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Veles

This article is about the god Veles, for the city in Macedonia see Veles, Macedonia


Veles (Volos, Weles, Voloh) is a Slavic god, thought to be the deity of: cattle, commerce, music, the underworld. He was depicted with horns later, and became associated with flocks and herds as well as the underworld. He has many associations with wealth and the magical forces of the spirit world. Some romanticist artists tended to make Veles the foe of Perun in a dualistic reproduction of the Slavic heathen faith. The character of Veles is definitely more complex, as he is said to be the Slavic Cernunnos.

Veles's feast day is February 12th, but he is also associated in Christianity with Saint Blaise (March 11th) and Saint Nicholas (December 6th).

See also The Book of Veles

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