Slavic paganismSlavic mythology or Slavic paganism is the religious beliefs, myths, and ritual practices of the Slavs before Christianisation, which occurred at various stages between the 8th and the 13th century. The South Slavs, who likely settled in the Balkan Peninsula during the 6th–7th centuries AD, bordering with the Byzantine Empire to the south, came under the sphere of influence of Eastern Christianity, beginning with the creation of writing systems for Slavic languages (first Glagolitic, and then Cyrillic script) in 855 by the brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius and the adoption of Christianity in Bulgaria in 864 and 863 in Great Moravia.
King of the godsAs polytheistic systems evolve, there is a tendency for two deities to achieve preeminence as king and queen of the gods. This tendency can parallel the growth of hierarchical systems of political power in which a monarch eventually comes to assume ultimate authority for human affairs. Other deities come to serve in a Divine Council or pantheon; such subsidiary courtier-deities are usually linked by family ties from the union of a single husband or wife, or else from an androgynous divinity who is responsible for the creation.
Cielvignette|Ciel bleu avec quelques nuages. Le ciel est l'étendue visible au-dessus du sol depuis la surface de la Terre, de l'horizon au zénith, dans laquelle on observe les météores et les mouvements réguliers des astres. Le ciel est à la fois l'atmosphère terrestre, dans laquelle volent les oiseaux et courent les nuages, et la sphère céleste, au-delà de la perception de la distance, que l'on désigne par métaphore comme une voûte immense.
Baltic mythologyBaltic mythology is the body of mythology of the Baltic people stemming from Baltic paganism and continuing after Christianization and into Baltic folklore. Baltic mythology ultimately stems from Proto-Indo-European mythology. The Baltic region was one of the last regions of Europe to be Christianized, a process that began in the 15th century and continued for at least a century afterward.
FoudreLa foudre est un phénomène naturel de décharge électrostatique disruptive de grande intensité qui se produit dans l'atmosphère, entre des régions chargées électriquement, et peut se produire soit à l'intérieur d'un nuage (décharge intra-nuageuse), soit entre plusieurs nuages (inter-nuageuse), soit entre un nuage et le sol (nuage-sol ou sol-nuage). La foudre est toujours accompagnée d'un ou plusieurs éclairs (émission intense de rayonnement électromagnétique, dont les composantes se situent dans la partie visible du spectre), et du tonnerre (émission d'ondes sonores), en plus d'autres phénomènes associés.
Sky fatherIn comparative mythology, sky father is a term for a recurring concept in polytheistic religions of a sky god who is addressed as a "father", often the father of a pantheon and is often either a reigning or former King of the Gods. The concept of "sky father" may also be taken to include Sun gods with similar characteristics, such as Ra. The concept is complementary to an "earth mother".