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List of Slavic pseudo-deities

Slavic pseudo-deities (pseudo-gods, pseudo-goddesses) are Slavic deities that exist in popular or even scientific literature, but their historicity is not recognized by the vast majority of scholars, i.e., that the deity in question was not actually an object of worship among pagan Slavs. The pseudo-deities of the Slavs, like those of other ethnic groups, were created as a result of mistakes (e.g., by understanding the given name as a theonym, unfamiliarity with the Slavic languages, misunderstanding of pagan ritual, or uncritical use of sources), as a result of the creation and falsification of Slavic Romantics, or even as a result of falsification for political motives. The reason for the last two may be that, unlike, for example, Greek mythology, the sources on Slavic mythology are severely limited.

Chislobog – the god of numbers, one of the most popular pseudo-gods today. Andrey Shishkin, 2015

The first Slavic pseudo-deities began to appear as early as the Middle Ages, mainly in Latin Christian texts, as a result of mistakes. Slavic pseudo-deities on a large scale began to appear from the 18th and especially the 19th century. In 1768, a popular forgery of the time appeared, the so-called Prillwitz idols, depicting alleged Slavic deities decorated with alleged Slavic runes.[1][2][3] Based on this forgery, many deities were created by Andreas Masch and later by Martin Arendt [de]. In the 19th century, the Czech Ignác Jan Hanuš was a popular fantasist, particularly his two works: Die Wissenschaft des slavischen Mythus, and Bájeslovný kalendář slovanský, and Russian Aleksandr Famintsyn [ru], who was rather uncritical in treating sources in his Bozhestva drevnikh slavyan ("Deities of the Ancient Slavs"). In addition to the above-mentioned authors, every Slavic country had its more or less popular forgers.[4] Contemporary falsification of the Slavic pantheon is continued by Czesław Białczyński [pl] in Poland (e.g. Stworze i zdusze, czyli starosłowiańskie boginki i demony. Leksykon, or Mitologia słowiańska: Księga tura),[5][6] and in Russia by Alexander Asov (Kniga Kolyady).[7]

Popular pseudo-deities

 
Flins
  • Dzidzilela – according to Jan Długosz, the Polish equivalent of Venera, goddess of love, weddings and fertility.[8]
  • Chislobog [uk] – pseudo-deity of time and/or numbers invented in the 1900s, mentioned in the Book of Veles[9]
  • Vesna – alleged goddess of spring
  • Jutrobog, Jutrnyboh – a supposed god worshipped in Lusatia. His name consists of the word jutry, jutrny "morning" and the word bog "god" and means "Morning God, Aurora". The town of Jüterbog is supposed to be named after him,[10] although it is also possible that the last syllable is not bog but bok "side", and the name of the city can be translated as "side facing the morning (east)".[11]
  • Kyi – alleged Polish god of blacksmithing who appears in the sermons of Gniezno.[12]
  • Kupala – a deity created by medieval chroniclers based on the name of the Kupala Night holiday
  • Koliada – personification of the New Year cycle and a figure in folk rituals mistakenly interpreted by Alexander Afanasyev as a goddess
  • Lada – alleged Polish deity first mentioned by Jan Długosz as a god of war, equivalent to Mars, then by Maciej Miechowita recognized as the Polish equivalent of Leda.[13]
  • Lelya [ru] – the goddess of love, a word found in Russian folk songs
  • Yesha – the chief god of Poles according to Jan Długosz, the equivalent of the Roman Jupiter; nowadays the authenticity of the god is rejected
  • Dana [ru] – hypothetical water goddess proposed by Nikolay Kostomarov, rejected by modern scholarship
  • Pogvizd [ru], Pozvizd – a wind deity mentioned by Maciej Miechowita, and Pohvist, mentioned by Marcin Kromer as a god of inclement weather, in reality probably spirits or demons
  • Flins – alleged deity of death worshipped by the remnants of the Sorbs, mentioned in the Saxon Chronicle
  • Krodo – originally a pseudo-chief-deity of the Saxons in later centuries ascribed to the Slavs
  • Trojan [ru] – a figure from South Slavic mythology borrowed by East Slavic writers and later recognized as a deity
  • Chur [ru] – a 19th-century Russian pseudo-god of borders, equivalent to the Roman Terminus

