Function: The embodiment of air and wind, born from the most powerful spark drawn by Svarog. Often called Pohvizd. Stribog is the god of wind and lord of the element of air, god of wisdom, travel and speed. He is the protector of pilgrims, roads and expeditions. Ruler of the four cardinal directions.
Image: Stribog most often appears as a beautiful, long-haired, powerful and well-built young man with fine facial features. However, his beauty is often marred by a riveted mouth. Stribog most often rides a horse without a saddle or harness. He is dressed in a blue and white dress richly embroidered with silver.
Incarnations and descendants: Sons in the form of the winds of the cardinal directions, namely: BREEZE, VETRÍK, VIETOR, VþHOR, and daughters of clouds: BURJA, VJUGA, JAGA, METELICA and many wind beings, but not only them because the Divine Stribog was known as a great adventurer from his youth and therefore it is not to be wondered at that he is a deity with a very large progeny. Vesna.
Symbols: Horse, horseshoe, bell, bell. Direction rose - four arrows, number four. A pinwheel flower.
Sacrifices: Flour, grain, Bread, breadcrumbs, bells and jingles.
Holidays: Its period is of course autumn, more precisely the days from the new moon before November 1.
Note: Veternica became his wife. Stribog is a very moody god, he can also appear evil and destructive despite being a bright deity. Stribog was subject to many other winds. Since Stribog is a deity who is always on the move and is allowed to look into even the smallest crevices, he is characterized by omniscience, so he can be asked for advice and help in the search. Like Stribog, gifts were offered to most of the wind beings, such as flour thrown into the wind or four pieces of bread placed on the window, or bells and bells hung on the porch.
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GOODS OF OLD SLAVS
