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5 unusual facts about Slavic religion


Banner of Poland

It was both a religious and military symbol; the stanice were kept either inside or outside pagan temples in peacetime and were taken to war as military insignia.

Book of Veles

The Book of Veles (also: Veles Book, Vles book, Vlesbook, Isenbeck's Planks, Велесова книга, Велесова књига, Велес книга, Книга Велеса, Дощечки Изенбека, Дощьки Изенбека) is a literary forgery claimed to be a text of ancient Slavic religion and history purportedly written on wooden planks.

Iriy

Iriy, Irij or Vyriy, according to neo-paganist manuals, was the paradise in old Slavic religion and part of Svarga.

Poland–Serbia relations

As having origin in the Proto-Slavs, the two were pagan (Slavic religion) until forming of Christianity as state-religion; 867–886 in Serbia with the baptism of Mutimir (possibly by Eastern Christian Cyril and Methodius), and 966 in Poland with the baptism of Mieszko I (by Western Christian Jordan).

Trizna

Trizna was a funeral feast which, as a part of Slavic religion, was made for distinguished members of society before their cremation.



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