West Slavs

Polabian Slavs

  • Goderac (Latin: Gutdraccus) – Arnold of Lübeck, in Chronica Slavorum (his sequel to Helmold's Chronicle; V, 24), wrote that Bernon (died 1190 or 1191), bishop of Schwerin, destroyed the pagan cult, and in place of the deity Goderac ordered St. Godehard, bishop of Hildesheim, to be worshipped, taking advantage of the similarity of names. The deification was the result of a mistake – the name Goderac appears as early as 1171 in Henry the Lion, who granted the bishopric of Schwerin "the village of St. Godehard, which was once called Goderac," and the name itself is probably derived from a personal name, perhaps that of the village owner.[14]
  • Julius Caesar – According to Life of Saint Otto, Julius' spear was venerated in Wolin, which was also called Julin (Iulin) after Julius Caesar. According to the authors, it was supposed to be in a wooden column and slightly rusty. The Julius theme was later developed by Wincenty Kadlubek in his account of the battle of the Lechites led by Leszko III against Julius.[15]
  • Suentebueck – The 15th-century Passion of the Martyrs of Ebstorf speaks of Slavs who abandoned Christianity after the death of Charlemagne, who were said to have erected statues of Suentebueck, Vitelubbe, and Radegast that had been toppled earlier. Strzelczyk interprets the name as svęty byk "sacred bull", or less likely Svęty Vit "Saint Vitus" (Svetovit?).[16]
  • Vittelube – A deity also mentioned in the Passion. Probably recognized by the author as the name of a deity because of the occurrence of the local name Vietlübbe next to the local name Radegast, both in the district of Gadebusch.[16]
  • Svitibor, Zuttibor - a deity mentioned by Abraham Frentzel. Christian Knauthe translated the name as "Holy Forest".[16]
  • Puscetus - a deity mentioned by Abraham Frentzel. According to Christian Knauthe, the name sounded like the Slavic word bosowske "elderberry", "Deus Sambuceus like", and meant "one who lives under the Sambuceus tree".[17]
  • Ciza - goddess of maternal feeding according to Christian Knauthe. Her name was supposed to be derived from the Slavic word zyz (Polish cyc) "breast".[18]
 
Püsterich
  • Püsterich – In the middle of the 16th century, a bronze figure (57 cm.) of a pot-bellied man with one arm raised to his forehead, the rest of the limbs missing, was found at Castle in the Kyffhäuser mountains (Thuringia). There are two holes in the head, the head and torso is hollow inside. There were different interpretations of this figurine: Abraham Frentzel (1791) recognized Püsterich as a deity of Slavs from Thuringia linking him with the Polish word bystry "smart, bright, shrewd", others regarded him as a god of fire, or a god of both Slavs and Germans. The figurine was used as a toy, it acted as a kind of steam boiler, heated water poured out through holes in the head.[17]

Prillwitz idols

Many of the deities were created by Andreas Gottlieb Masch (1771),[19] a German theologian who studied the so-called Prillwitz idols, taking them to be authentic Slavic statues, but which are now recognized as 17th century forgeries.[1][2][3] The drawings for his book were made by Daniel Woge, a German painter and illustrator.[19] Masch's information was further repeated by Martin Friedrich Arendt (1820),[20] a German botanist and antiquarian, and Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1824),[21] a Danish writer.

 
Percunust - one of the Prillwitz idols

Andreas Gottlieb Masch:[19]

  • Sieba
  • Zibog, Siebog
  • Nemisa
  • Podba
  • Percunust
  • Schwaixtix
  • Zislbog, Zislbocg
  • Zirnitra, Zir
  • Wodan
  • Balduri
  • Ipabog, Ipabocg
  • Misizla
  • Plusso
  • Zois

Martin Friedrich Arendt:[20]

  • Tara(n)
  • Othin
  • Gestrab
  • Raziva
  • Tsibaz
  • Hela
  • Kricco
  • Opora
  • Karevit
  • Hirovit
  • Marovit
  • Gilbog
  • Juthrbog
  • Urii
  • Pya
  • Mita
  • Sicksa
  • Berstuk
  • Gudii

Czechs

Václav Hájek, a Czech chronicler who is accused of making up many events in his work, lists the deities in his Chronicle: Klimba, Krasatina, Krosina.

