Beginning: "Slavic mythology".
Meanwhile, in the Kingdom of Navi, asps - nagas bred. The Black God was born there - the Black Serpent, the master of the underground darkness, the murderer and the lord of shadows. God of destruction and evil. Krivda, the mistress of deceit and lies, began to whisper her thoughts to him. And push him to dirty deeds.
Chernobog. Denis Khramov (Shostka, Ukraine).
I listened to Krivda the Black Serpent with pleasure, he loved her words. He decided that he was cramped in the underworld.
He wanted to subjugate the entire Universe in order to manage everywhere himself, to take Reality and Rule for himself.
Here it must be said that when Chernobog was born in his underground kingdom, he looked like an evil old man with a gray mustache. But when he decided to crawl out into the world and go to conquer the Blue Swarga, he turned into a real Snake. Huge and terrible.
So this Serpent got out into the white light, looked at the world and he did not like it: too much light and life. "Well nothing! I'll arrange everything in my own way, - decided the Black Snake. In the meantime, I will crawl to the Ripeyskiy white mountains, see what Svarog is doing there!"
And Svarog already suspected something was wrong. The truth, which does not know how to dissemble, suggested to him that Svarog should forge a hammer for himself and hit the stone Alatyr, so that helpers - light forces and heavenly host - were born to him in the world. And then Svarog hit with a hammer, and sparks scattered from the blow in all directions, and helpers began to be born from those sparks.
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Light Dazhdbog, the giver of all blessings, was born from a spark that fell into the sky. He became the first fighter against Navi forces, a bright solar warrior, a guardian of white light.
Dazhdbog. Engraving.
Dazhdbog as an assistant came out of the round sun - Khors, the yellow sun god, bright Day's Eye, round-faced and round-eyed.
Khors. Miniature. He was portrayed like Dazhdbog. In a cart pulled by griffins.
In the flame of another spark that fell to the ground, a divine fire flared up, and in its purifying flame Semargl-Svarozhich was born on a horse of golden-maned silver suit. The pillar of smoke from the fire became his banner. He is ready to burn out black power to the ground. Where the seven-strong god passes, there will be a scorched trace.
Semargl.
And from the third spark, blown up by Rod right in the air, Stry-Stribog, Semargl's assistant, was born. He will command all winds and hurricanes. Can fan any flame from a spark. If Stryi and Semargl unite, then there is no force in the whole world capable of resisting their power.
Stribog (Stryi). From medieval European engraving.
Chernobog, however, was also not easy. When the night horses replaced the daytime cavalry, when Khors took the Sun across the sea, the Black Serpent crawled up to the Alatyr stone and hit it with an iron tail. He beat off the tail for himself, and howled, hissed with resentment. But he also did a lot of evil: from those sparks that fell from the stone, all the evil spirits of the earth and underground were born.
And also the black gogol bird came from the stone to the Black Snake. She began to lay eggs, only those eggs turned out to be completely iron. Because they were full of dark power - the power of Navi. When Khors hides behind a cloud or completely leaves the sky for the night, Dazhbog still protects the world from dark forces, constantly brings light and warmth to the earth. That is why he noticed that the evil spirits were born. He called brother Semargl the fiery one, ordered him to fly to Svarog in Blue Svarga and convey the news that a great battle was approaching. With Navi forces, dark forces.
Semargl turned into a winged dog and shot up under the clouds with a red flame. I flew to the Svarogov smithy, told about everything that Dazhbog had learned.
- I smelled for a long time the Black Serpent, - answered his son Svarog. - He wants to conquer the kingdom of Reveal and the kingdom of Rule, so that only his dark kingdom Navier is around, so that the world arranged by Rod will change. We will fight, that there are forces, for the white light. I forge for the heavenly army chain mail, swords and armor. And Rod, our parent, will help us.
He began to knock Svarog with a hammer in the forge - his blows were heard all over the world.
Meanwhile, the white gogol - a duck with a white beak in Belogorie Ripeysky, at the behest of the original Family, began to lay wonderful eggs: not simple ones, but golden ones. With love for white light. And those golden eggs were filled with the power of light - the power of Rule.
As the first golden egg broke, the prophetic and wise, sweet-voiced bird Gamayun with a human face rose from it to heaven. She knows all the secrets of the world, the past and the future is open to her.
The mighty Stratim bird emerged from another golden egg. And she was the bright soul-bird of the owner of the winds Sgribog. All the winds obeyed her, and therefore this bird of the sea could sway and raise great waves, from which the ships sank and went into the abyss. And she was so huge that she could fit all the white light under her right wing.
Stratim.
Following her, two sister birds ascended into the sky: the dawn bird Alkonost was born from the golden egg, the sacred bird of the sun Khors and Dazhdbog the light, and the amazing bird Sirin fluttered out of the iron egg. Both birds were with maiden faces, both knew how to sing with wonderful voices, only Alkonost sang about life, and her sister sang about death.
The songs of the Alkonost-birds carried joy and light, and if the laid eggs were laid by Alkonost in the depths of the waters, the sea would calm down for six days. Sirin, a bird with sharp claws and an indifferent face, in deep thought sang of sorrow. Her voice is gentle and bewitching, and her wings and feathers are like an owl's. Whoever hears her wondrous girlish singing will shed tears, forget everything in the world and fall asleep in eternal sleep.
Sirin and Alkonost.
