Talk:Dazhbog

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Are you sure about the dazh = sun root? In Bulgarian there is not such relation. A better explanation is that dazh is an imperative form of dati (to give). --Nk 08:21, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)

You are correct. Dajbog is literally The Giving God, i.e. an illustration of a common practice of calling deity not by the proper name, but rather by the epithet. --Gene s 11:57, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

The etymology of Dazhbog's name is unclear. Noone realy knows what it meant. --Hier0phant 17:08, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Dajbog

Father of the Serbs and son of Svarog. God of the sun, of world of dead. He is reprezented as wolf which limps and with just one eye. its very similar to Odin, the highest god in Nordic mythology.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.26.79.70 (talk) 10:40, 5 November 2004 (UTC)

In Ukraine there's a cheerful saying "Dajbog everything will be fine". Is there any connection with Dajbog? If it's so, it's pretty wild that the saying is around when the religion is barely even a myth.--Grigoryev 03:18, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Dajbog

I am intrigued by this mythology. My family surname in what is now Belarus was Dajbog. And the family were observant Jews. Any thoughts about how they might have chosen that name? Is it at all possible that it was chosen derisively for them because it sounds somewhat like Dybbuk?? [user: Joy]—Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.155.166.248 (talk) 19:34, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

Dajbog

Well, I'm sure it is not so unclear. The name clearly means - the one given by god - or: the one who hands out the gifts of god - for he was the son of the Sun god and he helped the farmers and so on - so he gave them the gifts of life. I know the language...—Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.0.84.5 (talk) 11:17, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

You should consider that Dazd, or Дажд is the old Slavic word for the rain. Dajbog or Dažbog then would be God of Rain, the one who gives the fertility to the land. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.216.58.82 (talk) 12:22, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Etymology

This section:

The meaning of Dažbog’s name came from the old Slavic Animal Clans, Dažbog originally came from the wolf clan people and was not associated with a man or a god. The wolves taught humans to hunt in groups and those who aligned with right relationship based on the wolf family understood the nature of their own human relationships in a group. Today, werewolf is a mis-understanding of the dark shadow nature of the human predator, and the projection of the black wolf has almost made it extinct from religions abolishment of the old ways. Werewolf has nothing to do with the original shamanic wolf clan medicines.

is entirely uncited. Furthermore, it's such obvious unencyclopedic nonsense that I'm removing it outright. -- Kolbasz (talk) 01:06, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Requested move 4 June 2021

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Dažbog → Dazhbog – WP:COMMONNAME in reliable sources. Also satisfies WP:CRITERIA of recognizability and naturalness in an English-language context, as well as consistency with other article titles romanized from Slavic and Old Slavic names, per WP:CYRL. Book Search results per WP:SET:

• Dazhbog 2,550
• Dazbog 1,080
• Dazhboh 283
• Dajbog 266
• Dažbog 248
• Dazboh 24
• Dažboh 13

   —Michael Z. 13:52, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

Another interesting comparison is in Google Books Ngram. —Michael Z. 17:53, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

• Support. Rreagan007 (talk) 01:31, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
• Support per well-researched nomination. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 18:17, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
• Support Sławobóg (talk) 14:47, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Dazhbog = Dabog?

Currently, Wikipedia is giving me very mixed signals about whether "Dazhbog" and "Dabog" are to be considered the same or not:

• The article has a hatnote saying "Not to be confused with Dabog."
• The Dabog link in the hatnote, ironically, redirects to Dazhbog.
• Dabog is given as an alternative form in the opening sentence, and in the etymology section.
• Russian, Ukrainian, Bosnian, and Macedonian Wikipedias have separate articles on the two deities: e.g., ru:Дажьбог vs ru:Дабог.

This should be clarified in the article itself. If there are differing views about treating them as identical, that could be noted, as could any potential etymological connections/differences. 70.172.194.25 (talk) 23:35, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

ESSJa has: [1] "Определенные ареальные и словообразоват. отличия обнаруживает сербохорв. Dabog, бог земли, — от импер. *da(jъ) и *bogъ." 70.172.194.25 (talk) 23:49, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

We still have this 'not to be confused with Dabog' which then just redirects to this page. I've read some Russion mythology but have not come across Dabog. 13:56, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Dazhbog and Zhiva

The article writes that Dazhbog is "considered" to be a consort of goddess Zhiva, but this information is unsourced. If it's true, can someone provide a source for that? From what I know Zhiva is a Polabian goddess who is never mentioned alongside Dazhbog. 46.113.4.12 (talk) 18:16, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

That's likely a modern invention. No source attached so i don't know. Maybe we should delete this? *Diwodh₃rós (talk) 14:34, 9 August 2024 (UTC)