Also called Prypegala.
Their story
Around 1108 a letter circulated in the name of Archbishop Adelgot of Magdeburg, urging a war against the pagan Slavs east of the Elbe. It names their god Pripegala, whom it compares to Priapus and the "shameless Belphegor", and accuses his worshippers of gruesome rites. The letter was propaganda meant to raise an army, so almost nothing in it can be trusted beyond the name.
Best times to give to them
- no festivals are recorded
What they like being given
- none recorded; he is best treated as a historical name
How to honour them
- Remember him as a warning about how hostile sources can distort the gods of others.
How they can help you
- critical reading of sources
- historical awareness
Symbols
- none recorded
Known only from one hostile crusading letter; his nature is unknown.
Sources
- Letter of Archbishop Adelgot of Magdeburg (c. 1108)
More Slavic gods
- Perun The thunder god of oak and axe
- Veles Lord of cattle, wealth and the underworld
- Dazhbog The giving god, the sun
- Svarog The heavenly smith, father of fire and sun
- Jarilo The youthful god of spring and growth
- Rod The god of kin, birth and fate
- Stribog Grandfather of the winds
- Khors The bright disc of the sun