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
ENT_SLAV_BABA_YAGA,Baba Yaga,,Slavic,witch,Folktale witch,witchcraft; the forest; initiation; the death-threshold,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"The ambivalent witch of East-Slavic folktales who lives in a hut on hen's legs, flies in a mortar, and acts as both threat and helper to the hero.",spirit
ENT_SLAV_BANNIK,Bannik,,Slavic,folk spirit,Bathhouse spirit,the bathhouse; divination; ritual purity,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"The spirit of the bathhouse (banya) in East-Slavic belief, who must be appeased and can scald bathers who offend him.",spirit
ENT_SLAV_BELOBOG,Belobog,,Slavic,God,Reconstructed deity,good fortune; light; benevolence,,regional,,C,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"RECONSTRUCTED: the 'white god' posited as a benevolent counterpart to Chernobog; not attested in any medieval source, a scholarly/toponymic inference.",deity
ENT_SLAV_CHERNOBOG,Chernobog,,Slavic,God,Malefic deity,misfortune; darkness; evil; the underworld,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,The 'black god' of the Polabian Slavs to whom Helmold says misfortune was attributed; the only securely attested member of the often-cited black/white dualism.,deity
ENT_SLAV_DAZBOG,Dažbog,,Slavic,God,Solar Deity,sun; wealth; giving; solar cycle; fate,,,,A,,,,,,"Solar and wealth-giving deity; named in the AD 980 Kiev Pantheon (PVL). Name from Proto-Slavic *Daž(d)ьbogъ, meaning ""Give-wealth god"" (*dati, to give + *bogъ, wealth/god; cognate with Iranian *baga, divine wealth). A gloss in the Hypatian Chronicle's translation of the Chronicle of Malalas calls Dažbog son of Svarog (fire deity) and identifies him with Helios — though this is a Byzantine literary equation, not necessarily indigenous theology. Dažbog may represent the sun as the dispensing agent of divine bounty. The Lay of Igor's Campaign (Slovo o polku Igoreve, 12th c.) calls the Rus people ""grandsons of Dažbog."" Brückner (1918) pp. 96-105; Primary Chronicle (Cross 1953) p. 93.",deity
ENT_SLAV_DEVANA,Devana,,Slavic,Goddess,Hunt goddess,the hunt; wild nature; the forest,,regional,,C,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,A goddess of the hunt (Dziewanna) named by late-medieval Polish chroniclers (Długosz) who equated her with Diana; authenticity debated as a possible learned interpretatio.,deity
ENT_SLAV_DOLA,Dola,,Slavic,Spirit,Fate spirit,fate; fortune; personal destiny,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"The personification of an individual's allotted fate or fortune in Slavic folk belief, attached at birth; its negative counterpart is Nedola.",spirit
ENT_SLAV_DOMOVOI,Domovoi,,Slavic,folk spirit,Household spirit,household; hearth; family protection,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"The tutelary house spirit of East-Slavic folk belief, dwelling behind the stove and protecting the household and its livestock if respected.",spirit
ENT_SLAV_FOLK_SPIRITS,Slavic Domestic and Nature Spirits,,Slavic,Collective,Spirit collective,household; nature; folk belief; tutelary spirits,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"Collective of lower mythological beings of East-Slavic folk belief (house, water, forest, and field spirits) documented in the ethnographic record.",collective
ENT_SLAV_JARILO,Jarilo,,Slavic,God,Fertility / vegetation deity,spring; fertility; vegetation; war,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"A spring fertility figure of the seasonal folk cult whose effigy was carried and ritually 'buried', reconstructed as the dying-and-rising counterpart to Marzanna.",deity
ENT_SLAV_KHORS,Khors,,Slavic,Solar deity,Solar Deity,sun; solar cycle; Iranian solar tradition,,,,B,,,,,,"Solar deity; named in the AD 980 Kiev Pantheon (PVL) alongside Dažbog, suggesting two distinct solar deities or aspects. Name from Old Iranian *Hvar (sun; cf. Avestan xvəng, Iranian Hurshid / Khorshid). Khors is widely held to be an Iranian-derived deity, introduced into the Rus pantheon through Alanic or Iranian contact in the Pontic steppe. His presence alongside Dažbog suggests the Kievan pantheon incorporated deities from multiple ethnic backgrounds. The Lay of Igor's Campaign (12th c.) references ""the great Khors."" Brückner (1918) pp. 120-125; Primary Chronicle (Cross 1953) p. 93.",deity
ENT_SLAV_KIKIMORA,Kikimora,,Slavic,folk spirit,Household spirit,household; spinning; nocturnal disturbance,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"A female household spirit associated with the stove and spinning, who troubles a disorderly home with nighttime noises.",spirit