The Mogul bird was born from an iron egg - strong and huge, ready to take anyone to the kingdom of death. From the iron egg was born the Griffin, a gloomy warrior with a lion's body, a skillful guardian of treasures, a guard. The Basilisk followed, splitting the iron egg with its iron beak. All living things around him turned to stone from his gaze.
Then the owls and owls hooted, crawling out of their iron eggs, the black swans hissed, the birds of resentment, born Navu. Thunders thundered in the sky, this is the Black Crow - the prophet was born, and behind him a whole flock of crows. We got up, flew around the world. Where the Cheese touched the Earth with a wing, there were deep ravines, wide abysses were born, and where they dropped a feather, there were born rocks, mountains impassable.
But only the strength of the Rule increased: a strong Eagle flew up into the heavens with his eagles, white swans rose, after them Finist - a clear falcon that does not burn in fire and does not drown in water, and the shining falcon Rarog is a fiery whirlwind, fire-burning heat- the bird is magic. To be that Rarog-falcon the sacred bird of the fire god Semargl. And where those falcons drop their feathers, heaps of gold will fall in the mountains.
And then two sisters born by the Rod - Pravda and Krivda - went out into the open field to measure their strength. And the battle began between Light and Dark, between Life and Death. Between Pravyu and Navu. Then thunders thundered in the sky, gray clouds gathered over the field. The light forces began to fight with the black forces, and the army of the heavenly birds came to their aid. Eagles fought with crows in the sky, falcons fought with owls, white swans fought with black ones. And feathers flew in all directions.
Semargl, the fiery god, the son of Svarogs, drove up to the fierce Black Serpent, and that Serpent had a thousand heads. Glows with anger on the whole district. The Black Serpent gallops on a black horse, and that horse is huge as a rock, and behind the horse a flock of Horts is running. Wild hortas, whirlwind dogs and tornado wolves. They bark and grin with red mouths, looking for their prey.
- Your business is to lie underground, and you have nothing to puff on the white light! - So Semargl said to Chernobog, showed him his teeth - hot coals and breathed fire. The serpent backed away from the offender. Horts whined, barked, and there was a smell of burning around. Then Semargl raised the ax to Svarogov and let's strike the Black Snake's head. And then he flew up into the sky like a fire-finned Rarog, and respected it as a rain of fire to fall on the enemy.
Rarog.
Light Dazhdbog fought with his brother side by side, and Stryi fanned the incinerating flame so that it burned in the open field the entire army of the filthy Black Snake. Hot Khors did not hide behind the clouds, illuminated the whole world with fiery light. But Chernobog was too strong. Now, if the giants-asilka helped the rats, maybe the gods would then drive all the evil spirits back into the dark underworld. But the giants-asilki told the heavenly Svarog, they say, this is not our gigantic business - to fight for the Truth with the vile Krivdoya, our business is to lay out pebbles and pick trees with roots.
Then the Black Serpent laughed, nodded his heads, who remained with him, and began to let a cold, black haze over the world. Even Horse could not be seen foggy behind these clubs. And then Khors fell with the sun across the sea, and night came on earth. Semargl also had no strength left, he sighed heavily and, turning like a winged dog, flew up to his father in the kingdom of Pravi to catch his breath in the blacksmith's furnace. Dazhdbog's chain mail faded in battle, and with his last strength he held back the onslaught of Chernobogova's host. Even the wind Stribog coughed, choking on the serpentine haze.
Now the whole Reality is clouded with smoke, now the Serpent has reached the kingdom of Rule. All three stone vaults spilled out with a red tongue to the hole. Already licking the doors to the Svarogov smithy. Thirty already licked, three more left. And then Svarog in his forge on the Semarglov fire, which Stribog inflated, forged a heavy plow overnight. He opened the last three doors and threw the plow right at the Black Serpent. And Svarozhich says:
- Come to the filthy Black Snake, help him to harness this plow!
Semargl understood what Svarog was planning, came up and grabbed the Serpent's tongue with fiery tongs so that he could not throw off this heavy plow. Dazhdbog struck with all his might with a mace so that the Black Serpent would sit quietly. Stribog began fanning the darkness around to deprive Chernobog of the power. So little by little they harnessed the serpent to the plow, and when he was weakened, he asked the heavenly Svarog:
- What do you want for my freedom?
- Do you have a lot of kids in Navi? - Svarog responded.
- Not much for many, and not enough for small ones. After all, the Navi people multiply faster than the fast. And it is growing rather quickly. There is Viy Zmeevich - a son, a mighty governor, only he cannot stand sunlight at all. There is Zmeevich Goryn, a fire-breathing one, and there is a Koschey son, who has no death, the main heir of my evil. I have high hopes for them. There is also a granddaughter Yaga, very little for now. Yes, and they are all still foolish. The virgin Krivda looked after them, and the snakes-asps fed them and drank dead water.
- Then, so that your children do not disappear, and mine, so that they remain alive and well, come on, Black Snake, we will resolve our dispute for eternity. Neither you nor me will get the whole universe. Let's weed the great Mezhu between our kingdoms. Mezhu across the Raw Earth in the kingdom of Reveal. My light kingdom will be on the right, and your black kingdom on the left. Twin sisters Pravda and Krivda will become witnesses to us.
The Serpent thought, twisted its heads, wiggled many tails, sniffed, and hissed in a snake-like manner with anger:
- Be your way, the heavenly King. I will share and open the world with you!
And at the same moment thunders thundered in the sky, lightning flashed everywhere, and heavenly life-giving rivers poured onto the Earth in pouring rain.
Continuation: "Section of the World".
Author: kadykchanskiy
