The Forbidden History of Europe - The Chronicles and Testament of the Aryan 301 Perun would see to that! In the Christian era Svarog was equated with the Lord Sabaoth, or in other words God the Father. Svarozhich Worshiped daily Svarozhich was also called Svarogich (the Son of Svarog,1254 or Son of the Sun), Belobog (the White God), Dobrobog (the Good God), or Radigast (Poles). Svarozhich was fire incarnate on earth, Svarog’s son, from whom all divine flame originated in the hearths and holy temple fires. He might therefore be favourably equated with fire, the son of Ahura Mazda. Radigast (the Polish version of Svarozhich) was said to carry a massive two-handed, twin-bladed war axe, and wore a bovine skull for a breastplate, and a helm of a swan. He had rather fierce features including curly red hair. FIRE, THE SON OF GOD Another interpretation fielded is that the Son of Svarog was Sva-Rozhich’, an Indo-Iranian perception of a horned dog.1255 As explained thus far Iranians believed one of the Supreme god’s sons was the lord of all Devils, a horned winged goat or dog. Therefore Svarozhich might also have represented Chernobog (see p. 308). The convolutedness of these possible interpretations may also reflect Zurvanite cosmology, and accordingly Svarozhich could also be happily applied to both fire (the Son of the Sun) and the Horned dog (the destroyer). The name Radigast, who had his own elaborately furnished temple in Poland, could have been derived from Radigasius, the famed Gothic king who held the reigns of power in that region, and who was among those Gothic leaders who led the attack to take Rome. That the temple was bedecked in royal purple cloth, may indicate that it was a centre devoted to the worship of a deified pagan Gothic king and war-leader. Svyatovit 12 July - 14 October Svyatovit was also known as Svatovit or Chetyregod, the four-faced god, the four gods in one, or the god of the four times of the year. He was the god of light, daytime, nature, the field, the forest, harvests and home economics. His four faces were white, yellow, brown and black, perhaps corresponding to the Sun’s fluctuating energy levels throughout the year, or the four castes (among the Hindus and Aryans, each caste was said to be of a certain colour or Varna). They might also signify the four-fold natures of the great Zurvan. Each of Syatovit’s faces pointed to a cardinal point of the compass. He embodied the heat of battle, governed ferocity, physical strength, speed and horsemanship. His particular love was mead and white horses, which were given to SVYATOVIT him in sacrifice. His prime devotees were pagan Poles, Old Prussians, Lithuanians and Latvians. Svyatovit’s main temple was once situated at Arkona, on the island of Rugen. In the year 1168, Danish troops under Waldemar assailed the cult centre, with the aim of tearing down the temple and idols.1256 Fortuitously, Svatovit’s stone kapishche (idol) was dredged from the sea near the old temple, last century (Fig 65.2). It bears a distinct likeness to the Hindu daeva Brahma (Fig 26.1), who, in Indian cosmology, was supposed to have created the world. The closeness of the two styles of idol suggests the continuation of Aryan idol-making customs in pagan HIS IDOL RESEMBLED Europe, as late as the Middle Ages. Just one glance at the recovered idol, affirms Helmold’s descriptions of Wendish THAT OF BRAHMA, THE pagan idols, as contained in the Chronicle of the Slavs. Considering that Svatovit was the supreme god of the Rugian CREATOR GOD OF THE Wends, it is plausible that his image represented Brahma, the supreme creator God, or, equally plausibly, the four- HINDUS faced Zurvan, the high god of the daeva-worshipping Zurvanites. Thus the Rugii seem to have been devotees of Hindu/Aryan religion (ie; Daeva-worship). This perhaps resulted from cultural ties with India during the Gothic- Roxolani era. However, they may also have been the descendants of Iranian Zurvanites, who were expelled from Iran for just this same reason, worshipping Daevas. The fact that many of the earliest examples of Hindu temple architecture exhibited Iranian characteristics, has led scholars to conclude that they were built with the aid of Persian stonemasons and architects. These buildings corroborate Magian scripture, which speaks of Indian-Persian cooperation in the field of Daeva worship, which was banned from the time of Karter, but perfectly acceptable before that. Four-faced idols are known outside of Eastern Europe, in Ireland.1257 In the year 1835 a 6-foot tall, four-faced A FOUR-FACED IDOL wooden idol was uncovered during peat cutting at Derry, on the north coast.1257 The child who happened across it FOUND IN IRELAND was overcome by dread, as were the locals who came to inspect it. Some speculate that this figure belongs to a spectrum of little recorded Irish demonological beliefs, perhaps current since Celtic times.1257 This is because such effigies tend to be more hideous than traditional Celtic idols and reliefs. 