Many of these traditions, especially in the Balto-slavic regions are not mere reconstructions but continuations, as they were the last to be Christianized and even then, not fully. Traditional beliefs survived up into the present in remote and rural areas, indigenous European religious revival draws on these surviving beliefs and practices as well as accounts of those from before the conquest of Christianity.
A few constructive criticisms. So, the opening is rather inaccurate. There are surviving traditions in Slavic faith, not all of it is reconstruction/revival. We "believe that it is the ancient religion" in cases where it is, because that's what a surviving practice is. See the ritual of Marzanna (a ritual with a goddess still practiced today, which never went away) or the spirits we never stopped calling bogowie/gods (which is seen in writing from every century). Many of our rituals are unbroken traditions. It is seen like how British Celts began worshipping Roman deities when Rome came, but the Roman faith faded after the empire; Christianity was added alongside, and now some choose to remove the Christian half. A note that "pogan" linguistically is a bit more like how "degenerate" or "barbarian" are used in english, essentially a slur. Too weighty to casually reclaim without raising lots of discomfort. For slavs who don't want to be overly political, using that word makes us sound extremist off the bat. I appreciate your stressing of diversity. Good on you for that. Very neglected but very important. The pronunciations weren't the worst i've heard xD. Mentions of ancestors and nature spirits is also appreciated. Native Siberians have their own religions, like indigenous americans in the US do, often related to Tengrism. Slavs and Siberians are a bit like cousins, we share similarities from our roots which is why western slavs (unexposed to Siberians) also share some similarities. We have not recently exchanged as much as some folks imply. I would add that most of us think spoken language is magic. It is usually not necessarily any written alphabet, the magic usually comes from the breath/soul giving shape to the words. Maybe some alphabets are seen as "closer" to the spoken forms, but most of us would still value speaking most highly. All in all, not bad. Most major misinformation was avoided. Clearly not just a "wikipedia script". Better than 90% of such introductions. Room for improvement but appreciated for the care taken.
As a Christian. As long as these people aren't sacrificing Humans (There's no real Evidence Ancient Pagans did anyway) im more than willing and ready to accept and respect them.
@@vasanthakumar526 I honestly don't think they do. The Religions that performed sacrifices of animals, such as the Greeks and Romans, aren't actually forms of Paganism.
Veles is god of cattle herders,theirs protector,who are called vlasi and are from serbia.Yarilo/Jarilo is not god of the sun,but god of war,since his name comes from serbian name Jare/Goat.
Pagan in latin language means Dirty,and slavic religion is not 'dirty'.Slavic religion was 5508 years old when Jesus was born,and It's belivers have worshiped 109 slavic deities,4 annual seasons,and 3 greatest slavic emperors.One of the oldest slavic religions is called vedizam/vedism,who's name comes from slavic word veda,and slavic word veda comes from slavic word propoveda/preaching.PS:Here few slavic words with veda in it,just in case if hindu thieves try to steal slavic veda.Propoveda-Preaching,Prosveda-Protest,Zapoveda-Commands,Ispoveda-Confess it,Izpovedaonica-Confession room.And veda is also letter v in slavic glagoljica alphabet.
Yes we are thieves verliy here is the truth. Rigveda 8.100 "Nema says, "verilythere is no Indra", who has ever seen him? Whom shall we praise" Indra replies (Indra speaks): "here I am, worshipper, behold me here; I overpower all beings by my might; the offerersof sacrifice magnify me by their praises; I, the shatterer, shatter the worlds". We are descended from Aryans who descend from a people related to slavs.
"Devana" is Dervana slavic goddess of forest,and she have a counter part Dervan,a god of forest and forest creatures.Theirs names comes from slavic word Dervo,meaning Wood.And Odin is not "norse god",becouse his name comes from slavic word Rodin,meaning i give birth.
You also worship ruglu who in the vedas we call rudra. Here is a verse praising him rigveda 7.59.12 "We worship Tryambaka, whose fame is fragrant, the augmenter of increase; may I be liberated fromdeath, and, like the urvāruka from its stalk, but not to immortality; let us worship Trayambaka, whose fame isfragrant, the augmenter of increase; may I be liberated from death like the urvāruka from its stalk, but not untoimmortality" rigveda 6.49.10 "Exalt Rudra, the parent of the world, with these hmns by day; (exalt) Rudra (with them) by night; animated by the far-seeing, we invoke him, mighty, of plural asing aspect, undecaying, endowed with felicity, (the source of) prosperity". Also Odinn means rage and furious and rudra comes from the word rude meaning the same
@@Jasmin.M-hz5ty you're just proving you know nothing neither about Slavs, nor Slavic Native Faith. Judging by what misconceptions you're writing you've probably been brainwashed by Inglists or a similar cult.
Many of these traditions, especially in the Balto-slavic regions are not mere reconstructions but continuations, as they were the last to be Christianized and even then, not fully. Traditional beliefs survived up into the present in remote and rural areas, indigenous European religious revival draws on these surviving beliefs and practices as well as accounts of those from before the conquest of Christianity.
Movements like these make me hopeful!
Good and informative video.
A few constructive criticisms.