ENT_SLAV_KOSCHEI,Koschei the Deathless,,Slavic,Monster,Folktale antagonist,death-evasion; abduction; sorcery,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,An immortal sorcerer-villain of East-Slavic folktales who abducts the hero's bride and cannot die because his death is hidden in a needle inside an egg.,monster
ENT_SLAV_KUPALA,Kupala,,Slavic,Spirit,Seasonal personification,midsummer; water; fire; fertility,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,The personification of the midsummer (St John's Eve) festival of fire and water; treated in some sources as a folk personification of the rite.,spirit
ENT_SLAV_LADA,Lada,,Slavic,Goddess,Disputed deity,love; marriage; harmony; spring,,regional,,C,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,DISPUTED: a putative goddess of love and marriage; Brückner and later scholarship argue she is a personification mistakenly derived from a wedding-song refrain ('lado').,deity
ENT_SLAV_LESHY,Leshy,,Slavic,folk spirit,Forest spirit,forest; wild animals; the woods,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"The master spirit of the forest in East-Slavic belief, who guards the woodland and its animals and is known for leading travelers astray.",spirit
ENT_SLAV_MARZANNA,Marzanna,,Slavic,Goddess,Death / winter goddess,death; winter; the dying and reborn year,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"Goddess or personification of death and winter (Morana/Morena), whose effigy is ritually drowned or burned at winter's end in Slavic seasonal custom.",deity
ENT_SLAV_MOKOSH,Mokosh,,Slavic,Goddess,Earth Deity,earth; weaving; fate; moisture; women; fertility,,,,A,,,,,,"Goddess of earth, weaving, and fate; the only female deity in Vladimir I's Kiev Pantheon (AD 980 PVL entry). Name probably from Proto-Slavic *mokъ (moisture, wetness) or *mokošь; alternative etymology connects to PIE *(s)mek- (to spin, weave). Mokosh is the spinning fate-goddess who determines the thread of life; she is the guardian of women and their domestic work (spinning, weaving, shearing). Ecclesiastical prohibitions (Slovo ob idolakh, 9th-10th c.) condemn offerings to Mokosh alongside other Slavic deities, showing her worship persisted after Christianisation. She is often compared to the Greek Moirai and Baltic Laima as a weaving fate-goddess. Brückner (1918) pp. 130-138; Primary Chronicle (Cross 1953) p. 93.",deity
ENT_SLAV_PANTHEON,The Slavic Pantheon,,Slavic,Collective,Pantheon,pantheon; gods; Slavic religion,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"Collective grouping the principal deities of the Slavs known from the East-Slavic Primary Chronicle and the West-Slavic temple cults of Arkona, Szczecin, and Rethra.",collective
ENT_SLAV_PERUN,Perun,,Slavic,God,Thunder Deity,thunder; lightning; storm; war; oak; justice; oaths,,,,A,,,,,,"Thunder and storm god; supreme deity of the East Slavic Kiev Pantheon. Named first in Vladimir I's pantheon (AD 980): ""Perun of wood with a head of silver and a mustache of gold."" Perun is also invoked in the Byzantine-Rus oath treaties of AD 945 and 971 alongside Veles, confirming his role as the divine guarantor of oaths. Name from Proto-Slavic *Perunъ, cognate with Baltic Perkūnas, Vedic Parjanya, and ultimately PIE *perkʷ- (thunder/oak). Perun's cosmic myth parallels Baltic Perkūnas: he battles the serpentine underworld deity Veles (who hides below the earth, in cattle, in trees) and strikes him with lightning — the standard Indo-European thunder-god-vs.-chaos-serpent narrative. Oak trees sacred to Perun. Primary Chronicle (Cross & Sherbowitz-Wetzor 1953) pp. 93-94, 162-163; Brückner (1918) pp. 67-80.",deity
ENT_SLAV_POLEVIK,Polevik,,Slavic,folk spirit,Field spirit,fields; crops; the harvest,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"A field spirit who inhabits cultivated land and may help or punish field-workers, especially those who sleep in the fields at midday.",spirit
ENT_SLAV_PORENUT,Porenut,,Slavic,God,Rugian deity,protection; tutelary cult of the Rani,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,A god of the Rani at Charenza on Rügen described by Saxo as having four faces with a fifth on his chest; his functions are unrecorded.,deity
ENT_SLAV_POREVIT,Porevit,,Slavic,God,Rugian deity,protection; war; tutelary cult of the Rani,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"A five-headed god of the Rani worshipped alongside Rugievit at Charenza on Rügen, known only from Saxo; his specific functions are unrecorded.",deity
