#svantovit

[lesoldatmort]

| SVANTOVIT |

He who rides a pale horse through the moonlit fields.

Svantovít, or Svetovit is one of the deities tied to war and conflict but also abudance. He rides a pale white horse at night followed by his army of three hundred riders. His other attributes are war flag and sword.

More (folk)lore, info and WIPs of this project on my P/treon.

#slavic deity #slavic #folklore #svantovit #illustration #digital art #horse #Character Design #dark art #fantasy #drawing undead horses again wooo! #i hope you are enjoying this serie!

[stromuprisahat]

Ránové nepovažovali své hlavní božstvo za jediné; chápali jeho ohraničený dosah působnosti a věděli o existenci i jiných ochranných kmenových božstev, obdařených podobnými funkcemi jako Svantovít. Při válkách mezi kmeny šlo totiž v lidských představách i o souboj mezi dvěma bohy. V případě porážky se pak od něj jeho ctitelé neodvraceli, neboť si uvědomovali, že podobně jako člověk i bůh může utrpět prohru. ~ The Rani (or Rujani) did not consider their main deity to be the only one; they understood his limited scope of influence and knew of the existence of other protective tribal deities with similar functions as Svantovit. During the wars between the tribes, in people's imaginations, it was also a fight between two gods. In the event of a defeat, his worshipers did not turn away from him, because they realized that, just like a man, a god can also suffer defeat.

Bohové dávných Slovanů ~ Gods of ancient Slavs (Martin Pitro, Petr Vokáč)

#Slavs #Svantovit #myths #Rani #Rujani #gods #Bohové dávných Slovanů #Martin Pitro #Petr Vokáč #V #books #quotes

[davidthierree]

Svantovit is watching. #davidthierree #darkarts #metalcovers #artist #artwork #metalartist #owlstrollsanddeadkingsskulls #blackmetalmusic #blackmetalcovers #blackmetalart #blackmetal #workinprogress #pencilwork #pencildrawing #pencilsketch #mystery #svantovit #sventevith #slavic #folklore #legend #pagan #folk https://www.instagram.com/p/CpDpn_VrRRL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[blorbos-of-the-7th-dawn]

Because I cannot choose. Also pictures of each in order! That last picture was taken by @ffxiv-hunklander not me, and it's AMAZING

#pls help me choose lol #did not include Svantovit because she does not exist yet

[afranciscomiradiezblr-blog]

Esta es la imagen y algunos datos (O no) la “Historia” la pones tú ¡La tuya! ¡Alfonso Mucha el Checo Art Nouveau!

Celebración de Svantovit en la isla de Rigen-Alfonso Mucha-Art Nouveau (Moderno)-pintura de género

#Celebración de Svantovit en la isla de Rigen-Alfonso Mucha-Art Nouveau (Moderno)-pintura de género #Checo #¿Historias cortas para no dormir? #Moravia

[ariesgamesandminis]

Restocks are in from Iron Wind Metals for BattleTech!

