Includes 2 files in a zipped folder: 1 Copy with Deities Colored by Archetype (i.e. Sun Gods, Sea Gods, etc), and 1 Copy in Grayscale Optimized for Black & White Printing.
I (Joshua J Kes) am passionate about mythology and anthropology. I have a B.S. in Geography and Sociology; the study of places and people, respectively. I've been working on a database for comparative mythological studies for a few years now, and thought I'd put together some slick informative charts/posters of family trees for various pantheons.
I also produce YouTube videos on this subject @Sapienite1, with episodes on individual motifs and pantheons. If you like what you see, you may check them out for more details!
My methodology of comparison for mythological archetype usually involves planetary or astrological associations, but this time, I used a simple coding system including 11 motifs/archetypes/codes, each color-coded and in order from left-to-right:
1. HEARTH - Fire, Blacksmithing, or Domestic Deities like Svarog and Svarozich.
2. EARTH - Earth, Fertility, or Wild Deities like Mat Zemlya and Kresnik.
3. SKY - Sky, Storm, and Messenger Deities like Perun and Stribog.
4. WATER - Sea, River, or Wellspring Deities like Perperuna.
5. CHTHONIC - Underworld Deities like Veles and Mokosh.
6. DAY - Sun or Light Deities like Dazhbog and Zhiva.
7. NIGHT - Moon, Night, or Dusk Deities like Myesyats and Morana.
8. LOVE- Dawn, Love, or Justice Deities like Zorya and Lada.
9. WAR - War Deities like Sventovit and Magura.
10. DEMIGOD - Demigods or Heroes like Perunich.
11. MONSTER - Monsters or Spirits like Leshy and Chernobog.
Pan-Slavic deities included: Varmava, Stribog, Lada, Svarog/Lado, Rozhanitsy/Nerechnitsy/Sudenitsy, Rod, Mat Zemlya, Diyd, Sventovit, Myesyats/Chislobog, Ognyena/Matergabia, Svarozich, Perperuna, Perun, Mokosh, Veles, Chernobog/Zlebog, Dazhbog/Belobog/Khors, Zhiva, Devana, Magura, Perunich, Yarilo/Yarovit, Morana/Marzanna/Zimarzla, Dola/Niedola, Zorya/Danica/Jastra, Poludnitsa, Vechorka/Vechernitsa/Zhelya/Breska, Kupalnitsa, Simargl, Baba Yaga, Ded Moroz, Leshy/Lesnik/Lisun/Chort, Dziwozona/Divozenka/Boginka/Leshachikha/Lisunki/Mamony, Kostroma/Kupala/Lepa/Vesna, Kresnik/Vesnik/Kupalo, Rarog.
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