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Svarozhich

Slavic deity
Also known as: Svarozic, Svaroziczu
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Svarozhich, in Slavic religion, god of the sun, of fire, and of the hearth. He was worshiped in a temple at Radegast (now in eastern Germany). In myth he may have been the son of Svarog and the brother of Dazhbog, or he may have been identical to the latter.