Kiev Pantheon’s Connections

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Created by

• Vladimir the Great

  Vladimir the Great erected wooden idols of six gods on a hill outside his palace in Kiev in 980 CE, establishing the Kiev Pantheon — the only documented state pantheon of Slavic paganism, which he himself ordered destroyed eight years later upon converting to Christianity.

Contains

• Dazhbog,Khors,Mokosh,Perun,Simargl,Stribog

  In 980 CE, Prince Vladimir I erected idols of six deities on a hill in Kiev, establishing the state pantheon of Kievan Rus'. Perun held supremacy with his silver-headed, gold-mustached idol, alongside Khors, Dazhbog, Stribog, Simargl, and Mokosh.