10-058 "Undead" Lance Pack 20-171 Fredasa Corvette / Raider 20-210 Battlemaster BLR-4S 20-263 Svantovit Infantry Fighting Vehicle 20-285 Harasser Tank (2) 20-313 Lightning Attack Hovercraft (2) 20-333 Chaparral Missile Tank (2) 20-353 Zephyr Hover Tank (2) 20-356 Po Heavy Tank (2) 20-398 Shrike SHK-VP-A 20-403 JES II Strategic Missile Carrier 20-407 Seraph C-SRP-O Invictus 20-5095 Hitotsune Kozo HKZ-1F 20-5146 Gambit GBT-1G 20-5158 Xanthos XNT-6O 20-5161 HawkWolf HWK-4F 20-5193 Hierofalcon Prime / A 20-5202 Awesome AWS-8R / 8T 20-5208 Amarok Standard 20-5211 Awesome AWS-8Q / 9Q 20-5214 Jade Phoenix Prime 20-5216 Marauder MAD-3R / 5M 20-635 Puma Tank (2) 20-679 Raptor RTX1-O 20-714 Batu Fighter Prime 20-727 Karnov UR Transport 20-732 Blood Kite 20-757 Strider SR1-O Prime 20-783 J. Edgar Hover Light Tank (2) 20-970 Osiris OSR-3D 99-201 Large Flat Top Hex Base #1 99-202 Large Flat Top Hex Base #2 BT-004 Afreet Battle Armor BT-008 Void Battle Armor BT-029 Sloth Battle Armor BT-030 Sylph Battle Armor BT-067 Golem Battle Armor BT-132 Clan Medium Battle Armor BT-133 Corona Battle Armor BT-134 Gray Death Legion Battle Armor BT-178 Jade Hawk JHK-03 BT-187 Djinn Battle Armor BT-197 Aerie Battle Armor BT-202 Rogue Bear Heavy Battle Armor BT-227 Thunderbird Battle Armor BT-231 Ironhold Battle Armor BT-236 Ravager Battle Armor BT-241 Resgate PAL BT-244 Heavy Infantry - Standing BT-245 Heavy Infantry - Firing BT-260 Sprint Scout VTOL BT-287 Zephyros Infantry Support Vehicle BT-296 Ares ARS-V1 Zeus BT-336 PWWKA S-PW-1LAM (Fighter) BT-353 Mad Cat MK II 4 BT-364 Gabriel Hovercraft BT-370 Kurita Infantry (3) BT-371 Davion Infantry (3) BT-381 Basic Inner Sphere Battle Armor (3) BT-384 Achileus Battle Armor (3) BT-385 Grey Death Legion Battle Armor (3) BT-386 Undine Battle Armor (3) BT-387 Gnome Battle Armor (3) BT-388 Salamander Battle Armor (3) BT-391 Fenrir Battle Armor (1) BT-393 Kage Battle Armor Squad (4) BT-436 Buraq (Standard) Battle Armor BT-439 Black Wolf Battle Armor BT-465 Prime Mover BT-467 Hierofalcon B BT-472 Wolverine WVR-7M / 7M2 / 7K CE-003 No-Dachi 3X FT-019 Kirghiz Mech Scale Fighter FT-022 Xerxes Mech Scale Fighter FT-032 Vandal Mech Scale Fighter OP-100 Ultra Autocannons OP-110 XXL Launcher Plates Tripod Six Pack 20-453A1H Pariah "A" Variant Parts Sprue 20-607H Daishi Prime Laser 20-693ARM No-Dachi NKA-1K Arm Sprue 20-961AMS Sha-Yu Mech Arms

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[doves-diving]

Arguments in favour of me being a little bit stupid.

Arguments against the identification of Ruyevit as a god of the second function.

Sex and swords (cf. Yngvi-Freyr the swordsman) are characteristic of gods belonging to the third function, as is his status as the tutelary god of the Rujani; the god's name most likely being derived from the name of the tribe (and not *řuti directly) does not help the matters

There are literally no records of Perun punishing venereal sin, or him having any association w sex—at all. There are no records of him wielding a sword (like Ruyevit), despite plentiful attestations of him wielding axes and arrows. No associations with swallows, either, though I wouldn't consider that a deal-breaker

The one piece of evidence that sold me on Ruyevit being Perun is the identification of Porevit and Porenut as Perun's sons (compare Modi and Magni). It is possible, as a honourable colleague of mine suggested, they're instead cognate to the Dioscuri—a reflex of the proto-Indo-European divine twins, also gods of the third function who often feature in founding myths (though idk whether the Rani in particular thought of their tribe as being founded by twins; Slavs in general seem to favour tracing our tribes to a single founder or a group of siblings). Now. Unless Porevit is supposed to be read as Borovit ('He of the Pines'), and the apparent similarity of his name to that of Porenut is a distortion of Saxo's transcription. In which case, well.

Arguments in favour of identifying Perun with... Chernoglav?

