Svarozhich
Slavic · deity · pantheon era · Recorded classification
Slavic fire god, son of Svarog, personifying the flame of the hearth and forge.
Parentage
- parent: Svarog
Domains
- fire
Powers
- Embody and kindle the earthly hearth fire
Epithets
- Zuarasici Latinised form of Svarožič, fire-god worshipped at Riedegost/RethraThietmar of Merseburg, Chronicon VI.23; Bruno of Querfurt, Epistola ad Henricum II (primary)
Relations
- sibling: DazhbogReciprocal of slavic_dazhbog.sibling — The chronicle gloss makes sun (Dazhbog) and fire (Svarozhich) the two sons of Svarog the heavenly smith.Hypatian Codex s.a. 6622 (1114), Malalas gloss (primary)
Sources
- existence: Thietmar of Merseburg, Chronicon (Zuarasici at Radogost) (primary)