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DOLYA f Bulgarian, Slavic MythologyGoddess of fate in East Slavic Mythology, personification of the fate bestowed upon a man at birth. She is described as a plainly dressed woman able to turn herself into various shapes. When she is positive she is named Dolya, when negative she turns into Nedolya.
KAZI f Slavic MythologyIn Bohemian mythology, Kazi is the second oldest daughter of the Bohemian ruler
Krok. Her sisters are
Teta and
Libuše. While Libuše is a soothsayer, Kazi engages herself in medical science and magic.
KIKIMORA f Slavic MythologyThe name of an evil house spirit in Slavic Mythology. Her name may derive from the Udmurt word
kikka-murt meaning "scarecrow". Alternatively it may come from the Polish
mora or Czech
můra which mean "moth" or be related to the Old Norse
mara meaning "nightmare".
LESHACHIKHA f Slavic MythologyThe wife of
Leshy. Her name is derived from the same root,
ле́ший (leshiy) meaning "one from the forest", ultimately from
лес (les) meaning "forest".
POLUDNITSA f Slavic MythologyThe name of a supernatural creature in Eastern European mythology, known in English as "Lady Midday" or the "Noon Witch". Her name is probably derived from the proto-Slavic
*polъ meaning "half" and
dьnь meaning "day", therefore "midday", and the related terms in the various Slavic languages...
[more] PUMPHUT m Slavic MythologyPumphut is the name of a Sorbian gnome who plays tricks on abusive people. He is featured in the the novel 'Krabat' by Ottfried Preußler where he challenges the evil master in a duel of magic and defeats him....
[more] ROZHANITSA f Slavic MythologyAn obscure Russian goddess who has a feast day in late December. She is a winter goddess and is usually depicted wearing antlers.
SÂNZIANA f Romanian, Slavic Mythology, TheatreFrom the Romanian word for a type of fairy in local folklore which derived from
sân or
sfânt "holy" and
zână "fairy". Its use as a personal name was at least partly due to a comedy written by Vasile Alecsandri, 'Sânziana și Pepelea' (1881), which George Stephănescu then made into an opera...
[more] SVANTOVÍT m Slavic MythologySvantovít is male name of Slavic origin. The name created from word svet (violent) and ending -vit (ruler, winner, warrior), somewhere violent Mr....
[more] TETA f Medieval Czech, Slavic MythologyIn Bohemian mythology, Teta is the second oldest daughter of the Bohemian ruler Krok (or Crocco). Her sisters are Kazi and Libuše. While Libuše is a soothsayer, Teta is guiding people to worship supernatural beings and worshiping natural forces...
[more] URODA f Slavic MythologyUroda was the Slovakian goddess of agriculture, the fields and the harvest. Her name is certainly linked to the Slovakian word
úroda "harvest", however it doesn't seem to be quite so clear what came first, the goddess or the word.
VADUNY f Romanian (Rare), Slavic MythologyPossibly means "to see; to know", if derived from the Proto-Slavic
věděti, from the Proto-Indo-European
wóyd 'to know', from
weyd 'to see, to know'. The name itself appears to be a variation of the Russian word
vedun'ia "witch, sorceress", the feminine form of
vedun 'sorcerer'.
WELES m Slavic MythologyGod of underworld, magic, oaths, art, craft, merchants, wealth in Slavic Mythology.
ZERNEBOG m Slavic Mythology(Slovak) variant transcription of
Chernobog. Zernebog is a Slavic deity, about whom much has been speculated but little can be said definitively. The name may also be given as Crnobog, Czernobóg, Černobog, Црнобог or Chernobog; these are all romanizations of the Russian Чернобог, meaning black god...
[more] ZORIANA f Ukrainian, English (Rare), South Slavic, Slavic Mythology, SlavicThis name derives from the South and West Slavic word
Zora (Зора), meaning “dawn, aurora, daybreak”. In Slavic mythology, the Zorja (the evening stars, the morning star) are the two guardian goddesses, known as the Auroras.