Slavic Folklore Quiz/Test 1

Gods and Spirits

Iriy 

pagan paradise- Haven 

Juriy

pagen peklo - Hell

Svarga

the place above us where our ancestors live.

What is the Milky Way in folklore?

the river in Prav

Smorodina River

seperates Yav and Nav

Kalinov Bridge

where a fight in your soul between good and evil happens

Domovoy

Oracle, grey beard.

Offerings: porridge/ tobacco/ bread/ salt

Bannick

Predict future, black cat/ old smack man, green beard

Offerings: soap/ fir branches/ water/ salted bread/ bread chicken

Kikimora

Oracle disaster, tickle children/ showing head with the goat’s horns, has shining eyes. 

Leshiy

Peasant/ shoes on wrong feet/ glowing eyes/ looks like familiar person, carried young girls and married them. 

Offerings: bread/ salt/ kasha/ blini

Polevick

ugly little man the color of soil, covered with long green grass rather than hair, without clothing or hat

Offerings: eggs 

Poludnitsa

girl/ widow/ old woman/ nude, grabs you by head and whirls you around/ gives headache/ twists head/ breaks bones 

Offerings:

Vodyanoy

covered with dirt/ a peasant in a red shirt and long whote beard/ creature with long toes/ paws instead of hands/ horns/ tail/ half fish 

Offerings: bread/ salt/ vodka/ black rooster/ tobacco 

Rusalka

light brown or green hair, souls of unbaptized/ stillborn/ or suicide

Offerings: cross/ garlic 

Firebird

difficult task, shine/ silver/gold, gold cage in irii, return eyesite to the blind.

Finist

groom looking for love, FALCON

Duck

purifying power of water

The keepers of the Tree of Life

Sirens and Alkonosts

Siren

beauty, happiness, joy, world harmony/ maiden bird with the body of an owl and crown. 

Alkonost

bird of the dawn- rules the winds and weather, depicted with both hands and wings, holding a flower in her hand.

Gamayun

prophetic bird- wisdom/ can talk/ serves VELES, DAZNBOG, and HORS 

Stratim

mother of all birds, lady of the sea and world.

Movement of her wings: waving= misery and suffering lifting= light down= darkness/ death 

Swan Princess

fragile, beautiful, fulfills desires/sensitive to malice and evil.

Geese/ Swans

evil power, robbers, stealing people, SERVE Baba Yaga

Crow

wisest, evil like Baba Yaga

Rooster

connected to the sun/ sees through great distances/ anticipates events/ helps or punishes people

Spirit of the HOUSE

DOMOVOY

FEMALE spirit of the HOUSE

KIKIMORA

Spirit of the BATHHOUSE

BANNICK

Spirit of the FOREST

LESHII

Spirit of the FEILD

POLEVICK / POLEVOY

FEMALE spirit of the FEILD

POLUNDNITSA

Spirit of the WATER

VODIANOI

Meaning of PERUN

to strike

What is Perun the god of?

war, lightening, and thunderstorm

Who does Alkonst serve

What is Jarilo the god of?

red light 

What does Stribog mean?

wealth

Who is the god of the wind?

Stribog

Kolyada means?

calendae

Who is the god-savior and the creator of the calendar?

Kolyada

What does Ovsen mean?

morning/ first day of the new year

Who is the god of the first day of the new year?

Ovsen

What does Kupala/ Kupalo mean?

Who is the god of summer solstice?

Kupala/ Kupalo

Lada means?

nice and kind

Who is the god of love?

Lada

What does Svarog mean?

FIRE

Who is the god of the radiant sky and the creator of Earth?

Svarog

What does Dazhbog mean?

the god giver 

Who is the god of yellow celestial light?

Dazhbog

What does Chenobog mean?

bkack god

Who is the black god/ devil?

Chenobog

What does Mokosh mean?

moisture

Who is the god of moisture/ mother earth?

Mokosh

What does Rod mean?

the birth

Who is the creator, one who gives birth?

Rod

What does Dolya mean?

good luck

Who is the god of goodness and happiness and fate

Dolya

What does Veles mean?

hair

Who is the god of the underworld

Veles

What does Belobog mean?

white god

Who is the god known as an guardian angel?

Belobog

What does Hors mean?

Shining sun

God of Yellow Light

Hors

What does Svytogor mean?

holy mountain

Who is the body gaurd of the tree of the gods, protector of the pass from thr underworld to real world and world of the gods?

Svytogor

What does semargl mean?

seven heads

Who is the god fire and messenger of the gods?

Semargl

What does Kastroma mean?

IDK

What does Nedolya mean?

bad luck

Who is the goddess of sadness and dissatisfaction?

Nedolya

How many children does Rod have? 

5

Who are Rods children?

Lada, Hors, Veles, Svatagor, and Svarog

How many grandchildren does Rod have?

4

Who are Rod’s grandchildren?

Yarilo, Perun, Semagl, and Dagadbog

How many great grandchildren does Rod have?

5

Who are Rod’s great grandchildren?

Ovsen, Striborg, Kolyada, Kostrama, and Kupala

Who are the three gods of the sun?

Jarilo, Dazhbog, and Hors

What is the first law of life?

Life is Endless - ROD

What is the second law of life?

Rotation from dark to light comes from the rotation of the sun - VELES

What is the third law of life?

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift - KOLYADA

Who does Gamayun serve?

Veles, Kolyada, and Dazhbog

Who is Leshi’s freind?

the WOLF