Kresnik

The name Kresnik is reflected in the word kres (bonfire), that derives from the word iskra (spark). The original meaning of all these names is ultimately fire, symbolic representation of the Sun. more...

Slovenian Pantheon
Carantanian Slovenian pantheon reflects a system of pre-christian beliefs in the area of middle eastern Europe between the Adriatic Sea and north of the Alps, inhabited by Slovenian people today. These beliefs have been traced and confirmed by chroniclers of northern middle Europe, whom christianity reached much later, and where the temples still stood in the 12th century. Discovery of the pre-Christian life of Carantanians reveals a culture and a spiritual world that is unique. In it we find no trace of the classical pantheon, that is to say, about rivalries and quarrels of gods, jealousy, revenge, etc., as we find in Greek, Roman and Germanic mythology. Rather than divine beings, the laws in Carantanian pantheon are symbols of universe, planet and environment, in which Slovenian man lived his life and had even then been assured of pax Dei. The old beliefs turned into new, into Christian faith, the experience of belief remained. Carantanian Slovenian pantheon is in its entirety separate and not consistent with deities of the Slavic (Russian) pantheon. Some of the deep experience and spirituality, reflected in the old faith, to all that was later transposed into Slovenian Christianity. The ethnologist Niko Kuret defines all this spiritual heritage, not without cause, as the festive year of Slovenes, where the observance of ancient traditions, customs, rituals continues to the present.

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Svetovid
The worship of Svetovid or Svantevid has been established among Baltic Slavs, Rugians and Pomeranians, and Carantanians in the Alpine region. We encounter him only in Middle Europe. more...

Belin
Belin is an ancient deity. He succeeded the Great Spirit of the Age of Hunters and appeared as the highest god in the Age of Shepherds and Tillers. He manifested as more...

Zemlja
Frygian name Zemele means earth in Baltic and Slavic languages, the ground, the world. Its identification with the Greek Gaia has been preserved by Latvians as mother earth emyna more...

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Triglav
In Slavic languages Triglav means the three-headed one. The image of the three-headed god is recorded in the sources on Pomerania, in traditions of Branibor and indirectly of Carantania, where it more...

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iva was above all the goddess of water. In the consciousness of people she represented the concept of life, personified by water. She was their first goddess, even before mother Earth, who rules more...

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God Vodin can be traced back to the Venetic people who had settled in Scandinavia. There are also traces of him elsewhere, particularly in pre-christian Caranthania, as the god more...
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Syndicate Baba
This is the goddess of death and rebirth, that in the mythology of individual nations appears under different names. Her messenger since pre-historic time has been the owl, who is even today still
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Jarnik
Jarnik has been associated with a number of gods, that indicate renewal, springtime, sun. He is linked with Jarevit in the north, with Vesnik, a male counterpart of goddess of sprin and with Russian Jarilo. more...

Maya
Maya, goddess of nature, greenery and flowers gave the name to the month May. Its visible symbol is maypole (orig. Sl. mlaj), also also called may or maya, which is the focal point of 1st May festivities more...

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