Dazsbog

by Cyril Korolev

 
In Slavic mythology (Russia, Ukraine) Dazsbog is the god of sun and bearer of goods, son of Svarog and Dennitsa (dawn). Dazsbog is the creative, impregnating power of nature, “whose rays give nature a possibility to produce…” (A. Afanasyev). According to the myth, Dazsbog dwells in the east, in the country of eternal summer, and each morning he travels through the sky in a golden chariot (similar to the Greek Helios).