In Slavic paganism, Veles, also referred to as Volos, is a significant deity of the land, waterways, animals and the afterlife. His mythos and abilities are comparable to those of gods like Loki and Hermes, however they are not the same. As a result, it is likely that people have imagined him to be a dragon, which in the Slavic paganism is a composite being, a serpent that eats animals. Similar to how tree of Perun is an oak, His tree is a willow. He might directly carry on some features of the Proto-Indo-European pantheon, according to the scholars. One of the few Slavic deities whose sacrifices may be found in all Slavic countries is Veles. The oldest and most significant document of the early Kievan Rus is The Primary Chronicle, which makes numerous mentions of a god by the name of Volos. In contrast to Perun, who is referred to as the supreme god of war who condemns by death to people in combat, Volos is characterised here as the deity of cattle and peasants who will punish vow-breakers with diseases. Veles or Volos was one of seven gods whose sculptures Vladimir I of Kiev had built in his city in the latter half of the tenth century. The fact that statue of Veles did not appear to stand alongside others on the hill where the castle of the Prince stood, but rather down in the citadel, in the marketplace, is highly intriguing. This not only demonstrates that Veles was associated with trade, but it also demonstrates that Veles and Perun worship needed to be kept apart. He is, in some reconstruction by academics, the main foe of Perun, the great thunder deity! [Information and Image Credit : Veles_(god), Wikipedia] [Image : Veles by Andrey Shishkin] [Images Availed Under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (Please Relate to Individual Image URLs for More Usage Property)] [License-Link : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en ] [Original Source Image URL : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Veles_by_Andrey_Shishkin.jpg ] #Mythology
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