Hájek gained imitators after his death: Pavel Stránský, Jan Jiří Středovský, Juraj Papánek, who added the following deities by themselves: Chasoň, Ladoň, Zeloň, Živěna, Nočena, Krasopaní, Hladolet.[22]

Priest Antonín Liška, one of the translators of Homer into Czech, also made up deities. He replaced Greek theonyms with similar Czech ones or just transferred them into Czech. He gave up to three versions of the same invented Czech name, writing them in brackets or footnotes:[23]

Another forgery is the glosses added to Mater Verborum, a Czech-Latin dictionary, added by Václav Hanka, containing deities invented by him:[24]

Hanka also mentions gods from other sources, e.g. Belebog, Perun, Živa, Svetovit, Triglav, Veles, Lada, Devana, and Morana. In addition, he mentions many demons, including vesna.

East Slavs

Book of Veles

The Book of Veles is a 20th century forgery that has gained particular popularity among Ukrainians. It lists, in addition to authentic gods, the following pseudo-gods:[25]

  • Vyšenʹ (Russian: Вышень)
  • Lelja (Леля)
  • Letnica (Летница)
  • Kolendo (Колендо)
  • Krʹšenʹ (Крьшень)
  • Deržatelʹ (Держатель)
  • Snvʹіj (Снвьій)
  • Belojare (Белояре)
  • Lado (Ладо)
  • Kupalo (Купало)
  • Senic (Сениц)
  • Žitnec (Житнец)
  • Veniŝč (Венищ)
  • Zernic (Зерниц)
  • Ovsenic (Овсениц)
  • Prosicʹ (Просиць)
  • Studecʹ (Студець)
  • Ledic (Ледиц)
  • Ljutecʹ (Лютець)
  • Ptiščec (Птищец)
  • Zverenc (Зверенц)
  • Milic (Милиц)
  • Dozdec (Доздец)
  • Plodec (Плодец)
  • Jagodnec (Ягоднец)
  • Pščelic (Пщелиц)
  • Rostic (Ростиц)
  • Klenčič (Кленчич)
  • Zzerenč (Ззеренч)
  • Vetricʹ (Ветриць)
  • Slomicʹ (Сломиць)
  • Gribicʹ (Грибиць)
  • Loviščʹ (Ловищь)
  • Besedicʹ (Беседиць)
  • Snezicʹ (Снезиць)
  • Stranicʹ (Страниць)
  • Sventicʹ (Свентиць)
  • Radnicʹ (Радниць)
  • Sveticʹ (Светиць)
  • Korovicʹ (Коровиць)
  • Krasicʹ (Красиць)
  • Travicʹ (Травиць)
  • Steblicʹ (Стеблиць)
  • Rodicʹ (Родиць)
  • Maslecʹ (Маслець)
  • Živicʹ (Живиць)
  • Vedicʹ (Ведиць)
  • Listvicʹ (Листвиць)
  • Kveticʹ (Кветиць)
  • Vodišč (Водищ)
  • Zvezdicʹ (Звездиць)
  • Gromič (Громич)
  • Semišč (Семищ)
  • Lipecʹ (Липець)
  • Rembicʹ (Рембиць)
  • Brezičʹ (Брезичь)
  • Zelenicʹ (Зелениць)
  • Goricʹ (Гориць)
  • Stradicʹ (Страдиць)
  • Spasicʹ (Спасиць)
  • Listeverzicʹ (Листеверзиць)
  • Mʹjuslicʹ (Мьюслиць)
  • Gosticʹ (Гостиць)
  • Raticʹ (Ратиць)
  • Stranicʹ (Страниць)
  • Čurncʹ (Чурнць)
  • Rodicʹ (Родиць)
  • Ognebog Semerogelʹ (Огнебог Семерогель)
  • Čislobog (Числобог)
  • Kvasur (Квасур)

