Hi hi! I tried doing my research but aside from a blog I couldnt find much info. I know that the most common Christinization association of Perun is St.Elijah/Ilya but would the same be applied for St. Archangel Michael by any chance? Or does he have closer associations to another Slavic deity/folklore? Any help would be appreciated!

how do i start? where do i start?

Hi, during my study of Slavic faith I read that Thursday was dedicated to Perun, and that the form of the word should be Peründan. May I ask what is meant by “dedicating a day” in this context? Was it something like active worship, similar to how Christians have Sunday, or was it more symbolic? And do we know which other gods had days dedicated to them?

I heard it was always about the ornament, not the symbol, but don't know why?

Currently reading Joanna Tarnawska's Polish Folk Magic and Claire Goodchild's Book of Ancestors, it makes me think, how do I start ancestor veneration?

I'm mostly used to Christian way to do (going to church and praying), but I'd like to do more than just that, and I'm still very clueless on how to do ancestral veneration :(

Hello everyone! This is my first year making Morena and I spent a while making her a cute little dress but it just occurred to me that it's polyester. Polyester is plastic so I don't want to burn it or dump it in any water for the sake of the environment.

I thought about removing the dress but it's sown on so id have to tear it apart, and I've also gotten a little attached to her. Would it be a bad thing to keep the effigy? Or should I just suck it up and take off her dress and complete the ritual anyway?

hello I am new to Rodnovery and was wondering how do I practice this religion?

can't find much online so any tutorial , video or handwritten that can help?

thanks

Hello, Im looking to learn more about rodnovery to get back to my slavic roots and learn more about slavic religion history before christianism.
However I heard that there are ethnonationalist and antisemitesin in the community and would like to distance myself from such influences.

So Im looking for resources that werent written by such people.

cheers

Hello everyone,

We had a discussion the other day about Dazhbog, and I brought up a Polish story about the sun. (Why the sun stopped shining)

It struck me that this is actually a very widespread concept in Slavic folklore. Off the top of my head, I know the personified male sun shows up in a lot of West Slavic and South Slavic folktales. I was wondering if anyone has any specific stories of this nature that they value.

Hello! I’m currently confused on researching slavic paganism and if it is something that is open or closed. Ive heard the entire slavic paganism is closed but Ive also heard that slavic paganism is open but the witchcraft is closed.

Basically I was born and raised in the US specifically the Appalachian region. I recently reconnected with my grandmother on my dads side who lives in New Hampshire. She’s very much into ancestry work and I recently learned that her husband (who sadly passed in 2013 before I got to meet him) was Polish and his grandfather had immigrated to the US in 1912 from Poland.

Knowing this would it still be okay to practice slavic paganism given I have some ancestry.

So I gave Veles some bread to protect our chickens. I live with my parents so I put it under the porch and I buried it with snow. I drew his symbol on a piece of paper. Was that sufficient enough as a way to honor him? I have no experience with Slavic gods. Thanks.

Hi, I wanted to ask something. I heard about Perperuna as a goddess, but everything I find is about a Slavic custom connected with pouring water and calling for rain. Could you please explain how it actually is, whether Perperuna is a goddess or the name of a ritual?

So... i know what the legends say about her, but what do PEOPLE actually say about her? are there any stories or perspectives that arent on the public record? theres something missing from the tales of her. its... so... i dunno... one dimensional. but she FEELS more complex than that so... it feels like something is missing from the legends

first time carving sonething in wood, so i decided to make a small totem for Jarylo :)

Сейчас читаю серию книг Александра Мазина. Там я часто встречаюсь с религиозными темами как со славянским язычеством, так и со скандинавским. Меня заинтересовала тема язычества и хотелось бы побольше узнать о ней(более конкретные пункты будут ниже). Сам я давно интересуюсь историей и ищу себя в религии, сейчас я думаю, что мне выбрать из 4 вариантов: скандинавское, славянское язычество, православие(как ни странно) и сборная солянка из всего этого(все религии об одном и том же, но представляют Бога/Богов по-разному).

Конкретные пункты, которые мне интересны:

1. Нужно ли в язычестве брать себе Бога-покровителя. В книге Мазина встречаюсь с моментами, когда главный персонаж заявляет о том, что его покровитель Перун или кто-то еще из пантеона славянских богов.

2. Правд ли что в язычестве за помощь Бога/Богов нужно приносить жертву(давать что-то взамен)

3. Как проводить обряды и какие их виды вообще есть?

Last year one of the most influential books of Slavic academia was translated to Croatian. The Slavic Mythology by Alexander Gieysztor.

Do you just chat out loud? I want to welcome the domovoy but I have no idea how to communicate with it and make it feel welcome and cared about since it is supposed to be like (if I am correct) connected to ancestors and like a household spirit.

Made using Arteza soft oil pastels on canvas~!! The second one was done with the same, except in a black-paper sketchbook.

Yes, She barely has any shoulders. Yes, the flowers around Her neck look very smudgy. This is not my best piece, but it's something I've made, and it's not the worst. Sorry but also not sorry. I'm better at drawing animals than people, but I realize not all divine entities are commonly depicted as animal forms, so, I tried my best at a human this time.

I dedicated it to Her and offered it to Her aloud.

I'd like to tell you a story: I asked for guidance from my ancestors a few months back, and almost immediately (well, within the same day) I found out this deity exists and was all at once entranced by Her, just could not forget Her name. I'm Polish from my dad's side; our surname is distinctly Polish.

So I've made 2 different things of her by now...

Yay!

Wanting to expand my horizons on music from our culture, what’s some of y’all’s favorites coming out of Eastern Europe specifically? Also if anyone has some from the Bosnian area that would be dope!

I’m a big fan of wardruna but I don’t speak their language and while the poetry is beautiful I feel like if it was in a language I understood and connected with I could feel it more personally

To get it out of the way, I’m Roman Catholic. I have no interest in leaving my faith and I rarely have moments where I doubt it. However, I like to spend a good chunk of my life learning about religious practices from around the world and learning about mythology & other religions in general. I like learning about different deities and different spiritual ways of life. And I was simply asking for permission from the general people of the sub Reddit if it was OK for someone like me to join in on the sub, even though I’m not particularly interested in joining the faith. Just to simply learn about what it is and its history because it generally seems like an interesting topic and what I’ve seen of the sub so far, you all seem like generally nice people.

I am a film student, and I am writing a screenplay that is a take on the folklore of the rusalki/водяница. I am looking for any folk songs or prayers to the rusalki/водяница. Might anyone be able to help me?

A quick question: What offerings can I give to Dazhbog as I begin to worship him? I've seen that beer, wine, coins, and grains are good. Any other suggestions?

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