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)

"The etymology of the word Svarog is likely to be Slavic svar (bright and clear)."

Slavic svar means quarrel, argument (e.g. Polish modern plural swary = squabbles quarrels), so if Svarog is derived from Svar (what is not sure, becouse the ending -og is not typical ending) than it was rather War-God (like Mars) - the God of quarrel... I dont know what is your source of Slavic meaning 'bright, clear' but its rather meaning of Persian word 'svarga; that looks similar to Slavic Svarog (and thats why some scholars say they are connected)...