Others

  • Uslad (Услад) – a deity mistakenly created by Siegmund von Herberstein, then repeated by Stryjkowski, who took a fragment of Primary Chronicle, us zlat ("golden moustache" – about the statue of Perun), as theonym, and compared it to Cupid.[26]
  • Zimtserla (Зимцерла) – goddess who first appears in the Russian translation (1722) of Kingdom of the Slavs, by the Croatian writer Mauro Orbini. The translator incorrectly transferred the theonym Semargl, written by Orbini as Simaergla, by writing the letter a as s and removing the letter g, probably due to euphony, and thus Simserla was created. The goddess is then mentioned by Mikhail Popov in his mythological dictionary; according to him, the corrupted name may have been derived from the words зима, zima ("winter"), and the verb стерть, stiertʹ ("to wipe off"), and would be a goddess of flowers, similar to Aurora. Zimtserla later appears in many Russian texts.[27] She was erroneously believed to be the Aurora of the "Slavonians"[28][29] and a "Queen of Flowers" or goddess of spring, akin to Roman Flora.[29]

South Slavs

One of the major forgeries from the South Slavs is the Serbian Песме и обичаи укупног народа српског (1869; "Songs and customs of the all Serbian peoples") by Miloš Milojević:[30]

  • Kupalo (Serbian Cyrillic: Купало)
  • Koledo (Коледо)
  • Koled (Кољед)
  • Živboža (Живбожа)
  • Živanija (Живанија)
  • Svaroga (Сварога)
  • Prprьruša (Прпрьруша)
  • Pravid (Правид)
  • Svevid (Свевид)
  • Ljelj (Љељ)
  • Ljelja (Љеља)
  • Poljelj (Пољељ)
  • Poljelja (Пољеља)
  • Lada (Лада)
  • Branjanj (Брањањ)
  • Živ (Жив)
  • Davor (Давор)
  • Gostoslav (Гостослав)
  • Vodan (Водан)
  • Vodana (Водана)
  • Moran (Моран)
  • Morica (Морица)
  • Pra Pra Bog (Пра Пра Бог)
  • Preslav (Преслав)
  • Višnji (Вишњи)
  • Ježdraksin (Јеждраксин)
  • Belgostić (Белгостић)
  • Tug (Туг)
  • Pravd (Правд)
  • Crnobar (Црнобар)
  • Vihor (Вихор)
  • Kračun (Крачун)
  • Praovil (Праовил)
  • Belbožić (Белбожић)

The second important forgery is Veda Slovena (1874) by Stefan Verković:[31]

  • Kuledo (Bulgarian: Куледо)
  • Kuleda (Коледа)
  • Ognen (Огнен)
  • Vishnu (Вишну)
  • Vodin (Водин)
  • Surva (Сурва)
  • Rosna (Росна)
  • Žijne (Жийне)
  • Surica (Сурица)
  • Iognica (Иогница)
  • Masina (Масина)
  • Rue (Руе)
  • Vitna (Витна)
  • Igne (Игне)
  • Jognica (Йогница)
  • Dʺžna (Дъжна)
  • Dia (Диа)
  • Jara (Яра)
  • Druida (Друида)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Szyjewski 2003, p. 9.
  2. ^ a b Gieysztor 2006, p. 38.
  3. ^ a b Strzelczyk 1998, p. 161-162.
  4. ^ Brückner 1985, p. 6.
  5. ^ Strzelczyk 1998, p. 5.
  6. ^ Szyjewski 2003, p. 10.
  7. ^ Klejn 2004.
  8. ^ Gieysztor 2006, p. 105.
  9. ^ Кутарев 2017.
  10. ^ Strzelczyk 1998, p. 87.
  11. ^ Witkowski 2006, p. 377.
  12. ^ Kolankiewicz 1999, p. 444-445.
  13. ^ Gieysztor 2006, p. 199.
  14. ^ Strzelczyk 1998, p. 76.
  15. ^ Strzelczyk 1998, p. 86-87.
  16. ^ a b c Strzelczyk 1998, p. 194.
  17. ^ a b Strzelczyk 1998, p. 169.
  18. ^ Strzelczyk 1998, p. 57.
  19. ^ a b c Masch 1771.
  20. ^ a b Arendt 1820.
  21. ^ Ingemann 1824.
  22. ^ Kalandra 2002, p. 37.
  23. ^ Bartocha 1881.
  24. ^ Enders 1993, p. 348-358.
  25. ^ Dudko 2002, p. [11-А], [11-Б].
  26. ^ Strzelczyk 1998, p. 220.
  27. ^ "Кто и зачем придумывал древних славянских богов?". Arzamas (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  28. ^ Montalba 1850, p. 181 (footnote 3).
  29. ^ a b "Simzerla". Pierer's Universal-Lexikon. Vol. 16. Altenburg. 1863. p. 121 – via Zeno.org.
  30. ^ Milojević 1869.
  31. ^ Moroz-Grzelak 2004, p. 91-98.