So, the opening is rather inaccurate. There are surviving traditions in Slavic faith, not all of it is reconstruction/revival. We "believe that it is the ancient religion" in cases where it is, because that's what a surviving practice is. See the ritual of Marzanna (a ritual with a goddess still practiced today, which never went away) or the spirits we never stopped calling bogowie/gods (which is seen in writing from every century). Many of our rituals are unbroken traditions. It is seen like how British Celts began worshipping Roman deities when Rome came, but the Roman faith faded after the empire; Christianity was added alongside, and now some choose to remove the Christian half.
A note that "pogan" linguistically is a bit more like how "degenerate" or "barbarian" are used in english, essentially a slur. Too weighty to casually reclaim without raising lots of discomfort. For slavs who don't want to be overly political, using that word makes us sound extremist off the bat.
I appreciate your stressing of diversity. Good on you for that. Very neglected but very important. The pronunciations weren't the worst i've heard xD.
Mentions of ancestors and nature spirits is also appreciated.
Native Siberians have their own religions, like indigenous americans in the US do, often related to Tengrism. Slavs and Siberians are a bit like cousins, we share similarities from our roots which is why western slavs (unexposed to Siberians) also share some similarities. We have not recently exchanged as much as some folks imply.
I would add that most of us think spoken language is magic. It is usually not necessarily any written alphabet, the magic usually comes from the breath/soul giving shape to the words. Maybe some alphabets are seen as "closer" to the spoken forms, but most of us would still value speaking most highly.
All in all, not bad. Most major misinformation was avoided. Clearly not just a "wikipedia script". Better than 90% of such introductions. Room for improvement but appreciated for the care taken.
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Noticed the pfp
"Pagan is sometimes seen as a Christian-centric term" it is a term fundamental to Christian worldview, lol.
Hail Gods
As a Christian. As long as these people aren't sacrificing Humans (There's no real Evidence Ancient Pagans did anyway) im more than willing and ready to accept and respect them.
They are not sacrifiying humans. No need to hate them.
@@vasanthakumar526 I already said they weren't
@@phicks7963 Oh yes. But they sacrifice some animals. That's all.
@@vasanthakumar526 I honestly don't think they do. The Religions that performed sacrifices of animals, such as the Greeks and Romans, aren't actually forms of Paganism.
you guys literally eat the flesh of christ.....
Veles is god of cattle herders,theirs protector,who are called vlasi and are from serbia.Yarilo/Jarilo is not god of the sun,but god of war,since his name comes from serbian name Jare/Goat.
Pagan in latin language means Dirty,and slavic religion is not 'dirty'.Slavic religion was 5508 years old when Jesus was born,and It's belivers have worshiped 109 slavic deities,4 annual seasons,and 3 greatest slavic emperors.One of the oldest slavic religions is called vedizam/vedism,who's name comes from slavic word veda,and slavic word veda comes from slavic word propoveda/preaching.PS:Here few slavic words with veda in it,just in case if hindu thieves try to steal slavic veda.Propoveda-Preaching,Prosveda-Protest,Zapoveda-Commands,Ispoveda-Confess it,Izpovedaonica-Confession room.And veda is also letter v in slavic glagoljica alphabet.
Yes we are thieves verliy here is the truth. Rigveda 8.100 "Nema says, "verilythere is no Indra", who has ever seen him? Whom shall we praise"
Indra replies (Indra speaks): "here I am, worshipper, behold me here; I overpower all beings by my might; the offerersof sacrifice magnify me by their praises; I, the shatterer, shatter the worlds". We are descended from Aryans who descend from a people related to slavs.
Clearly we hindus didn't steal our knowledge from you, because our ancestors didn't teach us to be racist bigots.
0:05 dont forget about central Europe
"Devana" is Dervana slavic goddess of forest,and she have a counter part Dervan,a god of forest and forest creatures.Theirs names comes from slavic word Dervo,meaning Wood.And Odin is not "norse god",becouse his name comes from slavic word Rodin,meaning i give birth.
You also worship ruglu who in the vedas we call rudra. Here is a verse praising him rigveda 7.59.12 "We worship Tryambaka, whose fame is fragrant, the augmenter of increase; may I be liberated fromdeath, and, like the urvāruka from its stalk, but not to immortality; let us worship Trayambaka, whose fame isfragrant, the augmenter of increase; may I be liberated from death like the urvāruka from its stalk, but not untoimmortality" rigveda 6.49.10 "Exalt Rudra, the parent of the world, with these hmns by day; (exalt) Rudra (with them) by night; animated by the far-seeing, we invoke him, mighty, of plural asing aspect, undecaying, endowed with felicity, (the source of) prosperity". Also Odinn means rage and furious and rudra comes from the word rude meaning the same
Source: trust me bro.
This is bullshit
@@patrykwierzchon9258 Slavic religion and civilization is not bullshit,it is real civilization with real civilized values,and it is 10700 years old.
@@Jasmin.M-hz5ty you're just proving you know nothing neither about Slavs, nor Slavic Native Faith. Judging by what misconceptions you're writing you've probably been brainwashed by Inglists or a similar cult.