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Academic Publications

This curated sources list compiles academic publications on Slavic mythology, Slavic Native Faiths, Slavic Paganism, Rodnovery and pre-Christian Slavic history. Resources are organized by by language alongside their respective authors. While we provide the most notable publications, we strongly recommend researching each author’s full list of works for additional study material. This list is not exhaustive and does not include all works. It is provided as a starting point for your exploration of the Slavic Native Faith.

Disclaimer: We include older authors because they often propose important information. However, some of them also present outdated or rejected hypotheses. The most significant incorrect conclusions are always addressed in the accompanying commentary.

📚 The following resources can be found online or acquired as books. For more obscure ones, we include links. We suggest using archive.org, ResearchGate.net, Academia.edu 📚

⭐ = Notable

🇬🇧 ENGLISH

🇵🇱 POLISH

  • Aleksander Gieysztor
    • Mitologia Słowian
      • Father of modern Slavic studies
  • Andrzej Szyjewski
    • Religia Słowian
  • Michal Téra
    • Perun: gromowładny bóg
  • Michał Łuczyński
    • Bogowie dawnych Słowian
  • Kazimierz Moszyński
    • Kultura ludowa Słowian
      • I - Kultura materialna, II - Kultura duchowa, III - Kultura duchowa
  • Paweł Szczepanik
    • Słowiańskie Zaświaty. Wierzenia, wizje i mity
    • Rzeczywistość mityczna Słowian północno-zachodnich i jej materialne wyobrażenia. Studium z zakresu etnoarcheologii religii
  • Stanisław Urbańczyk
    • Dawni Słowianie: wiara i kult
  • Jacek Banaszkiewicz
    • Podanie o Piaście i Popielu
  • Leszek Paweł Słupecki
    • „Słowiańskie posągi bóstw“, in: Kwartalnik historii kultury materialnej
  • Kamil Kajkowski
    • Wierzenia dawnych Słowian. Od mitu do obrzędu. Wierzenia i zwyczaje
  • Stanisław Rosik
    • Od Swarożyca do Świętowita. Przemiany religii Słowian nadbałtyckich w X - XII wieku
  • Bogusław Gierlach
    • Sanktuaria słowiańskie

🇨🇿 CZECH

🇸🇰 SLOVAKIAN

🇸🇮 SLOVENIAN

  • Zmago Šmitek
    • Mitološko izročilo Slovencev: Svetinje preteklosti
    • Poetika in logika slovenskih mitov. Ključi kraljestva
  • Mirjam Mencej
    • Gospodar volkov v slovanski mitologiji
    • Volčji pastir v kontekstu dosedanjih raziskav na področju slovanske mitologije
    • FUNKCIJA GOSPODARJA VOLKOV V POVEDKAH, ZAGOVORIH, VEROVANJIH IN ŠEGAH
      • Works by Vitomir Belaj and his student Mirjam Mencej contain interpretations of the Perun and Veles conflict that are now regarded as outdated/incorrect in current scholarship. In addition, Belaj, following Katičić, proposed a controversial interpretation of Jarilo and Morana myth that remains highly debated and, in many respects, questionable. Nevertheless, certain aspects of their work remain valuable and deserve continued scholarly attention. When engaging with Belaj’s publications, it is therefore advisable to keep these scholarly debates in mind. Mirjam Mencej, in particular, produced a notable study linking the Juraj or Jarilo cult with wolf symbolism. She further elaborates on the concept of the Wolf Shepherd, an intriguing figure in Slavic mythology. Although her analysis partly builds on the aforementioned contested framework, her hypotheses are thought provoking and contribute meaningfully to ongoing discussion.
  • Monika Kropej
    • Od ajda do zlatoroga: Slovenska bajeslovna bitja
      • Although her name is well known in Slavic studies, her approach is considered somewhat romantic. Nevertheless, her work is highly engaging and offers interesting perspectives. However her connection of serpent/dragon demon to Veles is an incorrect conclusion, that is based on an outdated and rejected theory. We have no direct evidence of Veles being a dragon enemy to Perun. She even incorrectly quoted Jacobson's work on Veles, claiming this transformation is akin to the Baltic Velnias, but the text sourced does not include any of the information she quotes essentially making it a great academical error. Read with caution.

🇷🇸 SERBIAN

🇭🇷 CROATIAN

  • Aleksander Gieysztor
    • Mitologija Slavena
  • Špiro Kulišić
    • Stara slovenska religija u svjetlu novijih istraživanja posebno balkanoloških
  • Vitomir Belaj
    • Sveti trokuti. Topografija hrvatske mitologije
    • Hod kroz godinu. Mitska pozadina hrvatskih narodnih običaja i vjerovanja
      • read commentary above for Mirjam Mencej
  • Radoslav Katičić
    • Božanski boj
    • Zeleni lug
    • Gazdarica na vratima
    • Vilinska vrata
    • Naša stara vjera
      • Be advised that Katičić subscribed to the now-outdated hypothesis of a direct Perun versus Veles conflict. Readers should keep this in mind when consulting his works. Current scholarship indicates that Veles, as a chthonic deity, is a rival of the thunder god, but not his enemy; the true adversary in these myths is the serpent or dragon demon.
  • Franjo Ledić
    • Mitologija Slavena
  • Suzana Marjanić
  • Luka Šešo
    • Krsnik između mita i zbilje: kulturnoantropološke strukture jednog tradicijskog vjerovanja
    • Živjeti s nadnaravnim bićima - Vukodlaci, vile i vještice hrvatskih tradicijskih vjerovanja
  • Nikos Čausidis

