Maya Zlatogorka and Dazhbog gave birth to the god Kolyada, just as many thousands of years ago, in their past descents to Earth, Zlata Maya and Vyshnya gave birth to Kryshnya. Maya and Dazhbog also gave birth to Kolyada’s brother, the god Ovsen.
How two falcons flew. Ovsen and Kolyada! Summer there - winter here! How they flew - all people looked. How they landed - all people marveled. How they flew - all people sighed... “The Book of Kolyada”, X a
The birth of Kolyada and Ovsenya was welcomed by all the heavenly gods and all the inhabitants of the Earth. Svarog himself heard about this. He sent the Fire God Semargl from heaven to bow to Kolyada.
Semargl descended from the sky, flew to Sarachinskaya Mountain, and saw that Zlatogorka was hiding in a deep cave, holding the baby Kolyada in her arms with the book of the Vedas in her hands. Maya and Kolyada were thirsty, so Semargl struck the Sarachin Mountain with a golden axe. Because of this, the mountain became rich and a golden crown opened in it. Living water flowed out of this lid - and Zlatogorka, the baby Kolyada, and the book of the Vedas themselves began to drink that water.
Here, from forty nations, the sorcerers-kolezhans came to the mountain. They saw Semargl descend from the sky, saw the baby God and the book of the Vedas, and they also fell to the source of living water.
Kolyada came into the world to again give people the Vedic knowledge that Kryshen had already given, but which they did not save. Therefore, when the evening of Svarog Day arrived, the Almighty was incarnated on Earth as the god Kolyada. And the era of Kolyada came.
Kolyada appeared as the punishing face of the Almighty. And he no longer appeared at the Alatyr Mountain, but at the Sarachin Mountain. He appeared to punish the demons and bring the Light of Vedic Knowledge. And the Book of the Vedas began to teach the kings and wise men gathered around the Sarachin Mountain:
- Believe in the young God! In Kolyada - the Almighty Roof! He came down from heaven, He will walk across the earth And he will teach the Faith of the Vedas! “The Book of Kolyada”, X a And then the kings and wise men brought gifts to Kolyada - gold and silver. They lit candles, drank honey Surya and praised Kolyada: “Kolyada is our Kolyada! Kolyada Holy! Holy Greatest! Great - Most Pure! Most Pure and Godly! And God's Parent!
Songs about Christmas Carols are still performed in all Slavic lands on the eve of the New Year - In Russia, these are carols and grapes. In “Veda of the Slavs” these songs are significantly expanded. For example, it tells how Kolyada is given birth to Vishna the god and Golden Mike. The same tradition existed in Rus'; just compare the text from the “Veda of the Slavs” and the “Book of Veles”.
Rub sa Zlata Mike. Kalede our Kolede! Rub sa soak sa v Yes give birth to the young God! (...). Koleda of God on the earth - ta. Zlatna toega wear, ta sa sheta well zeme-ta Ut faf-grad hail, Ut village on the village, ut porridge nakata. Zlata Maya worked hard Oh, Oh, Our Kolyada, our Kolyada! She worked, she strained, and she gave birth to a young God! (...) Kolyada is a god on earth! He carries a golden staff. He walks along the earth from the city of Bel-grad, From village to village, from house to house.. Originals and translations from the “Veda Slav”, 1-5; 1,1-37
And those Saints come to us, and the first Saint is Kolyada, and the other is Yar and Red Mountain, and Great and Small Ovsen. And those Saints go like men from the city to the village of Ognishchansky, and bring peace to the earth, and it will come from us to others and from others to us. “The Book of Veles”, Bus 11, 4:5
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru