Rod (Slavic religion)
| Rod | |
|---|---|
Ancestors, fate, spiritual continuity, family continuity | |
Anthropomorphic representation of Rod in a temple of the Native Ukrainian National Faith. | |
| Other names | Sud |
| Abode | Vyraj |
| Symbol | Rosette |
| Ethnic group | East Slavs, South Slavs |
| Consort | Rozhanitsa |
| Equivalents | |
| Roman | Quirinus |
| Celtic | Toutatis |
In the pre-Christian religion of Eastern and Southern Slavs, Rod (Slovenian, Croatian Bosnian: Rod, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian Cyrillic: Род, Ukrainian Cyrillic: Рід) is the god of the family, ancestors and fate. Among Southern Slavs, he is also known as Sud ("(the) Judge"). He is usually mentioned together with Rozhanitsy deities (among Southern Slavs, the Sudzenitsy). One's first haircut (postriziny) was dedicated to him, in a celebration in which he and the rozhanitsy were given a meal and the cut hair. His cult lost its importance through time, and in the ninth or tenth century he was replaced by Perun, Svarog and/or Svetevid, which explains his absence in the pantheon of Vladimir the Great.