Slavonic God Horse: who is he and how is the dance related to him?

Pre-Christian ideas about the creation of the world, othe essence of being and the meaning of human life are based on myths and legends, described in detail in ancient treatises. The basis of beliefs of our ancestors was the worship and spiritualization of the forces of nature, the veneration of powerful ancestors, the belief in the presence of supernatural forces in human life. Much attention was paid to the magical rites, the worship of idols, sacrifices and traditional feasts. All this was intended to help negotiate with the higher powers, appease them and "lure" them to the side of people.

Deities

Before the baptism of Rus, all the people in our land were pagans. Therefore, there are a lot of deities in Slavic mythology. The main gods of the Slavic pantheon include:

• God of thunder and warriors is Perun;
• The God of the world of the otherworld and the patron of livestock is Veles;
• The God of heaven is Stribog;
• The goddess of manual female labor (sewing, weaving) - Mokosh;
• The gods of the sun - Carol, Dazhbog, Yarila, God Horse.

Depending on the place of residence of the Slavic people, the number of revered deities can differ significantly. God Hors (Horos, Horseth), for example, does not appear in all sources.

Idols

Archaeological and written sourcesevidence of the existence of Slavs idols - wooden, stone, metal images of the gods. God Hors, for example, was often portrayed as a bearded man in a helmet, with a symbol of the sun - a whirlpool in his hands.

Idol worship took place in open sanctuaries - often in forests. Kapischa - a kind of arbor - arranged on the glades, fenced the place with a fence and in the middle of the required bred a fireplace.

In addition to deities, the Slavs worshiped stones, rivers, marshes, lakes, springs from the earth with springs with spring water, as well as the sun, the moon and the stars.

God Horse from the Slavs

This deity is the keeper of solar heatand light. But on the Russian land, there were four Gods related to the sun at the same time: Kolyada, Dazhdbog, Yarila and God Horse (Cors). What is the difference?

• Kolyada is the sun god of winter or evening. This deity is dedicated to winter fortune telling, songs and games - carols.
• Dazhdbog personifies the light of the sky, he opposesthe forces of Navi (Darkness). Its symbol is the white light, which always exists, even in cloudy and gloomy weather. Its time of the year is summer. And the time of day is day.
• Jarilo is rather a spring, morning God, or even a ritual character. It symbolizes the future fertility and the end of winter - Shrovetide.
• God Horse of the ancient Slavs, according to myths, wasbrother of Veles and son of Roda. He is the patron of yellow, golden sunlight, the sun of autumn and night. It is with his character that the movement of the Sun over the sky is most connected.

Horsa Day is Sunday, and also the dayautumn solstice, falling at the end of September. Metal - blackened silver. The tree of the powerful God is maple, it is called to help people to find calmness, restraint.

Horse in myths and legends never appearsone, he, like the sun without a day, can not be without Dazhbog. In addition to light and sun heat, a good rain is also needed for the harvest. And then Perun will come to the rescue with his storm clouds and Lord of the Wind Stribog.

How Horses Looks

According to ancient legends, this deity is depicted inhuman form. He is a bearded, rosy-cheeked man of about 35, who always smiles very reservedly. He is dressed in cool clothes: it is always a shirt, a raincoat and pants, sometimes a helmet. In his hands, on his head or in the sky, Heavenly Sunshine is depicted, or the ancient language symbol of the sun - the spinner.

Origin of the word round dance

Strangely enough, many words in our languageappear not at all by chance. Etymology maintains that the origin of most words in the Russian language is of particular importance. Here also God Hors (the Slavs), the photo of which is presented below, became the "progenitor" of such words as "good", "good", "chorus", "chorom", "round dance", "ring", "wheel" and others.

The thing is that the roots are "good" (or "colo"),which earlier denote the "solar disk", are directly related to the concept of "circle", "circle". And all the words derived from this root are connected with the circle. Horomy is a circular building. The word "good" in Rus was synonymous with words round, well-fed. A famous ritual dance - round dance, as everyone knows, is the movement of people in a circle.

Also on behalf of the god Hors there were names of such words as "bell", "colobok", "count", "about" and "colt" (the most famous pagan symbol and amulet, which denotes movement of the sun in a circle).

God Horse. What was he praying about?

During the rituals dedicated to this deity,there were funny mass festivities, dances and games, they always bred a big bonfire, in winter they swam in the ice hole and performed sacrifices. No, it's not the bloody murders of people and animals that the Christians like to attribute to the ancient Slavs and paganism in general. Sacrifices consisted of a variety of dishes, baked goods and a small portion of the newly harvested crop. One of the traditional dishes of these holidays was a round pie, which was called khoroshul.

This solar deity was prayed for help in agriculture, forging, good harvest and clear weather. Horsa was asked to calm the blizzards and snowfalls, to give strength to fight the evil forces from Navi.

The Dark Incarnation

Opposing the God of the autumn sun isThe Dark Horse. This is a creation of evil, which, although clearly weaker than a good double, yet still brings people such misfortunes as snow avalanches, drifts, snowstorms and severe frosts. It was believed that the winter attacks of the Evil Deity would be saved by an amulet with an image of the swastika symbols, a prayer to an idol and indulgence of the spirit by delicacies.