F A C T No. 5
Slavs
No one knows when they appeared, but their language already existed in the 4th – 5th centuries. They lived in communities, during the military campaigns they chose the prince, at first he did not rule the community. They were engaged in cattle breeding and agriculture. Religion is paganism. The oldest layer of religious beliefs of the Eastern Slavs was the worship of inanimate objects accompanying human life. This corresponds to such an early form of religion as fetishism. Then there was totemism, then polytheism. The ancestor of the gods was Svarog - the god of heaven. The son of Svarog was considered Svarozhich - the god of fire, the other son of Svarog personified the sun (Dazhdbog). Horse was also considered the God of the sun among the Slavs. God of the wind, storms - Stribog. Volos or Veles was the god of cattle, trade, and wealth. Among the gods, Perun stood out - the god of thunder, lightning and thunder.