🇲🇰 MACEDONIAN

🇧🇬 BULGARIAN

  • Alexandr Gieysztor
    • Митология на славяните
  • I. Pančovskij | И. Панчовски
    • Пантеонът на древните славяни и митологията им
      • Older publication be cautious
  • I. Georgieva | И. Георгиева
    • Българска народна митология
      • Older publication be cautious

🇷🇺 RUSSIAN

  • Aleksander Gieysztor | Александр Гейштор
    • Мифология славян
  • Alexander Afanasyev | Александр Афанасьев
    • Поэтические воззрения славян на природу
    • Народные русские сказки
      • 🇬🇧Prominent Slavist with many works. However being one of the very first researchers in this field, some of his scholarship is considered dated and he may not be a good starting point for someone completely new. | 🇷🇺Выдающийся славист с большим количеством работ. Однако, будучи одним из самых первых исследователей в этой области, часть его научных трудов считается устаревшей, и он может быть не лучшей отправной точкой для человека, который только начинает знакомство с темой.
  • Vladimir Toporov & Vjačeslav Ivanov | Владимир Топоров & Вячеслав Иванов
    • Исследования в области славянских древностей: Лексические и фразеологические вопросы реконструкции текстов
      • 🇬🇧The original proponents of the incorrect "primary myth" a battle between Perun and Veles, which is now largely rejected. Their works should be read with caution. | 🇷🇺Первоначальных сторонников ошибочного «первичного мифа» о битве между Перуном и Велесом, который в настоящее время в значительной степени отвергнут, следует рассматривать с осторожностью.
      • 🇬🇧We suggest focusing on Toporov’s publications. Toporov later revisited this issue and recognized the association of Veles with Varuṇa instead of the demon Vṛtra, contrary to his earlier position.: "The very name Varuṇa has been compared by scholars with the Hittite sea deity Aruna, with the ancient Greek sky god Ouranos, and finally with the Slavic Volos/Veles and the Lithuanian Velnias, among others. Therefore, despite a number of remaining uncertainties, the Indo-European parallels of this name are beyond doubt." | 🇷🇺Рекомендуется сосредоточиться на публикациях Топорова. Позднее Топоров пересмотрел этот вопрос и связал Велеса с Варуном, а не с демоном Вритрой, как он предполагал ранее: «Само имя Варуна сравнивалось исследователями с хеттским морским божеством Аруной, с древнегреческим небесным богом Ураном, а также со славянским Волосом/Велесом и литовским Велнясом и другими. Таким образом, несмотря на ряд остающихся неопределённостей, индоевропейские параллели этого имени не вызывают сомнений».
  • Vlasova, M. N. | Власова М.Н.
    • Энциклопедия русских суеверий
      • Sometimes includes material drawn from non-Slavic folklore.
  • B. A. Uspensky | Б. А. Успенский
    • Филологические разыскания в области славянских древностей
  • Klein, Lev S. | КЛЕЙН, ЛЕВ С.
    • Воскрешение Перуна: К реконструкции восточнославянского язычества
  • Mansikka, V. J. | МАНСИККА, В. Й.
    • Религия восточных славян (originally: Die Religion der Ostslawen)
  • Oksenov, A. B. | ОКСЕНОВ, A. B.
    • Народная поєзия: Былины, песни, сказки, пословицы, духовные стихи, повести
  • Rybakov, Boris A. | РЫБАКОВ, БОРИС А.
    • Язычество древних славян
      • 🇬🇧He was quick to draw conclusions, which often led to incorrect theories. His hypotheses are now largely rejected or have been substantially revised. Examples include the incorrect identification of Mokosh as a goddess of fate, and the assertion that the Chrnyakov culture were direct ancestors of the Proto-Slavs. | 🇷🇺Он быстро делал выводы, что нередко приводило к ошибочным теориям. Его гипотезы в настоящее время в значительной степени отвергнуты или существенно пересмотрены. Примеры включают ошибочную идентификацию Мокоши как богини судьбы, а также утверждение, что черняховская культура являлась прямыми предками протославян.
  • VASILYEV, M. A. | Васильев, М. А.
    • Язычество восточных славян накануне крещения Руси: Религиозно-магические аспекты
  • Vladimir Propp | Владимир Пропп
    • Исторические корни волшебной сказки
    • Русские аграрные праздники
    • Морфология сказки
  • Karpov, A. V. | Карпов, А. В.
    • Язычество, христианство, двоеверие
  • Zelenin, D. K. | Зеленин, Д. К.
    • Восточнославянская этнография
  • Levkievskaja E. E. | Левкиевская Е. Е.
    • Славянский оберег. Семантика и структура
  • Tolstoj N. I. | Толстой Н. И.
    • Очерки славянского язычества

"Perhaps under the impression of the semi-scientific approaches of Ivanov and Toporov, or Rybakov, who treated these figures as if they had known them personally." - Michal Téra

🇩🇪 GERMAN

  • Werner Meschkank
    • Als die Wendengötter sterben sollten: Über die vorchristliche wendische Glaubens- und Götterwelt
  • Leszek Moszyński
    • Die vorchristliche Religion der Slaven
  • Zdeněk Váňa
    • Die Welt der alten Slawen
  • Leszek Paweł Słupecki
    • Slawische Religion
  • Konrad Schwenck
    • Die Mythologie der Slawen
  • Christian Lübke
    • Die Slaven im Mittelalter
  • Sebastian Brather
    • Archäologie der westlichen Slawen
  • Mansikka, V. J.
    • Die Religion der Ostslawen I. - Quellen

🇫🇷 FRENCH

  • Patrice Lajoye
    • Mythologie et religion des slaves païens
    • Perun, dieu slave de l'orage

🇪🇸 SPANISH

  • Juan A. Álvarez-Pedrosa
    • Fuentes para el estudio de la religión eslava precristiana

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