Simargl, the winged fire deity, guards the boundary between the mortal world and Vyraj, keeping watch over the sacred tree whose branches reach toward the Slavic paradise.
The Alkonost nests in Vyraj, the Slavic paradise, and sings songs of such piercing beauty that those who hear them forget all earthly sorrow, lost in the bliss of the world beyond.
In Slavic incantation formulas, Buyan is invoked as a waypoint on the path to Vyraj, the paradise realm. The island's oak connects to Vyraj through its branches reaching toward the celestial world.
Dazhbog's solar chariot sets out each morning from Vyraj, the heavenly paradise, and returns there each evening. Vyraj serves as both his celestial palace and the source of life-giving solar warmth.
The Gamayun delivers prophecies from Vyraj, carrying divine knowledge from the paradise realm to mortals in the world below.
Jarilo dwells in Vyraj through the winter months, returning each spring as the migratory birds return from paradise, his arrival bringing warmth and fertility back to the awakening earth.
The Sirin dwells at the threshold of Vyraj, the Slavic paradise where birds fly in autumn and souls journey after death — her sorrowful song marks the boundary between the world of the living and the realm of eternal warmth beyond.
Vyraj, the heavenly paradise, is located in or beyond the crown of the World Tree. Migratory birds were said to fly to Vyraj by following the tree's branches upward to the celestial realm.
The Zhar-Ptitsa flies from Vyraj, the Slavic paradise, its blazing plumage carrying the light and warmth of that eternal garden into the mortal world.
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