Svetovid

By Crusader1307

Of Slavic and Southern Russian origins) – ''Svetovid'' was a major Deity relative to ''War'' and well as ''Fertility'' and ''Abundance''. Personified as a ''Male Warrior/King'', Svetovid'' had ''4 Faces'' – each relating to the ''Four Directions'' (North,South, East and West). He was thus '' All Seeing and all Knowing''. His Cult can be traced to before the 9th Century AD (and His eventual destruction by Christian Missionaries). Typically, His ''shrines'' were carved of wood (from a Tree), and fashioned to resemble His above mentioned likeness.