Talk:Svarog

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[edit] Etymology

Mightn't svarga and svar come from the same root? A clear sky is also bright, for instance, and the generally accepted view is that the Slavic languages are also Indo-European, and are thus related to Sanskrit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Proto-Slavic_language The earliest lexical or semantic borrowings were from the North Iranian languages of the Scythian, Sarmatian, and Alanic tribes. Many of these borrowings had religious connotations, including such terms as bog 'god', div 'demon', gatati 'to divine', raj 'paradise', svet 'holy', as well as the name of the supreme Slavic deity, Svarog. -Iopq 20:57, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


"Older myths describe him as a smith god, identified with the generative and sexual powers of fire. In those myths, Svarog fights Zmey, a giant serpent or a multi-headed dragon."

Where exactly do these myths hail from? Judging by the name Zmey, it could be Northern Slavic mythology. Is this true? As far as I know, Slavic mythology is not a uniform block, and differs from area to area, so these kind of statements should also be geographicaly pinpointed. --213.172.246.69 20:18, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

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