Khors
Khors is a deity of Iranian origin who was worshipped in Kievan Rus'. Vladimir the Great included Khors in his pagan temple in Kiev, probably to appeal to the Poliane people.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 900 CE
- Attested period
- 900 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Worshipped in Kievan Rus' during Vladimir's reign in the late 10th century.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Dazhd'bog, Svarog, Dabog, Simargl, angels of thunder, angels of lightning, Dazhbog, Xuršid, Mitra, víly, Svarozhits, Beregyni, Artemid, Vila, Rod, Rozhanitsy, Pereplut, Dziwa, Stribog, Mokosh
- allied with
- Perun
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Khors and Simargl, "both of which had Iranian origins, were included, probably to appeal to the Poliane"”
#1760 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“And Vladimir began his reign in Kiev alone and erected idols on the hill outside his palace with porch: Perun of wood with a head of silver and moustache of gold and Khors Dazhbog and Stribog and Simargl and Mokosh. The names Khors and Dazhbog are the only two not clearly separated by the word "and" in the text.”
#16525 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to the Slovak linguist Martin Pukanec (2013), the theonym Khors does not have a Proto-Slavic genesis. He points here to a Slavic TarT/TorT (T = any consonant) switch that occurred around 800.”
#16785 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“to Perun, Khors, the Vily and Mokosh, to vampires and the Beregyni”
#17474 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Vila, Mokosh, Dziwa, Perun, Khors, Rod and Rozhanitsy, ghosts and banks, and Pereplut, and turning to drink to him in the corners”
#26749 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001