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Encyclopedia > Stribog

Stribog (Strzybog, Стрибог), in the Slavic pantheon, is the god and spirit of the winds, sky and air; he is said to be the ancestor (grandfather) of the winds of the eight directions. The etymology of the name is disputed, see here. Baba Yaga, by Ivan Bilibin. ...


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Slavic god; as recorded in the Kievan Primary Chronicle, Stribog was worshipped officially by the Russians during the late 900s.
Of the major East Slavic deities, Stribog is the most vaguely defined.
Stribog's function also remains unclear, although it seems that he was a weather or wind god.
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