{"database": "deitydb", "table": "sources", "rows": [["SRC_PRIMARY_CHRONICLE_PVL", "Nestor (trad.), Povest' Vremennykh Let (Primary Chronicle), compiled c. 1113 CE; Laurentian redaction c. 1377 CE", null, "primary text", "The foundational East Slavic historical chronicle, compiled at the Kyiv Cave Monastery c. 1113 CE and attributed to the monk Nestor; surviving in the Laurentian (1377) and Hypatian (c. 1425) redactions. The entry for AD 980 records Vladimir I's pantheon: \"And Vladimir began to reign alone in Kiev, and he set up idols on the hills outside the palace: Perun of wood with a head of silver and a mustache of gold, and Khors, Da\u017ebog, Stribog, Simargl, and Mokosh.\" This is the primary and most explicit ancient source for the names and existence of the core Slavic deities. The entry for AD 988 records their forced destruction at Christianisation. The oath formulas earlier in the chronicle (AD 945 Igor treaty, AD 971 Svyatoslav treaty) invoke Perun and Veles together \u2014 the earliest attestation of the Perun-Veles opposition. Standard scholarly edition: D. S. Likhachev (ed.), Pamyatniki literatury drevney Rusi (Moscow, 1978); English translation: Samuel H. Cross and Olgerd P. Sherbowitz-Wetzor, The Russian Primary Chronicle: Laurentian Text (Medieval Academy of America, 1953)."]], "columns": ["source_id", "title", "url", "source_type", "scope"], "primary_keys": ["source_id"], "primary_key_values": ["SRC_PRIMARY_CHRONICLE_PVL"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8890509998309426, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}