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Chernobog and Belobog

This article is about alleged Slavic gods. For mountains in Germany, see Czorneboh and Bieleboh. For the Disney character, see Chernabog.

Chernobog[a] (lit. "Black God"[1]) and Belobog[b] (lit. "White God"[1]) are an alleged pair of Polabian deities. Chernobog appears in Helmold's Chronicle as a god of misfortune worshipped by the Wagri and Obodrites, while Belobog is not mentioned – he was reconstructed in opposition to Chernobog. Both gods also appear in later sources, but they are not considered reliable. Researchers do not agree on the status of Chernobog and Belobog: many scholars recognize the authenticity of these theonyms and explain them, for example, as gods of good and evil; on the other hand, many scholars believe that they are pseudo-deities, and Chernobog may have originally meant "bad fate", and later associated with the Christian devil.


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  1. ^ a b Gorbachov 2017.
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