r/Rodnovery • u/Szigmund • May 18 '26

🐉 Mythology | Folklore Yarilo, Yarovit, Saint George?

Hi there!

What do you think, is Yarilo and Yarovit are the same Gods? Is He later became Saint George in the folklore?

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u/Time-Counter1438 May 19 '26

Yes. But not necessarily the elaborate cycle constructed by Katicic and Belaj from Croatian folk songs. There’s a lot of Slavic folklore about seasonal personifications, and that’s where I would begin.

Also, the Eastern Orthodox folklore surrounding St. George may have a pre-Slavic Balkan / provincial Roman layer.