Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
26. What was Ancient Slavic “Paganism”?
Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
Giuseppe Maiello [+]
University of Finance and Administration
Giuseppe Maiello is an associate professor and head of the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Finance and Administration in Prague, Czech Republic.
Description
Ancient Slavic paganism has had limited documentation, with two main interpretations: one seeing it as patriarchal with a male deity, while the other suggesting a society centred around Mother Earth and the spirits of nature. Some deities' names show external influences. Christianity transformed pre-Christian deities into demons. Nowadays, there's an understanding of ancient beliefs, particularly of the trickster archetype.