Rod

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Rod is the primordial Slavic deity associated with creation, fate, and ancestral kinship, often regarded as the supreme god in early Slavic belief.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rod canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Slavic deity ⓘ
creator god ⓘ
primordial deity ⓘ
associatedWith Rozhanitsy ⓘ
ancestors ⓘ
ancestral kinship ⓘ
clan ⓘ
creation ⓘ
family lineage ⓘ
fate ⓘ
conceptualDomain cosmogony ⓘ
destiny ⓘ
kinship ⓘ
consideredAs source of fate ⓘ
source of life ⓘ
cosmicFunction origin of order ⓘ
origin of the world ⓘ
cultEvidence attested in medieval Slavic sermons against paganism ⓘ
reconstructed from later Christian-era sources ⓘ
culture Slavic peoples ⓘ
linked to: Slavs
etymologyRelatedTo Slavic word "rod" meaning "birth" ⓘ
Slavic word "rod" meaning "kin" or "clan" ⓘ
functionWithRozhanitsy determining fate of newborns ⓘ
hasCompanions Rozhanitsy ⓘ
laterInterpretation sometimes syncretized with Christian God in folk belief ⓘ
laterPerception condemned as pagan by Christian clergy ⓘ
linkedConcept continuity of the family line ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
household prosperity ⓘ
mythologicalType ancestor deity ⓘ
creator deity ⓘ
fate deity ⓘ
region Eastern Europe ⓘ
Slavic lands ⓘ
religion Slavic paganism ⓘ
role supreme god in early Slavic belief ⓘ
scholarlyDebate extent of his worship is disputed ⓘ
status as supreme god is debated ⓘ
statusInMythology central figure in some reconstructions of Slavic pantheon ⓘ
possibly pre-tribal pan-Slavic deity ⓘ
symbolicRole personification of origin and birth ⓘ
personification of the family line ⓘ
timePeriodOfCult pre-Christian era ⓘ
worshipContext ancestral rites ⓘ
family rituals ⓘ
household cult ⓘ
worshipedBy early Slavs ⓘ

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