{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_SLAV_SVAROG", "Svarog", null, "Slavic", "sky / fire deity", "Creator Deity", "sky; fire; celestial forge; divine kingship; metallurgy", null, null, null, "B", null, null, null, null, null, "Sky and fire deity; not named in the AD 980 Kiev Pantheon but attested in a gloss added to the East Slavic translation of the Byzantine Chronicle of Malalas (12th c.), which equates Svarog with Hephaestus and says: \"Svarog, the god of fires... After him reigned his son Da\u017ebog.\" The gloss thus posits a Svarog-Da\u017ebog father-son relationship. Svarog is the celestial smith and generator of divine fire; his name may derive from PIE *swer- (sky, sun; cf. Sanskrit svarga, heaven) or from *svar- (to gleam). The Svarozhich (son of Svarog) fire deity is attested in German sources on the Rethra sanctuary among the Lutici Slavs. Br\u00fcckner (1918) pp. 85-95; Hypatian Chronicle (Malalas gloss, 12th c.).", "deity"]], "columns": ["entity_id", "canonical_name", "greek_name", "tradition", "entity_type", "category", "primary_domains", "tags", "cult_scope", "primary_period", "evidence_confidence", "review_status", "inclusion_basis", "earth_association_score", "chthonic_flag", "serpent_flag", "short_note", "entity_class"], "primary_keys": ["entity_id"], "primary_key_values": ["ENT_SLAV_SVAROG"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 157.4457650003751, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}