Also called Rujevit, Rugiaevitus, Rinvit.
Their story
Saxo Grammaticus describes a huge oak idol of Rugievit in the fortress of Karenz, now Garz on Rügen. It had seven faces under one crown, seven swords hanging at its belt and an eighth drawn in its hand. When the Danes entered in 1168, Saxo says, swallows had nested in its mouths and it was fouled with their droppings, which he treats as a sign of its powerlessness.
Best times to give to them
- harvest
- Koliada
What they like being given
- bread
- a sprig of oak
- a candle
How to honour them
- Honour him as a protector of home ground with a candle and oak leaves.
- Reflect on how to defend without cruelty.
How they can help you
- protection
- resilience
- standing your ground
Symbols
- seven faces
- eight swords
- an oak statue
- swallows
Known only from Saxo, a hostile Danish churchman writing after the conquest.
Sources
- Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum, Book XIV
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