302 The Forbidden History of Europe - The Chronicles and Testament of the Aryan Fig 65. 2 Fig 65. 1 Fig 65.1. Idol of Brahma, India, 10th C. AD Fig 65.2. Idol of Svyatovit, Rugen, Poland, 12th C. AD Triglav Triglav (Slavic: The three headed god) had one head in the netherworld, one on the earth, and one in the elemental heavens. He acted as a spy and official messenger between man, the demons and the gods. Apparently the Wends placed a mask over each of Triglav’s mouths and ears, so that he could not hear or speak of things. The pagan Poles venerated him as a war god, building him the finest of temples, and gathering sumptuous hoardes of wealth and war booty inside the sanctuaries, to gain his favour. If Fig 65.3 is in any way connected with Triglav, then he was most likely worshiped by the Celts too. And not only them, but the people who made a golden libation horn1258 , one of two found in Denmark, for in both cases a triple-headed figure can be seen. Considering this one can suggest that Triglav may had been worshiped across much of Western, Central and Eastern Europe. Troyan 23 May Troyan, a heathen god who served as protector of the Malorussians, is repeatedly mentioned in early Mediaeval Russian manuscripts. From the mediaeval text Slovo o Polky Igoreve:7 it is likely that Troyan was actually the long dead Roman Emperor, Marcus Trajan, Fig 65.3. This gallic Celtic who pagan Russes were still worshipping some 700 years later, probably in Mithraic fashion. The Slavic god relief depicts a three-headed god, but is it one and the Troyan invoked bloodshed and war in defence of his people, and to call on his aid the blood of fowls was offered. same as Triglav? It is flanked We might ask who invited Russian “barbarians” to freely worship a Roman Emperor who had died some 700 by two other gods, one of years previously, and how such cult activities had eventuated? My guess is Mithraism, the Persian mystery religion which is a man-goat, who favoured by the Romans. According to Vernadsky even Vladimir’s pagan name, Krasnoe Sol’ntse has a Mithraic stands on its left. genesis meaning the Ardent or Fiery Sun; the reigning Mithra, the ritual and governmental mediator for his people. What is more, the cult of Mithra faithfully worshiped their Emperors, whether living or dead; a further point of correlation. The Forbidden History of Europe - The Chronicles and Testament of the Aryan 303 Troyan appeared as a shining Sun,1269 which could be a reference to the conviction that (Mithraic) Emperors had entered the heavens in the form of Suns, and could be called upon by those who remembered their names. Certainly Trajan was one of the most loved and accomplished Emperors in Roman history, responsible for settling large numbers of Roman citizens in Dacia (Rumania) and other such locations. Metropolitan Hilarion states that Troyan appeared as a small man with three snake heads, wings and goat ears.1260 What this form ultimately signified is anyone’s guess. The results of excavations at Roman-style Chernyakovo culture in the Ukraine, and the recent discovery of a Roman presence in ancient Moscow, plus Ptolemy’s Geographiae (which shows Caesar’s altar as being situated in the Southern Ukraine), collectively suggest that, as with the Baltic area, there was ancient Roman cultural and religious activity in the area, predominantly in the 3rd-4th Centuries AD. These Romans, whoever they were, probably had a major affect on the religious beliefs of later generations in heathen Scythia. These things hint at the stubborn existence of Mithraism, a cult born from the synthesis of Greek pagan Gnostic intellectuals and the Eastern Magian priesthood who presided over the Zurvanite cult of Mithra. Yarilo 7 Apr - 6 May Yarilo was the god of spring, manly strength and bravery. His virtues were especially YARILO, THE MALE embodied in the Spring sun. He was usually associated with a band of lightly dressed diva (Russian forest nymphs FERTILITY GOD whose title comes from the Indo-European religious word Daevas) who accompanied him carrying a human head in one hand and sheaves of rye in the other. He was therefore reminiscent of the ancient Greek Dionysius, or the Roman Bacchus. Yarilo was also called Yagelo and was synonymous with Yarovit of the Balts and Western Slavs. Yarilo, the potent one, rode the lands on horseback, stark naked but for his cloak.