Rarog ( Ukrainian Rarig , Czech. and Slovak. Rarog, Raroh, Raroch, Rarašek , Polish Raróg ) - in Slavic mythology, the fiery spirit associated with the cult of the hearth [1] .
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Description
According to Czech legend, Rarog can be born from an egg, which nine days and nights incarnate a person on the stove [2] . The horn was represented in the form of a bird (usually a carnivore - compare Czech raroh - a falcon) or a dragon with a sparkling body, flaming hair and radiance escaping from the mouth, as well as a fiery whirlwind (compare fire snake and Lithuanian Aitvaras ).
Roman Jacobson examining the horn mentions Czech. járašek , Slovenian. rárog, rárožica, járog , Horv. rarov , lit. ràragas, vãnagas [3] . Perhaps the image of Rarog is genetically associated with the ancient Russian Svarog and Russian Rakh ( Fear-Rakh of Russian conspiracies , the embodiment of the fiery wind is a dry wind ), as well as with the Iranian deity Veretragna , one of whose incarnations is a falcon. Taboo and conversion of the same name can be explained and Kashubsk. Twarog and the like. Apparently, the image of Rarog as a fiery spirit (previously, perhaps, a deity ) was Slavic.
In popular Polish beliefs, Rarog is a mythical tiny creature (it can even fit in your pocket) that brings people happiness [4] .
See also
- Firebird
- Kuigarash
- Phoenix
- Finist
Notes
- ↑ Mythological Dictionary, 1990 , p. 455.
- ↑ Ivanov Vyach. Sun , Toporov V.N. Slavic modeling semiotic systems (Ancient period). M., 1965.S. 140-141.
- ↑ Roman Jakobson . IV Svarog and his Iranian prototype. Slavic gods of Iranian background // Selected writings . - 2. - Walter de Gruyter, 1985. - Vol. 7. - P. 26-27. - ISBN 9783110106176 .
- ↑ Podgórscy B. i A. Wielka Księga Demonów Polskich - leksykon i antologia demonologii ludowej, - Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, 2005. - ISBN 83-89375-40-0
Literature
- Toporov V.N. , Ivanov Vyach. Sun Rarog // Mythological Dictionary / Ch. ed. E. M. Meletinsky . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1990. - S. 455-456.
- Machek V. Slav. rarog “Würgfalke” und sein mythologischer Zusammenhang // Linguistica Slovaca, 1941, t. 3.