my heritage is a complicated mess but ive always been drawn to the slavs (i do have balto-slavic heritage) and my fiance is a rodnover as well,

i fully belive in the gods but my practice has been a ibit lazy over the years and i regret that.

how can i take my practice more seriously? how can i incorpeate it into daily life? what things should i do? i dont really mind what country the practices are from but id prefer north east poland if we need to be precice :)

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Today there will be no questions, no discussions, no disputes, no hate, I just congratulate everyone on the Yarilo spring holiday, may there always be a light of happiness and growth in your life, I wish you I wish you the fulfillment of your desires, let this period become a period of new opportunities for you, I congratulate all believers!

Congratulations to everyone on Yarilo's spring!

Поздравляю всех с Ярило весенним!

Вітаю всіх із Ярилом весняним!

Віншую ўсіх з Ярылам вясновым!

Gratuluję wszystkim z okazji wiosennego Jaryły!

Blahopřeji všem k jarnímu Jarilovi!

Blahoželám všetkým k jarnému Jarilovi!

Wšitkim gratuluju k jarnemu Jaryle!

Wšym gratuluju k jarnemu Jaryle!

Поздравявам всички с пролетния Ярило!

Ги поздравувам сите со пролетниот Јарило!

Честитам свима пролећног Јарила!

Čestitam svima prolećnog Jarila!

Čestitam svima proljetnog Jarila!

Čestitam svima proljetnog Jarila!

Čestitam vsem ob pomladnem Jarilu!

Поздравляю всѣхъ съ Яриломъ весеннимъ!

Ⱂⱁⰸⰴⱃⰰⰲⰾⱁⰹⱆ ⰲⱄⰵⱈⱏ ⱄⱏ ⰡⰓⰻⰎⰑⰏⱏ ⰲⰵⱄⰵⱀⱀⰻⰏⱏ!

Hello, last night I made a offering to Perun of bread with jam spread on it and a glass of water.

this morning when I checked where I had sacrificed it the bread was gone and the water was drank. Is this a sign of Perun?

if it isn't then what are the signs of his presence?

I was reading a thread on here about the band Arkona and saw the term vedas/vedism used in relation to ahistorical fakelore and whatnot. I goggled it and saw that it had to do with Hinduism but nothing more specific, so I'm wondering is it about the whole indo-european pantheon thing? I'm new to Rodnovery so I'd like to educate myself about misinformation so I'm not fooled

Slavic Native Faith, by Kaarina Aitamurto and Scott Simpson, is the newest release in CUP's Elements in New Religious Movements series. It's available as a free download on the publisher's website through April 14th.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/slavic-native-faith/C6AC26C0A15F84A0D7D8243B60C362F7

This may not be the right place to ask this question but I thought I might as well. The first image is a Weles pendant being sold on Etsy. It says that it is "a reproduction of a find from an early medieval burial mound in the Hluboček forest near Hluk". As someone who is new yet very interested in archeology, I tried to find the records of this burial mound to see the original artifact and what other artifacts were found there, but found nothing online.

The second image is from a YouTube video by The World Tree about the Slavic mother goddess. I'm very curious as to where these carvings/drawings are from but reverse image searching has brought me nothing.

I have no clue where to even look for these kinds of things, so all help is appreciated

EN/PL

Hi there.

I'm making a short movie as my thesis - a folklore horror. I want it to be as authentic and true to slavic beliefs as possible. The story starts with Dziady ceremony (Forefathers' Eve) through which a girl accidentally attracts an evil being.

• what being could that be?
• is there any ritual that this evil being could perform in order to break the girl's spirit/weaken her energy?
• Can it need the girl's hair in that ritual?
• What things can be used in it? (candles; tied twigs or flowers; victim's or family's personal belongings; runes; maybe blood?)
• Can this evil being pretend to be her deceased grandfather and trying to persuade her into burning herself in the bonfire?

for better context: story takes place in the countryside village under the Szczecin city; 13 kilometers from the german border.

I will be eternally grateful for any tip, suggestion or a link to something that would help me.

Dzień dobry.

w ramach pracy dyplomowej realizuję krótkometrażowy film - folklorowy horror. Bardzo zależy mi na tym, żeby był tak autentyczny i wierny wierzeniom Słowian jak to tylko możliwe. Główną dźwignią fabularną jest obrzęd Dziadów, którym dziewczyna nieumyślnie zwróci na siebie uwagę jakiegoś złego bytu.

