Slavic and Russian Mythology, Legend, and Folklore Quiz

Answer: bees

Not only is Zosim the Slavic god of bees, but he is also the god of mead.

Answer: Dazhbog

Dazhbog (also Dadzbog) is the Russian god of the sun, son of the sky god Svarog, and brother to fire god Svarozhich.

Ded Moroz is of the Russian mythological corpus and is considered to be the personification of frost, "Grandfather Frost".

Simorg is a Slavic dragon who guarded the Tree of Life.

Kiy is a Slavic figure. He is one of three Viking brothers accredited with founding the city of Kiev. There is speculation that Kiy may have actually been a real person.

Answer: chernyi=black, bog=god

Chernobog is a Slavic god also known as the Black God. His name is a compound of the words 'chernyi' meaning black and 'bog' meaning god. Typically, Chernobog is depicted as a dark figure clad entirely in black, who is seen only at night. According to myth, he represents evil, darkness, and death.

Answer: Svarog

Svarog is the Russian sky god. He is the father of Dazhbog, god of the sun, and Svarozhich, god of fire. Traditionally, Svarog has been held as the father of all gods. However, Svarozhich and Dazhbog later inherited the position as head of the Russian pantheon.

Tengri is a Mongolian deity. He is known as having created the universe out of chaos.

Tugarin is a Russian monster who is described as "a giant with the girth of two fully grown oak trees."

In Slavic culture, Krukis appears as the patron spirit of blacksmiths.

Answer: wind

Kupala is not the goddess of wind. The goddess of peace, water, magic, and herbs, Kupala, is sometimes equated with the Celtic goddess Beltane.

Answer: He is a god associated with fire

Vodianoi is considered chief of the water demons. He is usually portrayed as "a fat, jolly man with a long beard and tangled green hair". Though Vodianoi's true form was a green skinned, weedy figure covered with slime and bumps, he had the ability to shape shift and could therefore assume any shape he desired.

Answer: Rain

Perperuna is able to invoke rain and is considered as the feminine counterpart to the god Perun.

Answer: Nainas

Nainas is the personification of the Northern Lights. He was engaged to Nieka, daughter of the Moon but was never able to actually marry her.

Nieka is the daughter of the Moon.

Kosmatushka is one of two names given to Il'ya Muromets's magical horse.

Houri is a generic Armenian term for any type of nymph.

Answer: 3

Nya ruled over the Slavic underworld which had three realms--Rai, Peklo, and Nava. The name Nya is derived from the root word 'ny', which refers to the concept of death.

Answer: Baba (old woman), Yaga (hag)

'Baba' means old woman; 'Yaga' means hag. Baba-Yaga is an old woman, a shape shifter, and is considered to have knowledge of everything in the world. Portrayed as the embodiment of death, Baba-Yaga has been known as the Devil's handmaiden. She is thought to be too "earthy" to ever be considered a goddess of the Russian pantheon.