Jagoda

Since y'all keep sending me at least five asks monthly about sources on slavic paganism i guess it's about time i be nice and stop accidentally ignoring them for weeks 😭 not intentional i prommy.

Disclaimer: I am not a scholar nor a historian, i can make mistakes, please don't kill me in my inbox if i accidentally spread misinformation, just tell me nicely i am sensitive 🥹 also my English isn't the best sorry

HISTORICAL CHRONICLES AND SOURCES

*keep in mind, these may be biased, as most of these chronicles were written by Christian writers, and every merchant likes to brag about their goods. Take everything as a grain of salt.*

Nestor's chronicle

Chronicle of the Czechs

Thietmar chronicon

Saxo Grammaticus' sources

Helmond's Chronica Slavorum

Knytlinga Saga

Długosz Chronicle

Hypatian chronicle

The tale of Igor's campaign

Other sources (modern)

Books:

Bogowie - T.D. Kokoszka

Discovering rodnovery - Perun Mountain

Russian myths - Elizabeth Warner

Balkan Traditional Witchcraft - Radomir Ristic

Youtube:

https://youtube.com/@lugvelesa?si=PBNCbgUL_6aNJ6oB

https://youtu.be/phqnRzQgntY?si=GBP89fGP48YQzUzz

https://youtube.com/@polishfolkwitch?si=5E76DZ5hZRlHLCV9

https://youtube.com/@slavicdoe_folklore?si=CTmqE0gIJPW0MTKj

Sources list of folklore from slavic pagan Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Rodnovery/s/G1A7cjDPYU

Serbian language sources:

Slovenska Mitologija - Luj Leze

O srpskom vrhovnom bogu - Veselin Cajkanovic

Slovenska Mitologija - Nenad Gajic (good for children too!)

Mitska bića srpskih predanja - Slobodan Zecevic

Rečnik slovenske mitologije - (also good for children, illustrated)

Stara srpska religija i mitologija - Veselin Cajkanovic

And i think , at least in my opinion, deities can do that too. Doesn't mean you shouldn't build a deep personal relationship with them, but that's not the only way of it. Sometimes they will give you a small blessing even if you just started worshipping them. They know we are mortal and less capable of some stuff, especially in this modern era. But when a deity sees that you need help with something, they will often help, maybe you don't realize it.

Idk, personally, when i find myself in a problem and it sometimes gets solved with an intervention of a deity, it does feel different in my experience.

And for a while i wondered if this includes my deities. 🤔

But then i remember that maybe it's just that before it being helping myself, my thoughts were that no one can save me but myself.

And it was just a product of my own negative thoughts that no one even wants to save me, or even help me in times of need.

And the thought bled out into my spiritual viewpoint.

My deities want to help, a lot of the times.

Then your youngest son, whom you sent into a prestigious school in a big city to learn, sends you a message. He was supposed to learn about the myth of Kronos eating his children. You fear he might get scared or something.

But this is the message your son sends you.

So i remember watching the new Avatar Aang movie a while ago (i didn't know it was leaked at all, i thought since it was on a popular site in my country maybe it was just released silently cuz paramount ran outta money or something) and i remember that one Airbender ancient city being mentioned.

Now i had a problem with hearing back then. And when they mentioned the city name , which was apparently Jharana???

I was like

HOLY SHIT TIRANA IS IN AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER??? THEY PUT THE CAPITAL OF ALBANIA IN THAT SHOW???

And my father, who has a few Albanian coworkers, a few days after that came home from work asked me on phone "Do you know what the president of Albania did?"

And without any hesitation, i said "He paid Paramount to put their capital into ATLA?"