Slavic Creation Myth | Slavic Mythology | Mythology Stories

The Slavic peoples had various versions of how the earth was created – in one version, the supreme god Rod existed in darkness, while an egg contained Svarog, the god of fire and blacksmithing. Svarog broke out of the egg and created the world from the pieces of eggshell, including the world tree that separated the heavens from the sea and the land. In another version, two pigeons sitting on an oak in the middle of the ocean created the world. And in what appears to be a Christianized version, God and the devil created the world together.

The reason for these variants could be because of the oral tradition and wide geographical region in which the myth developed. But no matter the version, the myth almost always has two deities, oftentimes one light and one dark, creating the world, as the Slavic people had a very strong dualistic world view.

The version told in this video comes from the “Songs of the Bird Gamayun”, thought to be a prophetic bird of wisdom.

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