-goat might be killed. The sacrificed animal was then communally eaten as they were seen to be imbued with the power of their patron God. Perun's arch enemy was the zaltys, a great serpent curled at the base of the world tree.Temples to Perun tended to be octagonal and on high ground. An idol of him set outside the castle of Vladmir was said to have a silver head and gold moustache - in some accounts, gold mouth.<img src="http://myfhology.narod.ru/gods/slavyans/perun.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Simargl  AL: LN  Domains: Plant, Protection, Law  Weapon: Sabel (type of sword similar to a scimitar)Simargl appears either has a hardy human warrior or as a winged griffen wiht a dog's head.  He is a protector of the Tree of Life and all nature.<img src="http://myfhology.narod.ru/gods/slavyans/semargl.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Stribog  AL: NE  Domains: Air, Water, Ice  Weapon: Throwing AxeStrobog is a gnroled old man with winds rustling his robs.  He is the Bringer of Frost, and a good of hte Winter.  He represents the cruelty of the harsh winter.<img src="http://myfhology.narod.ru/gods/slavyans/stribog.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

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