#veles

A short post

This is going to be a short one. But i feel like it will help a lot of people understand this mysterious faith.

I've gotten so many questions regarding deity worship in slavic paganism across social media and with real life friends, which is absolutely okay, i love answering questions.

But the thing i always tell people is:

In Slavic paganism, deity worship is not the first priority.

Many medieval historians who wrote chronicles and books on Slavic pagan customs wrote about this.

Slavic paganism is a nature based religion. And while worshipping deities is always important, in slavic paganism there are many other aspects of non-deity related worship and veneration that we should know about.

Some of them being:

1. Ancestor veneration.

2. Nature (spirits) worship

3. House spirit worship (Domovoi and Kikimora the house spirits)

Another big thing in Slavic paganism is community. Of course, in this modern day world, community of friendly pagans is hard to find. Social media making it a bit easier.

But community doesn't always need to have same beliefs. I'm sure many non-slavic pagans (such as hellenic polytheists) would love to learn more about this faith. And so would many atheists and christians.

Of course, this is NOT to say that deity worship is not important. But this is some parallel that slavic paganism has with other pagan paths. People in modern day like to prioritize deity worship, as they believe that deities are more divine and powerful than nature spirits such as rusalki, vili (fairies), house spirits and mythical creatures.

But we gotta remember that ALL those beings are still divine. And while that one river spirit you've been talking to doesn't know as much as Perun does on the topic you want to learn, they still know much more than us.

Divine beings aren't omnipotent, but I'm sure they know a lot of things better than us, and know some things about us that that even our subconscious mind does.

Sooo... That's it!

ttrpg blorbos

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