List of Slavic mythological figures

This is a list of Slavic deities, spirits and mythological creatures.

Deities

Perun – god of thunder and lightning

Veles – god of the earth, waters, and the underworld

Major gods

• Dažbog - Sun god, possibly a culture hero and a source of wealth and power
• Jarilo - God of war, vegetation, fertility and spring; also associated with harvest
• Lada - Goddess of love and marriage, summer and beauty, according to some supreme goddess
• Vesna - Goddess of spring and love
• Morana - Goddess of harvest, witchcraft, winter and death
• Perun - God of thunder and lightning, also is worshiped as supreme god.
• Rod - The birth-giver, creator of all existent. Supreme god, according to some theories
• Svarog - God of fire, sometimes described as a smith god.
• Svetovid - God of war, fertility and abundance
• Triglav - Three-headed god of war
• Veles - God of earth, waters, and the underworld
• Zaria - Goddess of beauty
• Živa - Goddess of love and fertility
• The Zorya - Two guardian goddesses that represent the morning and evening stars, guard over Simargl

Other gods

• Belobog - The God; speculated to be a god of light and sun
• Berstuk - Evil Wendish god of the forest
• Chernobog - The Black God; speculated to be the opposite number of Belobog
• Dodola - Goddess of rain, sometimes believed to be the wife of Perun
• Dogoda - Polish spirit of the west wind, associated with love and gentleness
• Dziewona - Virgin goddess of the hunt; equivalent of the Roman goddess Diana, or Greek goddess Artemis
• Dzydzilelya - Polish goddess of love, marriage, sexuality and fertility
• Flins - Wendish god of death
• Hors - God of the winter sun, healing, survival, and the triumph of health over illness
• Ipabog - God of the hunt
• Juthrbog - Wendish moon god
• Karewit - Wendish protector of the town of Charenza
• Kresnik (deity) - Fire god
• Kupala - God of fertility
• Koliada - Goddess of the sky, responsible for the sunrise
• Lada - Fakeloric goddess of harmony, merriment, youth, love and beauty, constructed by scholars during the Renaissance
• Marowit - Wendish god of nightmares
• Marzyana - Polish goddess of the grain
• Matka Gabia - Polish goddess of the home and hearth
• Mokosh - Goddess connected with female activities such as shearing, spinning and weaving
• Myesyats - God of the moon
• Oynyena Maria - Polish fire goddess who assists Perun
• Oźwiena - Goddess of echo, gossip, fame and glory
• Peklenc - God of the underground and a divine judge
• Percunatel - Polish goddess, purported to be Perun's mother
• Pereplut - Goddess of drink and changing fortunes
• Podaga - Wendish god of weather, fishing, hunting and farming
• Porewit - God of the woods, who protected lost voyagers and punished those who mistreated the forest
• Radegast - God of hospitality, fertility and crops
• Rugiewit - Local personification of Perun, worshipped by members of the Rani in Charenza
• Siebog - God of love and marriage; consort of Živa
• Siliniez - Polish woodland god for whom moss was sacred
• Stribog - God and spirit of the winds, sky and air
• Sudice - The Fates of Polish mythology, who meted out fortune, destiny, judgement and in some cases, fatality, when a child was born
• Sudz - Polish god of destiny and glory
• Tawals - Blessing-bringing god of the meadows and fields
• Varpulis - God of storm winds and companion of Perun
• Vesna - Goddess of spring and nature
• Zeme - Goddess of the earth
• Zirnitra - Dragon god of sorcery
• Zislbog - Wendish moon goddess; also known as Kricco, goddess of the seed
• Żywie - Goddess of health and healing

Spirits and demons

• Ala - Demons of bad weather
• Baba Yaga (Babaroga) - A witch-like character who eats small children and lives in a house which stands on chicken feet
• Bagiennik - Water demons who lived in lakes and rivers
• Bannik - A bathhouse spirit with the ability to predict the future
• Bies - An evil spirit; translated as Fiend in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Blud - An evil spirit who causes disorientation
• Boginki - Polish spirits who were said to steal babies and replace them with Odmieńce
• Dola - Protective spirits who embody human fate
• Domovoi - Household spirits
• Drekavac - A creature believed to come from the soul of a dead unbaptised child
• German - A male spirit associated with rain and hail
• Kikimora - Female household spirit, sometimes said to be married to the Domovoi
• Koschei - An evil being who cannot be killed because his soul is hidden separate from his body
• Leshy - Woodland spirits who protect wild animals and forests
• Likho - A one-eyed embodiment of evil fate and misfortune
• Polevik - Field spirits who appear either at noon or at sunset
• Polunocnica - "Lady Midnight", a demoness said to frighten children at night; translated as Nightwraith in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Pscipolnitsa - "Lady Midday"; a noon demon who roamed the fields and struck down workers with heatstroke; translated as Noonwraith in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Poroniec - a malicious spirit who comes from the souls of stillborn fetuses; translated as Botchling in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Raróg - Creature who turns himself into a whirlwind
• Rusalka - Often-malevolent female ghosts, water nymphs, succubi or mermaid-like demons that dwelled in waterways
• Shishiga - Female creature who harasses people and brings misfortune to drunkards
• Skrzak - A flying imp
• Stuhać - A demonic, mountain-dwelling creature
• Topielec - Malevolent spirits of human souls that died drowning
• Vampir - A revenant that feeds on the blood of the living
• Vila - Elven-like spirits
• Vodyanoy - A male water spirit
• Vucari - Wolf-humans
• Zduhać - A man with extraordinary supernatural abilities

Creatures

• Alkonost - A legendary bird with the head and chest of a woman
• Bukavac - A six-legged monster with gnarled horns who lived in lakes and attacked during the night
• Cikavac - A winged animal that would fulfill its owner's wishes and enable its owner to understand the animal language
• Firebird - A magical glowing bird which is both a blessing and bringer of doom to its captor
• Gamayun - A prophetic bird with the head of a woman
• Karzełek - A dwarf who lived in mines and underground workings, and was a guardian of gems, crystals, and precious metals
• Psoglav - A demonic creature described as having a human body with horse legs, and dog's head with iron teeth and a single eye on the forehead
• Psotnik - An elf
• Simargl - The father of Skif, founder of Scythia; often portrayed as a large dog with wings
• Sirin - A creature with the head and chest of a woman and the body of a bird
• Zmey - A dragon-like creature

See also

• Slavic fairies
• Legendary creatures
• List of deities
• Christian mythology
• Eastern Orthodox Church