Talk:Dazbog

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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)

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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.

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)

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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]