The Rani god with the strongest connections to Perun is Chernoglav ("Blackhead"), mentioned in the Knýtlinga saga under the Icelandic variant Tjarnaglófi. He's described, in the two sentences devoted to his cult in Asund, as the Rani's "god of victory, (who) went with them into battle. He had a silver moustache." The synchronicity with Perun being the patron of warriors (not war per se) prayed to for victory in battle is apt, as is (possibly) the mention of Vladimir's idol of Perun having a silver beard and a golden moustache.

Note Crnoglava, in Serbia; Crnoglav, a village in Herzegovina named after the nearby hill of the same name; and Chernoglav in Bulgaria—all names of mountains, in accordance with the vast majority of toponyms bearing Perun's being the names of hills and mountains.

(Chernoglav being Perun is not without precedence in literature; see Gorbachov, 2017. Not that Gorbachov.)

But—if Chernoglav = Perun, why would Porenut and Porevit, as Perun's sons, be worshipped alongside Ruyevit and not Chernoglav?

Who is Yarovit?

The sole mention of Yarovit's association with fertility (a domain of the third function) is a completely fabricated incident in which Yarovit's priest masquerades as the god in an attempt to convince Saint Otto to submit to paganism. Grim. (His other attested attributes seem to point to him being a god of war—how daring). However, his name is more clearly connected with fertility than that of any other god worshipped on Rujána: it translates to 'He of Springtime'. Note that, like Svantovit and Ruyevit, Yarovit's name is most likely a recent epithet and not the original name of the god.

Who the fuck is Svantovit?

If Ruyevit and Yarovit are both gods of the third function, they cannot constitute a trifunctional triad with Svantovit—which doesn't mean they couldn't have been thought of as a triad (the names of the former likely being modelled off Svantovit's name is telling; the -v- in Ruyevit and Yarovit is otherwise quite problematic, etymologically), but attempts to link them to better-established triads like Odin-Thor-Freyr are spurious. Also, if the -(v)it in Porevit isn't supposed to be a patronymic suffix, the noun-forming suffix -it stops being unique to the Svantovit-Ruyevit-Yarovit triad. Crying.

There are some things about Svantovit that seem second function-y—less the Hercules of Perun, more Mars. Less Thor, more Tyr. However, I'm doubtful: Svantovit's parallels with gods of the first function like Rudra and Odin are too many for me to disregard. This wouldn't mean gods of the second function are unattested on Rujána—again, Chernoglav.

Unsorted.

Based solely on what little is attested of him in myth and toponyms, I still consider it likely Veles was a god of the first function. Does this mean he was cognate with Svantovit? Not necessarily—Apollo isn't Zeus isn't Hermes, after all—but I have literally no idea who on the island he might be cognate to (if the Rani did indeed worshhip any cognate of Veles). It is quite possible "Svantovit" was a recent name for an unattested or otherwise obscured god of the first function unrelated to Veles.

I should really check out what is known for certain of Baltic mythology—the little I've read on Velnias (the evident Baltic cognate to Veles) is one big [citation needed], which isn't very promising.

It seems deeply unlikely to me that Svantovit, Ruyevit and Yarovit would not have cognates outside Rujána, given that every single other god mentioned as being worshipped among the Polabians—Svarožic, Radegast and, yes, even Chernoglav—do have clear cognates across the Slavic world (in toponyms if nothing else). I think the three's names replaced the original theonyms quite late, and that their closest cognates would most likely be on the Polabian mainland. If there's any god that might as well be specific to Rujána, it's Ruyevit; for Svantovit and Yarovit, I expect there to be cognates hidden somewhere—if not in the historical record, then in the landscape.

