Svetovid

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Svetovid is a major Slavic deity, often depicted with four heads and associated with war, abundance, and prophecy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Slavic deity
fertility deity
war deity
associatedWith abundance
divination
fertility
prophecy
war
considered chief god by Rani Slavs
culture Slavic
depictedWith four faces
horn of plenty
sword
white horse
domain harvest
oracles
warfare
wealth
gender male
hasAspect four directional aspects
guardian of the world
hasAttribute all-seeing
four-headed
hasColorAssociation red
white
hasRitual annual feast after harvest
divination using a sacred white horse
libations poured into horn of plenty
influenced modern Slavic neopaganism
mainCultCenter Arkona NERFINISHED
island of Rügen NERFINISHED
mentionedIn medieval Christian chronicles about Slavs
nameEtymologyRelatedTo Slavic root for seeing
nameVariant Svantevit NERFINISHED
Svantovit NERFINISHED
Sventovit NERFINISHED
notableTempleDestroyedBy Danish crusaders GENERATED
notableTempleDestructionYear 1168 GENERATED
pantheon Polabian Slavic pantheon
region Baltic coast NERFINISHED
Polabia NERFINISHED
religion Slavic paganism
symbol horn of abundance
white horse
worshipedBy Rani Slavs NERFINISHED
Western Slavs NERFINISHED

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Slavic mythology hasCoreDeity Svetovid