ENT_SLAV_RADEGAST,Radegast,,Slavic,God,Tribal cult deity,war; hospitality; tribal sovereignty; fire,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"The chief god of the Redarii at the temple of Rethra, named by Helmold and Adam of Bremen; often identified by scholars with Svarozhich.",deity
ENT_SLAV_ROD,Rod,,Slavic,ancestral deity,Creator Deity,ancestry; birth; fate; clan; divine judgment,,,,B,,,,,,"Ancestral and birth deity; attested in Old Slavic ecclesiastical prohibitions (Slovo ob idolakh, 9th-10th c.: ""do not offer bread and cheese to Rod and the Rozhanitsy"") and other Church admonishments. Rod is the divine ancestor and birth-fate deity, paired with the Rozhanitsy (birth goddesses). His name from Proto-Slavic *rodъ (clan, birth, kin) which is central to Slavic social organisation. Boris Rybakov proposed Rod as the supreme Slavic deity predating the Olympian-style Kiev Pantheon; most scholars consider this speculative, but Rod's function as a fate-dispensing deity at birth is secure. Brückner (1918) pp. 160-170.",deity
ENT_SLAV_ROZHANITSY,The Rozhanitsy,,Slavic,Collective,Fate goddesses,birth; fate; destiny; childbirth,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"Female birth-and-fate spirits invoked together with Rod, repeatedly condemned in medieval East-Slavic anti-pagan homilies for childbirth offerings.",collective
ENT_SLAV_RUGIEVIT,Rugievit,,Slavic,God,War deity,war; protection; sovereignty of Rügen,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"A seven-faced war god of the Rani at Charenza (Garz) on Rügen, whose oaken idol Saxo describes being destroyed in 1168.",deity
ENT_SLAV_RUSALKA,Rusalka,,Slavic,folk spirit,Water nymph,water; rivers; the unquiet drowned dead,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"A female water spirit, commonly the restless soul of a drowned or unbaptized woman, who haunts rivers and woods especially during Rusalka Week.",spirit
ENT_SLAV_SIMARGL,Simargl,,Slavic,guardian deity,Protective Deity,winged guardian; protection; plants; underworld boundary,,,,B,,,,,,"Winged guardian deity; named in the AD 980 Kiev Pantheon (PVL) but uniquely enigmatic. Name may derive from Persian Simurgh (a mythical bird), pointing to Iranian cultural influence in the Kyiv region. In Iranian mythology the Simurgh is a giant winged dog-bird that roosts in the tree of life. Simargl's function in Slavic theology is uncertain; some scholars interpret him as a guardian of seeds and plants, others as a boundary deity between the living world and the underworld. His name is sometimes split as ""Sim"" and ""Ergl"" or interpreted as a plural. Evidence is confined to the PVL list; classified confidence B due to unclear function and possible foreign origin. Brückner (1918) pp. 111-115; Primary Chronicle (Cross 1953) p. 93.",deity
ENT_SLAV_STRIBOG,Stribog,,Slavic,God,Wind Deity,wind; air; weather; dispersal,,,,A,,,,,,"Wind deity; named in the AD 980 Kiev Pantheon (PVL). The Lay of Igor's Campaign (12th c.) calls the winds ""grandsons of Stribog."" Name from Proto-Slavic *Stribogъ; the first element (*Stri-) has disputed etymology — possibly from *stьrь (to spread, disperse) or from an Iranian cognate (*Sraōsha or similar). Function as a wind deity is the most secure interpretation. Brückner (1918) pp. 106-110; Primary Chronicle (Cross 1953) p. 93.",deity
ENT_SLAV_SVAROG,Svarog,,Slavic,sky / fire deity,Creator Deity,sky; fire; celestial forge; divine kingship; metallurgy,,,,B,,,,,,"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 Dažbog."" The gloss thus posits a Svarog-Dažbog 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. Brückner (1918) pp. 85-95; Hypatian Chronicle (Malalas gloss, 12th c.).",deity
ENT_SLAV_SVAROZHICH,Svarozhich,,Slavic,God,Fire deity,fire; sacrificial fire; the hearth,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,A fire god understood as the son of Svarog; chief deity of the temple at Rethra in the West-Slavic chronicles and the personified sacred fire in East-Slavic homilies.,deity
ENT_SLAV_SVETOVIT,Svetovit,,Slavic,God,War / oracular deity,war; prophecy; harvest; sovereignty; fertility,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"The four-headed chief god of the great temple at Arkona on Rügen, whose white-horse oracle Saxo Grammaticus describes before the temple's destruction in 1168.",deity
ENT_SLAV_TRIGLAV,Triglav,,Slavic,God,Tripartite deity,sovereignty; three realms; prophecy; oaths,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"The three-headed god of Szczecin and Wolin whose heads signified rule over heaven, earth, and the underworld, reported in the Lives of Otto of Bamberg.",deity
