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	'''Slavic paganism''' refers to the ] of the ] of ] prior to ].

	Slavic paganism was a ] religion, revolving around a pantheon centred on the gods ] and ]. It is for this reason that the Christian Church labelled it to be a form of "paganism".

	Our knowledge of Slavic paganism is largely drawn from Christian literary sources as well as archaeological sources. Despite this, enough knowledge has been gleamed for Slavic paganism to be resurrected in the 20th century through the ] religion of ].

	==Core Concepts==
	===Theology===
	:''Main article : ]''
	Slavic paganism was ], believing in many different deities. There was a hierarchy of gods, with ], the god of thunder and lightning, at the top. Most of the Slavic deities were deities of a specific aspect of nature. Another god, ], was a rival to Perun.

	===Cosmology===
	The Slavs believed in a ].

	===Mythology===
	:''Main article : ]''
	Slavic paganism had a large mythology. After Christianisation, this survived in the folklore of Slavic nations.

	===Scripture===
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	The '']'' is claimed to be a scripture of the ancient Slavs, however, it is believed by many scholars to be a forgery from the 1940s. It is dedicated to the god ], and written on wooden planks.

	===Worship===

	==History==
	===Origins===
	===Christianisation===
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	===Revival===
	Slavic paganism was revived in the ] through the ] religion of ]. Many web sites and organizations dedicated to the study of Slavic mythology have grown up<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://triglav.ru/\|title= A web-site with information about current pagan activity in Russia. \|language=Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://paganism.msk.ru/index.htm \|title= A site with a lot of information on Slavic Paganism.\|language=Russian}}</ref> and some who openly call for "returning to the roots."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://slavn.org/ \|title= A Slavic spiritualism site calling for returning to the roots. \|language=Russian}}</ref>

	Most of those activities take place in ] and ], but they also take place in other ] countries like ], ], ], ] and ].

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