#rujána is the actual polabian name for rügen #prettier than the croatian rujan imo

[courtingwonder]

Alphonse Mucha - The Celebration Of Svantovit In Rujana (1912)

#art history #museum #mucha #1900s #1912 #1910s #20th century #art #paintings #painting #czech

[herbwitchery]

🎃Merry Samhain to you all👻🖤 #samhain #samhainblessings #samhainaltar #samhainritual #october31 #october31st #halloween #happyhalloween #altar #paganaltar #pagan #paganism #witch #witchcraft #sabbat #celebration #wheeloftheyear #samonios #heathen #asatru #rodnover #rodnovery #norsegods #slavic #slavicgods #veles #svantovit #freyr #freyja #odin 🔮 Carte Samhain issue du Викканский Оракул Теней (Арабо Саргсян) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkX6nTsqL3J/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[rmbaloncesto]

Thoughts on Baku?? What a rollercoaster

A MESS

This race gave me negative rights lmao. Charles pole position that lasted him like 5 seconds, two punctures on the straight (f to max and lance glad they are okay), red flag, messy pit stops (Mercedes i want to fight you), that restart with basically no race left, lewis and whatever happened there????? THAT PODIUM???????? Literally how did seb ended up there I'm so lost

#AND BOTTAS #@ toto just give george the seat im begging #lewis ending behind MAZESPIN was... something #and my poor carlos #:( #asks #svantovit #i just want fernando to thrive but it seems im asking for the impossible #baku is not my fav track #lets see what happens at canada (?

[spugpow]

Alphonse Mucha, The Celebration of Svantovit on Rügen, 1912 

From The Slav Epic

#Alphonse Mucha #Slav Epic #Photo Study #Svantovit #slavic paganism

[vizuart]

Alphonse Mucha - The Celebration of Svantovit in Rujana (1912)

#art #visual #art pieces #paintings #Alphonse Mucha - The Celebration of Svantovit in Rujana (1912)

[stromuprisahat]

RUGIEVIT (západní Slované; Saxo Grammaticus, Knýtlinga saga) - válečný sedmihlavý bůh uctívaný v Korenici (patrně Garz), kde měl ve 12. století svůj chrám. Dubový idol měl u pasu sedm mečů, osmý držel v pravé ruce. Socha byla vysoká asi 3 m ... Vlaštovky, jež hnízdily na soše, se staly dotykem s ní tabu, takže jejich hnízdo ani trus nebyly ze sochy odstraněny. ... jako vládce-suverén byl nejspíše předchůdcem Svantovíta. Posvátným zvířetem mu byl bělouš, obdobně jako v případě Svantovítově ... ~ RUYEVIT (Western Slavs; Saxo Grammaticus, Knýtlinga saga) - a seven-headed war god worshiped in Charenza (probably Garz), where he had his temple in the 12th century. The oak idol had seven swords at its waist, the eighth held in its right hand. The statue was about 3 m high … Touching the swallows that nested on the statue became a taboo, so neither their nests nor their droppings were removed from it. … as a ruler-sovereign, he was most likely the predecessor of Svantovit. His sacred animal was a white horse, similarly as in the case of Svantovit…

Encyklopedie slovanských bohů a mýtů ~ Encyclopedia of Slavic Gods and Myths (Naďa & Martin Profantovi)

#Slavs #Gods #Ruyevit #Svantovit #sacred animals #swallows #horse #Charenza #Saxo Grammaticus #Knýtlinga saga #Encyklopedie slovanských bohů a mýtů #Naďa Profantová #Martin Profant #V #books #quotes #When one sword isn't enough #get seven more.

[blorbos-of-the-7th-dawn]

I approve of a blorbos of the 7th dawn tourney

Yes but also I'd have to figure out who should go up against each other

The winner would probably then go up against Origin cause she's gotta be included

#4 rounds first #then like. two round of those winners #then one last poll of the winners from those two polls #then they go up against Origin #how the fuck do I decide who goes up against who though #it's gonna be rough on poor Svantovit I can't make her yet

[ariesgamesandminis]

New Releases & restocks are in for BattleTech!

