Rod (Slavic religion)

File:Sylenkoite representation of Rod.png

A representation of Rod in a temple.

Rod (Cyrillic: Род) is the supreme God of the universe in the Slavic Native Faith. Old Church Slavonic sources about pre-Christian religion, say that Rod represents divinity and ancestrality.

Among the South Slavs, the concept is also known as Sud (Judge) or Prabog (First God).

Rod (Slavic Religion) Media

• RozetaSymbol.svg

  A "flower of life", six-petaled rosette (see a larger patterning). Used in the early ethnic religions of the Slavs.

• Thundermarks.svg

  Gromoviti znaci or thunder marks such as these are ancient symbols of Perun, which are often engraved upon roof beams of village houses, particularly among East Slavic populations, to protect them from lightning bolts.