Słowiański Bestiariusz Kompendium wierzeń, demonologii, symboli i bóstw słowiańskich. Poruszamy również tematy dotyczące medycyny ludowej i życia codziennego Słowian.

First Haircut (postriziny) – a traditional, present in many cultures, ritual of shaving/cutting hair of a child, often connected with giving a name as well. It is probably the most popular and well known example of so called rites of passage (A. van Gennep „Les rites de passage”, eng. „Rites …

Veles – Also known as Volos. One of the most important slavic gods, right after Perun and set in opposition to him. His origin, meaning and interpretation cause many difficulties to the researchers. His name might be connected, among others, with Greek Champs-Elysees or nordic Valhalla. Such connection seems very …

Svarog- a slavic god, who is credited with a relationship with the heaven, sun and the fire and also the blacksmithing. He’s the only deity, whose existence is confirmed on both western and eastern slavic areas. The etymology of his name might have a connection with a sentence “swarzyć się” …

Noonwraith, the rye lady, a woman with iron teeth. It doesn’t matter how you’ll call her, woe unto you when you see her. This female demon carries with herself a deadly danger  for those, who dared to work on the fields at noon. She could take several forms. Sometimes she …

Nixie, or else undine, or living in the mountain areas berehynia and a nymph. A comely female demon, whose habitat wasn’t only the watery areas. There are water, field and forest nixies. The places of their settlement were on the shores of rivers, lakes or mountains, thicket forest and a …