Hurs or Hors is the Slavic god of the winter sun. The only authentic ancient sources to mention it are the Russian Primary Chronicle and the Tale of Igor's Campaign. The name is thought to have Iranian (Scythian) origin. The Slavic peoples are defined by their linguistic attainment of the Slavic languages. ... God is the term used to denote the Supreme Being believed by many people, and especially adherents of monotheistic religions, to be the creator of the Universe, ruler and/or the sum total of, existence. ... In many parts of the world, winter is associated with snow. ... The Sun (or Sol) is the star at the center of our Solar system. ... The Russian Primary Chronicle (Russian: Повесть временных лет, Povest vremennykh let, which is often translated in English as Tale of Bygone Years), is a history of the early East Slavic state, Kievan Rus, from around 850 to 1110. ... The Tale of Igors Campaign (Old East Slavic: Слово о плъку Игоревѣ, Slovo o pălku Igorevě; Modern Russian: Слово о полку Игореве, Slovo o polku Igoreve) is an anonymous masterpiece of East Slavic literature written in Old East Slavic language and tentatively dated by the end of 12th century. ... Scythia was an area in Eurasia inhabited in ancient times by an Indo-Aryans known as the Scythians. ...

Hors represents the old sun which, in Slavic mythology, becomes smaller as the days become shorter in the Northern Hemisphere, and dies on Korochun, the winter solstice. It is said to be defeated by the dark and evil powers of Chernobog. On December 23rd Hors is resurrected and becomes the new sun, Koleda. Baba Yaga, by Ivan Bilibin. ... Northern Hemisphere highlighted in yellow. ... Karachun, Korochun or Kračún is a Slavic version of Halloween as a day when the Black God and other evil spirits are most potent. ... Illumination of Earth by Sun on the day of the northern hemisphere winter solstice Illumination of Earth by Sun on the day of the southern hemisphere winter solstice In astronomy, the winter solstice is the moment when the earth is at a point in its orbit where one hemisphere is... The Black God 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. ... (Redirected from 23 December) December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

Because of his transformation, Slavs worshipped Hors as the god of healing, survival, and the triumph of health over illness. He was purportedly seen as the master of herbs, a medicine-man and a man of knowledge. Gods with similar roles in other mythology systems include: Esculap (Hellenic), Asclaepius (Roman), Apis (Egyptian), and Baldur (Scandinavian). Healing is the process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair to reduce the size of a damaged or necrotic area. ... Survival may refer to: Survival skills Survival kit Survivalism Survival, a studio album by Grand Funk Railroad Survival (album), a Bob Marley reggae album Survival (Doctor Who), an episode of Doctor Who Survival (television), a British wildlife television program Survival International a charity Survival Festival, Australia This is a disambiguation... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... A herb (pronounced hurb in Commonwealth English and urb in American English) is a plant grown for culinary, medicinal, or in some cases even spiritual value. ... Hellenic may refer to: the Hellenic Republic (the modern Greek state) the Hellenes, itself a term for either ancient or modern Greeks anything related to Greece in general or Ancient Greece in particular. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,823,807 almost 4,000,000 1... For other uses, see Apis (Disambiguation). ... In Norse Mythology, Baldur (also Balder, ON Baldr), the god of innocence, beauty, joy, purity, and peace, is Odins second son. ... Scandinavia, Fennoscandia, and the Kola Peninsula. ...

At the winter solstice, in honour of the god Hors, Slavs danced a ritual chain-dance which was called the horo. Traditional chain-dancing in Bulgaria is still called horo. In Russia and Ukraine, it is known as khorovod. Khorovod (Russian: хоровод, Belarussian: карагод) is an art form of Eastern Slavs, a combination of a circle dance and chorus singing, similar to Chorea of ancient Greece. ...

In contrast, if one looks at Polish sources, Hors (spelled Chors and pronounced "hors") is considered to be the god of the moon rather than the sun. Slavic mythology and Slavic religion evolved over more than 3,000 years. ... Crust composition Oxygen 43% Silicon 21% Aluminium 10% Calcium 9% Iron 9% Magnesium 5% Titanium 2% Nickel 0. ...

In Serbian "`oro" meaning rounded dancing formation, in reformed Serbian after 19th century is known as "kolo". This dance is performed in the field on happy occasions.