Svarozhits

deity sky Slavic single tradition · 3

Svarozhits is described as a god of fire and war. He is considered a child of Svarog. Vyacheslav Ivanov and Vladimir Toporov proposed that Svarozhits symbolised the flame on earth, in the forge.

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When

First attested: 1100 CE
Attested period: 1100 – 1400
Historical notes: Mentioned in several medieval documents describing the pagan beliefs of Slavs.

Relationships

sibling of: Dazhbog
co occurs with: Beregyni, Artemid, Atar, Perun, Mokosh, Khors, víly, Sūrya, Agni, Indra
syncretized with: Dazhbog, Radegast
child of: Svarog
has aspect: Švaržič, Svarožiću

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (3)

Source passages

“Svarozhits, another deity who is mentioned as a god of fire and war in several other medieval documents describing the pagan beliefs of Slavs. Svarozhits is simply a diminutive of Svarog's name, i.e., "little Svarog", which implicates he was considered a child of Svarog.”
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“Some scholars have even suggested that Svarog was created from the figure of Svarozhits and never existed in the beliefs of the Slavs.”
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“Svarozhits is most likely identical with Radegast, the god mentioned by Adam of Bremen as the chief god of Radogost, where according to earlier sources Svarozhits was supposed to be the chief god”
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