ENT_SLAV_VELES,Veles,,Slavic,Chthonic deity,Underworld Deity,underworld; cattle; wealth; magic; oaths; poetry,,,,A,,,,,,"Chthonic deity and lord of the underworld, cattle, and magic; Slavic cognate of Baltic Velnias. Veles (also: Volos) is invoked alongside Perun in the Byzantine-Rus oath treaties (AD 945, 971 PVL): ""by Perun their god and Volos the god of cattle."" He governs the Nav (realm of the dead) and the earthly wealth below — cattle, grain, gold. The Perun-Veles cosmic myth parallels Baltic Perkūnas-Velnias: Veles hides below the earth or in cattle and trees, Perun strikes him with lightning. In Christian-period sources Veles was demonized and assimilated to the devil. The name is cognate with Baltic Velnias and PIE *wel- (the dead). Primary Chronicle (Cross 1953) pp. 74, 87 (oath treaties); Brückner (1918) pp. 138-155.",deity
ENT_SLAV_VODYANOY,Vodyanoy,,Slavic,folk spirit,Water spirit,water; rivers; lakes; drowning,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,A malevolent male water spirit of East-Slavic folklore who rules ponds and rivers and is blamed for drownings.,spirit
ENT_SLAV_YAROVIT,Yarovit,,Slavic,God,War / fertility deity,war; fertility; springtime growth,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"A West-Slavic war god (Latinized Gerovitus) worshipped at Wolgast and Havelberg, equated with Mars and associated with spring fertility.",deity
ENT_SLAV_ZHIVA,Zhiva,,Slavic,Goddess,Life / fertility goddess,life; fertility; vegetation,,regional,,B,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"A goddess of the Polabian Slavs (Siwa/Živa) named by Helmold, her name connected to the Slavic root for 'living', suggesting a life/fertility function.",deity
ENT_SLAV_ZMEY_GORYNYCH,Zmey Gorynych,,Slavic,Dragon,Folktale dragon,fire; chaos; the dragon-slaying combat,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,European regional polytheism deepening (v1.77.0),0,0,0,"The multi-headed fire-breathing dragon of East-Slavic byliny and folktales, slain by heroes such as Dobrynya Nikitich.",monster
ENT_SSL_DABOG,Dabog,,Slavic,God,God,sun; earth; underworld wealth,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"South-Slavic (chiefly Serbian) reflex of the sun-god, attested in Serbian folklore as 'Dabog'/'Daba', a chthonic lord of the earth and of silver/gold often demonized in folk-Christian tradition; cognate of the East-Slavic Dažbog.",deity
ENT_SSL_GERMAN,German (Herman),,Slavic,Spirit,Spirit,rain; fertility; agrarian rite,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"South-Slavic (Bulgarian/Serbian) rain-ritual figure: a small clay or dough effigy made, mourned and 'buried' or cast into water by women in a rain-making rite to end drought; attested ethnographically rather than as a cult god.",spirit
ENT_SSL_PRIPEGALA,Pripegala,,Slavic,God,God,orgiastic fertility; bloody sacrifice,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"West-Slavic (Polabian) deity known only from the Magdeburg letter (c. 1108), which decries his cult of orgiastic rites and decapitated-victim sacrifice; etymology and exact function disputed (sometimes likened to Priapus/Belial by the Latin source).",deity
ENT_SSL_PROVE,Prove,,Slavic,God,God,oak groves; law; justice,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"West-Slavic (Wagrian/Polabian) god of the land of Oldenburg, worshipped in a sacred oak grove without an idol; named by Helmold of Bosau, Chronica Slavorum (c. 1170); often read as a god of law/justice (cf. Prove ~ pravo).",deity
ENT_SSL_TJARNAGLOFI,Tjarnaglofi,,Slavic,God,God,war; victory; augury,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,West-Slavic (Pomeranian) war-god whose silver-mustachioed idol was a Rani battle-talisman; named in the Knytlinga saga as captured by the Danes (1168). Norse-transmitted theonym for a Rügen-area Slavic god.,deity
ENT_SSL_VID,Vid,,Slavic,God,God,sky; light; oath,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,Reconstructed South-Slavic theonym 'Vid' surviving in Croatian toponymy and folk usage (e.g. Vidova Gora) and folk-Christianized onto St Vitus (Sveti Vid); related to the West-Slavic -vit theophoric element (Svetovit). Attestation is indirect/onomastic.,deity
ENT_SSL_VILA,Vila,,Slavic,Collective,Collective,mountains; waters; woodland; fate,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"South-Slavic nymph-class (vila, pl. vile; Bulgarian samodiva/samovila) — beautiful winged female nature-spirits of mountains, springs and clouds in Serbian/Croatian/Bulgarian folklore; distinct from the East-Slavic water-spirit Rusalka.",collective