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Slavic pseudo deities pseudo gods pseudo goddesses are Slavic deities that exist in popular or even scientific literature but their historicity is not recognized by the vast majority of scholars i e that the deity in question was not actually an object of worship among pagan Slavs The pseudo deities of the Slavs like those of other ethnic groups were created as a result of mistakes e g by understanding the given name as a theonym unfamiliarity with the Slavic languages misunderstanding of pagan ritual or uncritical use of sources as a result of the creation and falsification of Slavic Romantics or even as a result of falsification for political motives The reason for the last two may be that unlike for example Greek mythology the sources on Slavic mythology are severely limited Chislobog the god of numbers one of the most popular pseudo gods today Andrey Shishkin 2015 The first Slavic pseudo deities began to appear as early as the Middle Ages mainly in Latin Christian texts as a result of mistakes Slavic pseudo deities on a large scale began to appear from the 18th and especially the 19th century In 1768 a popular forgery of the time appeared the so called Prillwitz idols depicting alleged Slavic deities decorated with alleged Slavic runes 1 2 3 Based on this forgery many deities were created by Andreas Masch and later by Martin Arendt de In the 19th century the Czech Ignac Jan Hanus was a popular fantasist particularly his two works Die Wissenschaft des slavischen Mythus and Bajeslovny kalendar slovansky and Russian Aleksandr Famintsyn ru who was rather uncritical in treating sources in his Bozhestva drevnikh slavyan Deities of the Ancient Slavs In addition to the above mentioned authors every Slavic country had its more or less popular forgers 4 Contemporary falsification of the Slavic pantheon is continued by Czeslaw Bialczynski pl in Poland e g Stworze i zdusze czyli staroslowianskie boginki i demony Leksykon or Mitologia slowianska Ksiega tura 5 6 and in Russia by Alexander Asov Kniga Kolyady 7 Contents 1 Popular pseudo deities 2 West Slavs 2 1 Polabian Slavs 2 1 1 Prillwitz idols 2 2 Czechs 3 East Slavs 3 1 Book of Veles 3 2 Others 4 South Slavs 5 See also 6 References 7 BibliographyPopular pseudo deities Edit Flins Dzidzilela according to Jan Dlugosz the Polish equivalent of Venera goddess of love weddings and fertility 8 Chislobog uk pseudo deity of time and or numbers invented in the 1900s mentioned in the Book of Veles 9 Vesna alleged goddess of spring Jutrobog Jutrnyboh a supposed god worshipped in Lusatia His name consists of the word jutry jutrny morning and the word bog god and means Morning God Aurora The town of Juterbog is supposed to be named after him 10 although it is also possible that the last syllable is not bog but bok side and the name of the city can be translated as side facing the morning east 11 Kyi alleged Polish god of blacksmithing who appears in the sermons of Gniezno 12 Kupala a deity created by medieval chroniclers based on the name of the Kupala Night holiday Koliada personification of the New Year cycle and a figure in folk rituals mistakenly interpreted by Alexander Afanasyev as a goddess Lada alleged Polish deity first mentioned by Jan Dlugosz as a god of war equivalent to Mars then by Maciej Miechowita recognized as the Polish equivalent of Leda 13 Lelya ru the goddess of love a word found in Russian folk songs Yesha the chief god of Poles according to Jan Dlugosz