Svetovid

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Svetovid is a major Slavic deity, often depicted with four heads and associated with war, abundance, and prophecy.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Svetovid canonical 2
Svantovit (or related Slavic war gods) 1
Sventovit 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Slavic deity ⓘ
fertility deity ⓘ
war deity ⓘ
associatedWith abundance ⓘ
divination ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ
war ⓘ
considered chief god by Rani Slavs ⓘ
culture Slavic ⓘ
depictedWith four faces ⓘ
horn of plenty ⓘ
sword ⓘ
white horse ⓘ
domain harvest ⓘ
oracles ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
wealth ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasAspect four directional aspects ⓘ
guardian of the world ⓘ
hasAttribute all-seeing ⓘ
four-headed ⓘ
hasColorAssociation red ⓘ
white ⓘ
hasRitual annual feast after harvest ⓘ
divination using a sacred white horse ⓘ
libations poured into horn of plenty ⓘ
influenced modern Slavic neopaganism ⓘ
mainCultCenter Arkona ⓘ
island of Rügen ⓘ
linked to: Rügen
mentionedIn medieval Christian chronicles about Slavs ⓘ
nameEtymologyRelatedTo Slavic root for seeing ⓘ
nameVariant Svantevit ⓘ
linked to: Svantovit

Svantovit ⓘ
Sventovit ⓘ
linked to: Svetovid
notableTempleDestroyedBy Danish crusaders ⓘ
notableTempleDestructionYear 1168 ⓘ
pantheon Polabian Slavic pantheon ⓘ
region Baltic coast ⓘ
Polabia ⓘ
linked to: Lusatia
religion Slavic paganism ⓘ
symbol horn of abundance ⓘ
white horse ⓘ
worshipedBy Rani Slavs ⓘ
Western Slavs ⓘ
linked to: West Slavs

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Slavic mythology → hasCoreDeity → Svetovid ⓘ
Jarilo → equivalent → Yarilo ⓘ
linked to: Svetovid
Svetovid → nameVariant → Sventovit ⓘ
linked to: Svetovid
Zbruch Idol → associatedDeity → Svetovid ⓘ
Veleti → mainDeity → Svantovit (or related Slavic war gods) ⓘ
linked to: Svetovid