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| '''Jarilo''' (Yarilo, Jaro, ] Ярило) is the Slavic god of spring fertility |
'''Jarilo''' (Yarilo, Jaro, ] Ярило) is a scarecrow made of straw which the ] burn on the ] night. There is a point of view that Jarilo used to be a Slavic god of spring fertility. Modern images represent him as a young man dressed in white with a ] wreath on his head, wheat ears in his right hand and a human head in his left hand. ] associates him with ]. | ||
| The slavic root ''jar'' or ''yar'' means '' |
The slavic root ''jar'' or ''yar'' means ''spring'' or ''summer'', being cognate to English "year". | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Jarilo (Yarilo, Jaro, Cyrillic Ярило) is a scarecrow made of straw which the East Slavs burn on the Ivan Kupala night. There is a point of view that Jarilo used to be a Slavic god of spring fertility. Modern images represent him as a young man dressed in white with a wheat wreath on his head, wheat ears in his right hand and a human head in his left hand. Christianity associates him with Saint George.
The slavic root jar or yar means spring or summer, being cognate to English "year".