Talk:Veles (god)

Untitled
Some celebrate St. Nicholas(Santa Claus) on Dec. 19 (Ukraine).

rewrite
thanks for the extension, Hier0phant, it's an interesting read; since your reference is not very accessible, I guess we'll have to take your word that all your info was taken from Belaj. dab (&#5839;) 09:39, 24 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I assure you his work is of a highest quality, a superb summary of top research made in decipherment of Slavic mythology during last 50 years.-- Hier0phant 09:45, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Wool and cattle?
How is it logical that "wool" would be related to horned cattle? Cattle don't have wool, as far as I understand it. This assertion, in the etymology section, makes no sense to me, and needs explanation. Fuzzypeg ☻ 00:20, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. In addition, the word "Volos" is a corruption of the Proto-Slavonic word "kolos" (stem, spikelet). This explains God's connection with fertility. Noraskulk (talk) 17:23, 21 June 2020 (UTC).

Primary chronicle
I move a section which appears problematic here:
 * Firstly, he is mentioned in peace treaties of early 10th century between Rulers of Kievan Rus' and Byzantine emperors, where the Slavs make an oath of peace by swearing upon their gods, Perun and Volos.

The primary chronicle was written in the 12th century, and instead of "Slavs", it talks of Norsemen called Karl, Farulf, Vermund, Hrollaf, and Steinvith. This source notes that Volos was presumably a translation of a Norse god from the Greek original. Most likely the Greek original used the name of a Greek god in that place, see Interpretatio graeca. Since the removed section is completely unreferenced, and I find it a bit off-topic to discuss the custom of Interpretatio graeca, I think the text should be removed until a working non-OR suggestion is provided for how to treat it in the article.--Berig (talk) 14:48, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 1 one external link on Veles (god). Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20050308193444/http://www.novosarajevo.ba:80/stream/article.php?pid=118 to http://www.novosarajevo.ba/stream/article.php?pid=118

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at ).

Cheers.—cyberbot II  Talk to my owner :Online 23:31, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

External links modified (January 2018)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Veles (god). Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20151018000746/http://ir.nmu.org.ua/bitstream/handle/123456789/120570/96db5654f2d3025b46454ace91716506.pdf to http://ir.nmu.org.ua/bitstream/handle/123456789/120570/96db5654f2d3025b46454ace91716506.pdf

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 04:02, 22 January 2018 (UTC)