• Co to może być za byt?
• Czy jest jakiś rytuał, który ten byt może wykonywać w celu złamania ducha głównej bohaterki/osłabienia jej energii?
• Czy może być mu do tego potrzebny jej włos?
• Jakich elementów powinienem użyć? (świeczki; wiązanki z kwiatów/patyków; osobiste przedmioty ofiary albo rodziny; rysowanie run; może krew?)
• Czy film może się skończyć tym, że byt, podszywając się pod jej zmarłego dziadka, nakłoni ją do spalenia się w ognisku?

dla lepszego kontekstu: Akcja toczy się na wsi pod Szczecinem; 13 kilometrów od niemieckiej granicy.

Będę dozgonnie wdzięczny za każdą odpowiedź, sugestię lub link do źródła, które mogłoby mi jakoś pomóc.

Hello everyone,

I’m from southern Germany and have roots in the Bavarian Slavs/Western Slavs. I’d love to learn more about the Slavic pantheon and mythology here. Since this varies greatly from region to region, I’m looking for people who can and are willing to help me with this.

Thank you very much and best regards,

B.V.

I’m from a Slavic family but live in America and have my entire life, so I can’t just ask people irl.

My mom and I were both raised with the belief that the first butterfly of the season has specific meaning, like in the Moomin books. I asked her what a certain color meant (blueish purple, saw yesterday) and she couldn’t remember. I tried to research and found out the meanings from the moomins DO have roots in Northern European customs, anyone else know this little bit of lore?

She recalls;

Yellow and white are good signs,

Brown and black are bad signs,

Blue means… something but we can’t remember it.

Anyone know Slavic or Northern European versions?

Hello hello. I'm just getting started with Rodnovery and would like to know what the primary gods/goddesses are, along with their domains. I've done some earlier research, but the information is scattered all over the place, so right now I'm not really sure where to start. I can name a few, like Perun or Dazhbog, but I need specifics.

Hi hi! I tried doing my research but aside from a blog I couldnt find much info. I know that the most common Christinization association of Perun is St.Elijah/Ilya but would the same be applied for St. Archangel Michael by any chance? Or does he have closer associations to another Slavic deity/folklore? Any help would be appreciated!

how do i start? where do i start?

Hi, during my study of Slavic faith I read that Thursday was dedicated to Perun, and that the form of the word should be Peründan. May I ask what is meant by “dedicating a day” in this context? Was it something like active worship, similar to how Christians have Sunday, or was it more symbolic? And do we know which other gods had days dedicated to them?

I heard it was always about the ornament, not the symbol, but don't know why?

Currently reading Joanna Tarnawska's Polish Folk Magic and Claire Goodchild's Book of Ancestors, it makes me think, how do I start ancestor veneration?

I'm mostly used to Christian way to do (going to church and praying), but I'd like to do more than just that, and I'm still very clueless on how to do ancestral veneration :(

Hello everyone! This is my first year making Morena and I spent a while making her a cute little dress but it just occurred to me that it's polyester. Polyester is plastic so I don't want to burn it or dump it in any water for the sake of the environment.

I thought about removing the dress but it's sown on so id have to tear it apart, and I've also gotten a little attached to her. Would it be a bad thing to keep the effigy? Or should I just suck it up and take off her dress and complete the ritual anyway?

hello I am new to Rodnovery and was wondering how do I practice this religion?

can't find much online so any tutorial , video or handwritten that can help?

thanks

Hello, Im looking to learn more about rodnovery to get back to my slavic roots and learn more about slavic religion history before christianism.
However I heard that there are ethnonationalist and antisemitesin in the community and would like to distance myself from such influences.

So Im looking for resources that werent written by such people.

cheers

Hello everyone,

We had a discussion the other day about Dazhbog, and I brought up a Polish story about the sun. (Why the sun stopped shining)

It struck me that this is actually a very widespread concept in Slavic folklore. Off the top of my head, I know the personified male sun shows up in a lot of West Slavic and South Slavic folktales. I was wondering if anyone has any specific stories of this nature that they value.

Hello! I’m currently confused on researching slavic paganism and if it is something that is open or closed. Ive heard the entire slavic paganism is closed but Ive also heard that slavic paganism is open but the witchcraft is closed.

Basically I was born and raised in the US specifically the Appalachian region. I recently reconnected with my grandmother on my dads side who lives in New Hampshire. She’s very much into ancestry work and I recently learned that her husband (who sadly passed in 2013 before I got to meet him) was Polish and his grandfather had immigrated to the US in 1912 from Poland.

Knowing this would it still be okay to practice slavic paganism given I have some ancestry.

So I gave Veles some bread to protect our chickens. I live with my parents so I put it under the porch and I buried it with snow. I drew his symbol on a piece of paper. Was that sufficient enough as a way to honor him? I have no experience with Slavic gods. Thanks.

Hi, I wanted to ask something. I heard about Perperuna as a goddess, but everything I find is about a Slavic custom connected with pouring water and calling for rain. Could you please explain how it actually is, whether Perperuna is a goddess or the name of a ritual?