Crnobog (The Black God) or Pya is the god of night and darkness in Slavic mythology, and the waning year in opposition to Belobog, the White God of the waxing year. The sinister holiday of Korochun was devoted to him. Baba Yaga, by Ivan Bilibin. ... In Slavic mythology, Belabog (alternately Bialbog, Byelobog, Bielobog, Belun, Bylun) (bel-oh-bog | byal-bog | bel-oon, from Slavic bel, byal (white or light) and bog (god), literally meaning White God) is a solar deity in the Slavic pantheon. ... Karachun, Korochun or Kračún is a Slavic version of Halloween as a day when the Black God and other evil spirits are most potent. ...

It should be noted that the ancient Slavic religion, possibly influenced by Persian or Zoroastrian sources, made wide use of dualism and therefore Crnobog might not necessarily be associated with evil in the typical sense. He is simply the opposite of Belobog, just as night opposes day, winter opposes summer, fire opposes water, and so on. As with other religions superseded by Christianity, the pagan gods tended to be painted in newer, more negative light, or at the very least had several key deities immediately re affixed to key Christian concepts (In the case of Crnobog, to 'Evil' or the Devil). The opposition and combination of the universes two basic principles of Yin and Yang is a large part of Taoist philosophy. ... In Slavic mythology, Belabog (alternately Bialbog, Byelobog, Bielobog, Belun, Bylun) (bel-oh-bog | byal-bog | bel-oon, from Slavic bel, byal (white or light) and bog (god), literally meaning White God) is a solar deity in the Slavic pantheon. ...

He is also known as the God of Chaos and Night and as the Black God of the Dead, ruler of Nav, son of Zmey, husband of Morena. He is strongly associated with Koschey as one of his incarnations or just an epithet (Black God Koschey). Calling Koschey by name was bad luck, thus only the epithet was left. This article contains information that has not been verified. ... Zmey is a mythical opponent of Slavic gods. ... Marzana, Murava or Morena is the Slavic goddess of witchcraft, death and winter. ... In Russian mythology, especially in the Caucasus region, Koschei (Коще́й) is an evil spirit with a terrible appearance, menacing principally young women. ...

The name is spelled variously according to the specific Slavic language: The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages) comprise the languages of the Slavic peoples. ...

• Crnobog: South Slavic Crno "black" and Bog "god", pronounced Tser-nah-bog, can rhyme with There-are-not
• Chernevog
• Chernobog: in Latin characters, transliterated from Cyrillic
• Czarnobóg: in Polish, pr. char-NOH-book
• Czernobuh
• Zcernoboch
• Zernebog

Crnobog is one of the sources of inspiration for Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain", where he is portrayed as the Black God of evil, woe, and grief. South Slavic languages is one of the three groups of Slavic languages (besides West and East Slavic). ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first letters) is an alphabet used to write six natural Slavic languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский) (March 9/21, 1839 – March 16/28, 1881; sometimes spelled Modeste Moussorgsky (and Russians often prefer to transliterate his name now as the phonetically correct Modest Petrovič Musorgskij), was an innovative Russian composer famed for his colourful, exotic, and lush orchestral pieces dedicated to various subjects... Night on Bald Mountain is the common name for (Ivanova noch na Lisoy gore), a tone poem by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, a Russian composer and member of The Five, Mily Balakirevs group dedicated to producing a distinctly Russian kind of music. ...

Crnobog in Novels

• Rusalka, Chernevog and Yvgenie by C. J. Cherryh (as "Chernevog")
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (as "Czernobog")
• The Shadow of the Lion and This Rough Magic by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer (as "Chernobog")
• The Peshawar Lancers by S. M. Stirling (as "Tchernobog")

Rusalka is a 1989 book by C. J. Cherryh. ... Chernevog is a 1990 book by C. J. Cherryh. ... Yvgenie is a 1991 book by C. J. Cherryh. ... C. J. Cherryh (born September 1, 1942) is the slightly modified working name of United States science fiction and fantasy author Carolyn Janice Cherry, the sister of artist David A. Cherry. ... American Gods is a novel by Neil Gaiman. ... Neil Gaiman (November 2004) Neil Richard Gaiman () (born November 10, 1960 in Portchester, Hampshire) is an English Jewish author of numerous science fiction and fantasy works, including many comic books. ... Mercedes Lackey (born June 24, 1950) (also known as Misty Lackey) is a prolific American author of fantasy novels. ... Eric Flint (born California, 1947) is an American science fiction and fantasy author and editor. ... Dave Freer is a South African-born science fiction author writing mostly humourous or alternate history novels. ... The Peshawar Lancers is an alternate history adventure novel by S. M. Stirling, with its point of divergence set in 1878. ... Stephen Michael Stirling is a Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy author. ...

Crnobog in Movies

As "Chernabog" he features in the "Night On Bald Mountain" sequence in Disney's Fantasia (1940). Chernabog Chernabog is a fictional character who appears in the Night on Bald Mountain scene of Walt Disneys Fantasia (1940). ... Walt Disney Pictures is a United States-based movie studio, and is a division of The Walt Disney Company. ... Fantasia is a 1940 motion picture, the third in the Disney animated features canon, which was a Walt Disney experiment in animation and music. ...

Crnobog in computer and video games

• "Tchernobog" is the final boss of Blood.
• "Czernobog" is the level 3 dark Fusion monster that Yuri Hyuga can fuse into and become in Shadow Hearts.

This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Shadow Hearts is a series of role playing games for the PlayStation 2. ...

External link

• A sum of the legend of Belobog and Crnobog