Svetovit, also known as Sventovit and Svantovit amongst other variants, is the god of abundance and war, and the chief god of the Slavic tribe of the Rani...

Wolin Svetovit is either a 9th- or a 10th-century figurine made from the wood of European yew tree, discovered in 1974, in the island of Wolin, Poland...

originated from the Slavic god Svetovit. The first to put forth such a view was Natko Nodilo, who attributed the cult of Svetovit to all Slavs, whose worship...

settlement and destroyed the temple of Svetovit (or Svandavitz)—first chopping the great four-headed statue of Svetovit to pieces, and then burning it. With...

attacking a village in Garðaríki, he encounters a Seeress in the temple of Svetovit; the Seeress orders Amleth to remember his oath of vengeance and tells...

Cosmographiae universalis of 1550, describes the harvest ritual associated with Svetovit and continues: "In general they (the Rugians) worshipped two gods, namely...

world, prestige". The vit is also found in the name of the Slavic deity Svetovit. Feminine forms include Vitomira and Witomira. Nicknames include Vito,...

sanctuary of the Rani was located on Cape Arkona, where they whorshiped Svetovit, chief god of the Rani and later of all Polabian Slavs. Pomerania's fourth-largest...

The pillar was commonly incorrectly associated with the Slavic deity Svetovit, although current opinions on the exact meaning of all the bas-reliefs...

rulers, cult of Rugiaevit competed with the "public" and theocratic cult of Svetovit of Arkona. The first source to mention Rugiaevit is the Gesta Danorum by...

Name Image Worshipped by Greek Myth Details Svetovit Rani Svetovit is the chief god of the Slavic Rani. His cult is described by Helmold of Bosau and Saxo...

Rügen and commented on the use of the white oracular horse of the god Svetovit in the temple of Arkona, involving three groups of erected spears. If the...

name as svęty byk "sacred bull", or less likely Svęty Vit "Saint Vitus" (Svetovit?). Vittelube – A deity also mentioned in the Passion. Probably recognized...

Arkona, located at the island of Rügen in Germany, place of worship of Svetovit, god in Slavic paganism. Prior to 1945, it was called Eckerberg Forrest...

Saxo also describes that the horn, which was attached to the idol of Svetovit in Arkona, was also used by the priests for divination. Saxo also describes...

Gerovit in Havelberg Rugiewit with Porenut and Porewit in Charenza, Rügen Svetovit in Arkona, Rügen Chernoglav in Jasmund, Rügen folk polytheism of minor...

supported by the fact that a black horse was sacrificed to Triglav, while Svetovit, interpreted by him as a Polabian hypostasis of Perun, was sacrificed to...

West Lechitic (Rani) Religion Polabian Slavic paganism, the known cults: Svetovit in Arkona Rugievit with Porenut and Porewit in Charenza Chernoglav of the...

Rügen by the Danes. Both sources describe the destruction of the temple of Svetovit on Arkona, then the temples of Ruyevit, Porevit and Porenut in Charenza...

to interpret Yarilo as a deity. Some scholars also consider Yarovit and Svetovit to be identical or synonymous deities. The first to propose such a view...

worshipped in Rügen, probably in the town of Jasmund, mentioned together with Svetovit, Rugievit, Turupid, Puruvit and Pizamar in the Knýtlinga saga. The fifth...

(1980), the sculpture New and Old in Szczecin (1982), and the monument of Svetovit in Myszków (1989; moved to Częstochowa in 2011). He was also author of...

named Devadatta as his mount to fight the evil that plagues the world. Svetovit, the powerful Slavic god of the Rugians, owns a sacred white horse. Henri...

Svarog represents Prav itself and soul, Perun represents Yav and flesh, and Svetovit represents Nav and spiritual power. The Triglav is not a combination of...