Also called Trzygłów, Triglaus, Trigelawus.
Their story
The biographers of Bishop Otto of Bamberg, who preached in Pomerania in the 1120s, describe a three-headed idol of Triglav in Szczecin and another in Wolin. Its eyes and mouths were covered with a golden band, the priests said, so that the god would not see the sins of men. A black horse was led over spears to decide whether a venture should go ahead. Otto had the idol broken and is said to have sent its heads to Rome.
Best times to give to them
- Koliada
- Kupala Night
- the start of an important undertaking
What they like being given
- bread
- three candles
- a small cloth covering
How to honour them
- Light three candles and think about past, present and future, or sky, earth and underworld.
- Take a moment to "cover your eyes" to the faults of others, as the golden band on his idol was said to do.
How they can help you
- seeing a situation from several sides
- decisions
- mercy
Symbols
- three heads
- a golden band over the eyes
- a black horse
- a saddle
The "three realms" meaning comes from the Latin lives of Otto and is partly the priests' explanation as reported by Christian authors.
Sources
- Ebo, Life of Otto of Bamberg
- Herbord, Dialogue on the Life of Otto of Bamberg
- Monk of Prüfening, Life of Otto of Bamberg
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