Chernobog
Slavic · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
West Slavic 'black god' of evil and misfortune, recorded by Helmold among the Wends.
Domains
- misfortune
Powers
- Send evil fortune and ill fate
Epithets
- the Black God The black god, invoked to avert evil and misfortune among the Wendish SlavsHelmold of Bosau, Chronica Slavorum (primary)
- Zcerneboch the Black God (god of misfortune)Helmold of Bosau, Chronica Slavorum (c. 1168) (primary)
Relations
- enemy: BelobogReciprocal of slavic_belobog.enemy — Helmold records the Wends' black god of misfortune; the white god of good fortune is his inferred dualistic counterpart.Helmold of Bosau, Chronica Slavorum I.52 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Helmold, Chronica Slavorum I.52 (Zcerneboch) (primary)