the equivalent of the Roman Jupiter nowadays the authenticity of the god is rejected Dana ru hypothetical water goddess proposed by Nikolay Kostomarov rejected by modern scholarship Pogvizd ru Pozvizd a wind deity mentioned by Maciej Miechowita and Pohvist mentioned by Marcin Kromer as a god of inclement weather in reality probably spirits or demons Flins alleged deity of death worshipped by the remnants of the Sorbs mentioned in the Saxon Chronicle Krodo originally a pseudo chief deity of the Saxons in later centuries ascribed to the Slavs Trojan ru a figure from South Slavic mythology borrowed by East Slavic writers and later recognized as a deity Chur ru a 19th century Russian pseudo god of borders equivalent to the Roman TerminusWest Slavs EditPolabian Slavs Edit Goderac Latin Gutdraccus Arnold of Lubeck in Chronica Slavorum his sequel to Helmold s Chronicle V 24 wrote that Bernon died 1190 or 1191 bishop of Schwerin destroyed the pagan cult and in place of the deity Goderac ordered St Godehard bishop of Hildesheim to be worshipped taking advantage of the similarity of names The deification was the result of a mistake the name Goderac appears as early as 1171 in Henry the Lion who granted the bishopric of Schwerin the village of St Godehard which was once called Goderac and the name itself is probably derived from a personal name perhaps that of the village owner 14 Julius Caesar According to Life of Saint Otto Julius spear was venerated in Wolin which was also called Julin Iulin after Julius Caesar According to the authors it was supposed to be in a wooden column and slightly rusty The Julius theme was later developed by Wincenty Kadlubek in his account of the battle of the Lechites led by Leszko III against Julius 15 Suentebueck The 15th century Passion of the Martyrs of Ebstorf speaks of Slavs who abandoned Christianity after the death of Charlemagne who were said to have erected statues of Suentebueck Vitelubbe and Radegast that had been toppled earlier Strzelczyk interprets the name as svety byk sacred bull or less likely Svety Vit Saint Vitus Svetovit 16 Vittelube A deity also mentioned in the Passion Probably recognized by the author as the name of a deity because of the occurrence of the local name Vietlubbe next to the local name Radegast both in the district of Gadebusch 16 Svitibor Zuttibor a deity mentioned by Abraham Frentzel Christian Knauthe translated the name as Holy Forest 16 Puscetus a deity mentioned by Abraham Frentzel According to Christian Knauthe the name sounded like the Slavic word bosowske elderberry Deus Sambuceus like and meant one who lives under the Sambuceus tree 17 Ciza goddess of maternal feeding according to Christian Knauthe Her name was supposed to be derived from the Slavic word zyz Polish cyc breast 18 Pusterich Pusterich In the middle of the 16th century a bronze figure 57 cm of a pot bellied man with one arm raised to his forehead the rest of the limbs missing was found at Castle in the Kyffhauser mountains Thuringia There are two holes in the head the head and torso is hollow inside There were different interpretations of this figurine Abraham Frentzel 1791 recognized Pusterich as a deity of Slavs from Thuringia linking him with the Polish word bystry smart bright shrewd others regarded him as a god of fire or a god of both Slavs and Germans The figurine was used as a toy it acted as a kind of steam boiler heated water poured out through holes in the head 17 Prillwitz idols Edit Main article Prillwitz idols