Talk:Jav, Prav and Nav
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There's a general misunderstanding in this article. Prav, Yav and Nav are three parallel worlds - one of gods (the good-natured), one of living creatures and one of spirits and evil gods. In this context, Prav and Nav are accepted as two opposites and Yav is the ballance, the transition between them.
But the Divine law was set by the ancestor god Rod when he created the Universe. And this divine law, a "corpus" of universal principles is called Pravda. Which in Old Slavic and in most modern Slavic languages means just, justice, right.
So, Prav and Pravda are two very different things. I think it might be good if we fix that. 217.10.246.155 11:39, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- I'll answer this in more detail at Talk:Slavic mythology. Nikola 11:32, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
217.10.246.155
Not Prav and Nav are opposites, but rather Yav and Nav. Prav is the Pravda (Truth) in them.
Yav -- world of living
Nav -- world of dead
Prav -- keeps them both from being all chaotic.
--Grigoryev 23:15, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Indian herb
I believe jav is also the name of an herb used in North India, which looks like unhulled wheat and is used in puja ceremonies. I've just seen a package of it in an Indian grocery store today. Can someone add more about this? Badagnani 03:34, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
