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Russian Folklore: gods and goddesses
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Undergraduate 1
05/01/2012

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ROD
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creator, who gives birth
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HORS
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good god of yellow sunlight
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VELES
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god of underworld
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SVYATOGOR
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protector of the pass from underworld to real world, world of gods
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LADA
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goddess of love
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YARILO
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god of passion, fertility, spring light
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SYAROG
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god of radiant sky, creator of the Earth
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PERUN
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god of lightening and thunderstorm
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SEMARGL
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god of fire
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DAZHDBOG
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god of celestial, holy light
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STIBOG
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god of the wind
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KOSTROMA
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married her twin, Kupala, as punishment for saying that she did not wish to be married
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KUPALA
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fertility god, god of summer, twin to Kostroma
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OVSEN
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god who starts the first day of the new year
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KOYLADA
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god who is the savior from spiritual degradation, creator of the calendar
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RADOGAST
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god of glory and war
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