Many of the deities were created by Andreas Gottlieb Masch 1771 19 a German theologian who studied the so called Prillwitz idols taking them to be authentic Slavic statues but which are now recognized as 17th century forgeries 1 2 3 The drawings for his book were made by Daniel Woge a German painter and illustrator 19 Masch s information was further repeated by Martin Friedrich Arendt 1820 20 a German botanist and antiquarian and Bernhard Severin Ingemann 1824 21 a Danish writer Percunust one of the Prillwitz idols Andreas Gottlieb Masch 19 Sieba Zibog Siebog Nemisa Podba Percunust Schwaixtix Zislbog Zislbocg Zirnitra Zir Wodan Balduri Ipabog Ipabocg Misizla Plusso Zois Martin Friedrich Arendt 20 Tara n Othin Gestrab Raziva Tsibaz Hela Kricco Opora Karevit Hirovit Marovit Gilbog Juthrbog Urii Pya Mita Sicksa Berstuk Gudii Czechs Edit Vaclav Hajek a Czech chronicler who is accused of making up many events in his work lists the deities in his Chronicle Klimba Krasatina Krosina Hajek gained imitators after his death Pavel Stransky Jan Jiri Stredovsky Juraj Papanek who added the following deities by themselves Chason Ladon Zelon Zivena Nocena Krasopani Hladolet 22 Priest Antonin Liska one of the translators of Homer into Czech also made up deities He replaced Greek theonyms with similar Czech ones or just transferred them into Czech He gave up to three versions of the same invented Czech name writing them in brackets or footnotes 23 Belobohyn Leucothea Bolezal Megapenthes Borivoj Rhexenor Buras Boreas Devany nymph Daloboj Telemachus Hnevon Hnevos Hnevsa Odysseus Hrozivec Protiva Lidosvit Styx Chason Jason Slunce Hyperionovec Helios Jarec Jaros Jarec Ares Kolohledi Cyclopes Lada Penonorka Aphrodite Lichoplesy Ochechule Sirens Meneslav Menelaus Milostenky Charites Nevid Hades Netrena Athena Peroun Zeus Prsenky Pleiades Pyripalic Phlegethon Radhost Zevs Xenia Skuhravec Cocytus Sudicky Keres Svetlon sunny horse Svrchovanec Hyperion Umena Umka Muse Ukryta Calypso Vodan Voden Vodin Poseidon Vodanky vily Naiad Vzteklice Erinyes Zalotok Acheron Zehlan Hephaestus Zivena Demeter Another forgery is the glosses added to Mater Verborum a Czech Latin dictionary added by Vaclav Hanka containing deities invented by him 24 Sytiwrat Saturn Hladolet Saturn Kirt Saturn Kralomocz Jupiter Smrtonoss Mars Chtytel Venus Dobropan Mercury Porvata Persephone Prije Venus Letnice Latona Chliba Salacia Jasni Isis Svoba Libertas Zcuor or Ztuor Osiris Jarobud Demetrius Stracchus Hanka also mentions gods from other sources e g Belebog Perun Ziva Svetovit Triglav Veles Lada Devana and Morana In addition he mentions many demons including vesna East Slavs EditBook of Veles Edit Main article Book of Veles The Book of Veles is a 20th century forgery that has gained particular popularity among Ukrainians It lists in addition to authentic gods the following pseudo gods 25 Vysenʹ Russian Vyshen Lelja Lelya Letnica Letnica Kolendo Kolendo Krʹsenʹ Krshen Derzatelʹ Derzhatel Snvʹij Snvij Belojare Beloyare Lado Lado Kupalo Kupalo Senic Senic Zitnec Zhitnec Veniŝc Venish Zernic Zernic Ovsenic Ovsenic Prosicʹ Prosic Studecʹ Studec Ledic Ledic Ljutecʹ Lyutec Ptiscec Ptishec Zverenc Zverenc Milic Milic Dozdec Dozdec Plodec Plodec Jagodnec Yagodnec Pscelic Pshelic Rostic Rostic Klencic Klenchich Zzerenc Zzerench Vetricʹ Vetric Slomicʹ Slomic Gribicʹ Gribic Loviscʹ Lovish Besedicʹ Besedic Snezicʹ Snezic Stranicʹ Stranic Sventicʹ Sventic Radnicʹ Radnic Sveticʹ Svetic Korovicʹ Korovic Krasicʹ Krasic Travicʹ Travic