entities: ENT_SLAV_VELES

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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_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

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