Cult of Gods

Stribog

Slavic tradition. See the whole pantheon.

Domains
wind (disputed)
Ivan Bilibin, Baba Yaga, an illustration for a Russian fairy tale (1900s).
Ivan Bilibin, Baba Yaga, an illustration for a Russian fairy tale (1900s).

Key myth

Named among Vladimir's idols and in the Tale of Igor's Campaign, where the winds are 'Stribog's grandchildren'. The name's meaning is debated.

Primary sources

  • Primary Chronicle (980)
  • Tale of Igor's Campaign

All sources for the Slavic pantheon

Place in the family graph

Choose a deity to see where it comes from. Dashed lines are links the sources describe that are not parent and child.

SvarogDazhbogPerunVeles / VolosMokoshStribogKhorsSimarglSvantevitChernobogMarzanna / Morana

More traditions

Odin rides to Hel, W. G. Collingwood, after the Poetic Edda.NorsePapyrus of Ani, British Museum (New Kingdom), a Book of the Dead.EgyptianA chaos monster and a sun god, drawn by L. Gruner for A. H. Layard's Monuments of Nineveh.MesopotamianVishvarupa Vishnu, Kashmir or Himachal, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection.Hindu

Elsewhere in the world

Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Stribog: sky, storm and thunder. This is overlap in one area only.

Norse

Thor

thunder, protection of gods and people, strength

Norse

Freyr

peace, fertility, sunshine

Egyptian

Shu

air, sunlight

Egyptian

Tefnut

moisture, the lion's rage

Egyptian

Nut

sky, stars

Egyptian

Seth

storm, desert, chaos

Egyptian

Horus

kingship, sky

Egyptian

Hathor

love, music, joy

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