Steblicʹ Steblic Rodicʹ Rodic Maslecʹ Maslec Zivicʹ Zhivic Vedicʹ Vedic Listvicʹ Listvic Kveticʹ Kvetic Vodisc Vodish Zvezdicʹ Zvezdic Gromic Gromich Semisc Semish Lipecʹ Lipec Rembicʹ Rembic Brezicʹ Brezich Zelenicʹ Zelenic Goricʹ Goric Stradicʹ Stradic Spasicʹ Spasic Listeverzicʹ Listeverzic Mʹjuslicʹ Myuslic Gosticʹ Gostic Raticʹ Ratic Stranicʹ Stranic Curncʹ Churnc Rodicʹ Rodic Ognebog Semerogelʹ Ognebog Semerogel Cislobog Chislobog Kvasur Kvasur Others Edit Uslad Uslad a deity mistakenly created by Siegmund von Herberstein then repeated by Stryjkowski who took a fragment of Primary Chronicle us zlat golden moustache about the statue of Perun as theonym and compared it to Cupid 26 Zimtserla Zimcerla goddess who first appears in the Russian translation 1722 of Kingdom of the Slavs by the Croatian writer Mauro Orbini The translator incorrectly transferred the theonym Semargl written by Orbini as Simaergla by writing the letter a as s and removing the letter g probably due to euphony and thus Simserla was created The goddess is then mentioned by Mikhail Popov in his mythological dictionary according to him the corrupted name may have been derived from the words zima zima winter and the verb stert stiertʹ to wipe off and would be a goddess of flowers similar to Aurora Zimtserla later appears in many Russian texts 27 She was erroneously believed to be the Aurora of the Slavonians 28 29 and a Queen of Flowers or goddess of spring akin to Roman Flora 29 South Slavs EditOne of the major forgeries from the South Slavs is the Serbian Pesme i obichai ukupnog naroda srpskog 1869 Songs and customs of the all Serbian peoples by Milos Milojevic 30 Kupalo Serbian Cyrillic Kupalo Koledo Koledo Koled Koљed Zivboza Zhivbozha Zivanija Zhivaniјa Svaroga Svaroga Prprrusa Prprrusha Pravid Pravid Svevid Svevid Ljelj Љeљ Ljelja Љeљa Poljelj Poљeљ Poljelja Poљeљa Lada Lada Branjanj Braњaњ Ziv Zhiv Davor Davor Gostoslav Gostoslav Vodan Vodan Vodana Vodana Moran Moran Morica Morica Pra Pra Bog Pra Pra Bog Preslav Preslav Visnji Vishњi Jezdraksin Јezhdraksin Belgostic Belgostiћ Tug Tug Pravd Pravd Crnobar Crnobar Vihor Vihor Kracun Krachun Praovil Praovil Belbozic Belbozhiћ The second important forgery is Veda Slovena 1874 by Stefan Verkovic 31 Kuledo Bulgarian Kuledo Kuleda Koleda Ognen Ognen Vishnu Vishnu Vodin Vodin Surva Surva Rosna Rosna Zijne Zhijne Surica Surica Iognica Iognica Masina Masina Rue Rue Vitna Vitna Igne Igne Jognica Jognica Dʺzna Dzhna Dia Dia Jara Yara Druida Druida See also EditFakelore Pseudo mythology Outline of Slavic history and culture List of Slavic studies journalsReferences Edit a b Szyjewski 2003 p 9 a b Gieysztor 2006 p 38 a b Strzelczyk 1998 p 161 162 Bruckner 1985 p 6 Strzelczyk 1998 p 5 Szyjewski 2003 p 10 Klejn 2004 Gieysztor 2006 p 105 Kutarev 2017 Strzelczyk 1998 p 87 Witkowski 2006 p 377 sfn error no target CITEREFWitkowski2006 help Kolankiewicz 1999 p 444 445 sfn error no target CITEREFKolankiewicz1999 help Gieysztor 2006 p 199 Strzelczyk 1998 p 76 Strzelczyk 1998 p 86 87 a b c Strzelczyk 1998 p 194 a b Strzelczyk 1998 p 169 Strzelczyk 1998 p 57 a b c Masch 1771 a b Arendt 1820 Ingemann 1824 Kalandra 2002 p 37 Bartocha 1881 Enders 1993 p 348 358 Dudko 2002 p 11 A 11 B Strzelczyk 1998 p 220 Kto i zachem pridumyval drevnih slavyanskih bogov Arzamas in Russian Retrieved 2021 05 22 Montalba 1850 p 181 footnote 3 a b Simzerla Pierer s Universal Lexikon Vol 16 Altenburg 1863 p 121 via Zeno org 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