Khors- Slavic GodDeity"God of the Sun Disk"
Also known as: Chors, Xors, and Хорс
Description
Khors is the sun's disk, the blazing circle crossing the sky from east to west. His idol stood on Vladimir's hill in Kiev beside Perun and Dazhbog, and the Lay of Igor's Campaign names the sun's arc 'the path of Khors.'
Mythology & Lore
Vladimir's Six
The Primary Chronicle names Khors among six gods whose idols Prince Vladimir erected on a hill in Kiev in 980 CE. His name comes from Old Iranian: hvar, the sun. How an Iranian sun god entered the Slavic pantheon is unclear, but by Vladimir's time Khors stood on the hill beside Perun and the others.
He is the sun's disk, not its gifts. Dazhbog, who stood beside him, is the giving god, the sun's warmth and bounty. Khors is the blazing circle itself, the body that crosses the sky.
The Path of Khors
In the Lay of Igor's Campaign, the sorcerer-prince Vseslav of Polotsk crossed the path of Khors before dawn, racing in wolf form across the sky before the sun could rise. The sun's daily arc from east to west belonged to Khors. Vseslav, shapeshifted and desperate, cut across it in the dark, outrunning the disk.
Relationships
- Family
- Svarog· Parent⚠ Disputed
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