New Releases: Jade Phoenix Prime Mastodon Prime Marauder MAD-3R / 5M

Restocks: 20-024 Quixote Frigate 20-150 McKenna Battleship 20-157 Congress Frigate 20-161 Fox Corvette 20-192 Essex Destroyer 20-194 Whirlwind Destroyer 20-197 Carrack Transport 20-249 Cronus CNS-5M 20-258 Scimitar Medium Hover Tank 20-259 Saracen Medium Hover Tank 20-263 Svantovit Infantry Fighting Vehicle 20-284 Ripper VTOL 20-288 Enyo Strike Tank 20-294 Magi Infantry Support Vehicle 20-303 Hephaestus Scout Tank 20-312 Hi-Scout Drone Carrier w / 2 Drones 20-321 Indra Infantry Transport 20-398 Shrike SHK-VP-A 20-428 Asshur Artillery Spotter 20-460 Pegasus Scout Hover Tank 20-5025 Mad Cat IV "Savage Wolf" 20-5058 Gallant GLT-7-0 20-5081 Rokurokubi RK-4K 20-5095 Hitotsune Kozo HKZ-1F 20-5129 Calliope CAL-1MAF 20-5134 Juliano JLN-5A 20-5135 Vandal LI-O Prime 20-5142 Loki II Prime 20-5173 Scourge SCG-WF1 20-5180 Thunderbolt IIC 2 20-5186 Thunderbolt TDR-5S 20-5189 Catapult CPLT-C3 / C5 20-601 Loki "Hellbringer" 20-612 Dasher "Fire Moth" Prime 20-613 Koshi "Mist Lynx" Prime 20-615 Puma "Adder" Prime 20-627 LRM Carrier 20-630 Yu Huang Y-H9G 20-637 Mantis Light Attack VTOL 20-698 Buccaneer BCN-3R 20-722 Anhur Transport 20-726 Yellow Jacket Gunship 20-741 J-27 Tow Vehicle 20-870 Whitworth WTH-1 20-916 Merlin MLN-1A 20-957 Lao Hu LHU-2B 20-987 Locust LCT-5M 20-988 Phoenix Hawk PXH-4L 20-992 Raven RVN-3L 99-201 Large Flat Top Hex Base #1 99-202 Large Flat Top Hex Base #2 99-203 Extra Large Flat Top Hex Base AC-012 Wire, Extra Thick (.0625) BT-004 Afreet Battle Armor BT-006 Phalanx Battle Armor BT-009 Trinity (Ying Long) Battle Armor BT-027 Union C BT-030 Sylph Battle Armor BT-031 Infiltrator MK 2 BT-090 Avar Micro Fighter BT-094 Kirghiz Micro Fighter BT-103 Scytha Micro Fighter BT-133 Corona Battle Armor BT-134 Gray Death Legion Battle Armor BT-183 Aurora Micro Dropship BT-209 Se'irim Medium Battle Armor BT-223 Tau Zombie BT-227 Thunderbird Battle Armor BT-231 Ironhold Battle Armor BT-237 Recon Infantry BT-239 Jump Support Infantry BT-241 Resgate PAL BT-250 Ignis Infantry Support Tank BT-276 Maxim Hover Tank BT-290 Revenant UBM-1A BT-300 Ares ARS-V1D Hephaestus BT-303 Vulture Mk III Prime BT-305 Thor II Prime BT-349 Lament LMT-4RC BT-371 Davion Infantry BT-372 Savannah Master Hovercraft BT-374 Roc Protomech BT-381 Basic Inner Sphere Battle Armor BT-388 Salamander Battle Armor BT-404 Wusun Prime Micro Fighter BT-405 Ostrogoth Prime Micro Fighter BT-412 Amazon Battle Armor BT-413 Marauder Battle Armor BT-427 Balac Strike VTOL BT-436 Buraq Battle Armor BT-450 Gyrfalcon 4 BT-473 Atlas II AS7-D-H CE-003 No-Dachi 3X FT-028 Sulla Mech Scale Fighter Omega Super Heavy Mechs Tripod Six Pack WHMLTD-X7 Warhammer WHM-X7 "The Lich"

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[hadesbeast]

Artist Andres Rios…Svantovit: Arena 😈 ~ßεศş†~ https://www.instagram.com/p/CTIwZtqhh5O/?utm_medium=tumblr