Jarilo
deity Slavic single tradition · 1
Jarilo is a hypocoristic name for Jarovit, the god personifying the sacred youthful life-force in the Slavic pre-Christian religion. The Proto-Slavic root *jarъ (jar, yar) means "spring" or "summer", "strong", "furious", "imbued with youthful life-force". This youthful life-force was considered sacred.
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- co occurs with
- Jarovit
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“This youthful life-force was considered sacred in the Slavic pre-Christian religion and the god personifying this sacred force was thus called Jarovit, or hypocoristically Jarilo.”
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