Rod doesn't have anthropomorfic shape like rest of
the gods, he is Cosmos itself. He is personification of the primal
nothingness which gave birth to everything. He is primal element - Air,
and from that became all other -Water, Earth, Fire; ofcourse, he
remained air. Svarog and Lada are male and female personifications of
Rod, they are examples that every contrast become from the same origin.
Svarog is father of the gods, and Lada is mother of the gods. They are
the symbols of the male and female principle, which can be recognised
in everything (they are rather mixed than separated).They also can be
called the Pre-fire and Pre-water, they continue the myth which begins
with Rod and ends with Veles (Volos), Perun, Dažbog (Dabog), Svetovid.
Many
people describe Veles as God-protector of the shepherds, cattle and
flock; that is in fact, only one of his numerous functions. He is also
God of wisdom and magic and he taught people in agriculture.
Perun
is God of thunder, he is son of Svarog and Lada, and brother of Veles,
Dažbog and Svetovid. Perun is generally symbol of militancy, he is
protector of warriors, symbol of freedom and justice.
Dažbog is God of rain (ancient Slavic word dažd,
means rain). He is friend and protector of people. Like other gods, he
also has numerous functions, but if we try to determinate most
dominated of them, that will be rain.
Svetovid
is God who has four heads, one to watch on every side of the world. He
is much more connected with the planet Earth than with the ground
(earth). Beside that, he is protector of hearth and Motherland.
Connection
Rod => Svarog + Lada = Veles, Perun, Dažbog, Svetovid;tels story
about creation of the world: ''In the beginning of time there was Rod,
and from him seceded Svarog and Lada, who had Veles, Perun, Dažbog,
Svetovid as teir sons.'' Or ''In the beggining of time there were
Cosmos, and then two contrasts seceded from him (warm and cold, light
and dark, arid and wet), then from that two contrasts four elements
were created:fire, water, earth and air.'' Magic, thunder, rain and
four sides of the world are representatives of four primal elements.
World where humans lived was called ''Jav", higher world was called ''Prav'', where gods resided and finally, ''Nav'', underground world, similar to hell.
Slavic
mythology and religion has strong connections with rest of the Indo-
European mythologies, it has many similarities with them, because
Slavic people are equal member of that tribe.
