At the beginning of time, when Svarog hit the flammable stone Alatyr with a hammer, the Fire God Semargl was born from a spark carved from the stone, as well as all the heavenly Ratichi - Svarog’s warriors.
The luminous Fire God Semargl appeared in a fiery whirlwind, cleansing from all filth. He, like the Sun, illuminated the entire Universe. Near Semargl there was a golden-maned horse with silver wool. Smoke became His banner, and fire became His horse. Where He rode on His horse, a black scorched mark remained.
Then God’s wind arose from the great fire of Svarog - thus the god of the winds Stribog was born. He began to fan the great flame of Svarog and Svarozhich-Semargl.
The Great Black Snake, born of the World Duck, decided to imitate Svarog. He crawled up to Alatyr and hit him with a hammer. From this blow, black sparks scattered throughout the world - this is how all the dark forces, the Dasuni demons, were born.
And then Semargl entered into a fight with the Great Black Snake and his army. But Svarozhich lacked strength, and the Red Sun dimmed. The Black Snake flooded the entire Earth with darkness. And Svarozhich went up to the heavenly forge to his father Svarog.
The Black Snake also flew to Svarga. He licked the three vaults of heaven with his tongue and climbed into the heavenly forge. And then Svarog and Semargl grabbed the tongue of the Black Snake with red-hot pincers, tamed it and harnessed it to the plow. Then the gods divided the Earth with this plow into the kingdom of Rev and the kingdom of Navi. Svarog and Semargl began to rule in Yavi, and the Black Snake began to rule in Navi.
Svarog and Svarozhich are Father and Son. The Most High Himself also appeared as the son of Svarog. Svarozhichi were Perun and Semargl.
The Book of Veles calls Svarog Tvastyr, that is, the Creator. He is also Tvashtar of Ved India. You should also know that the image of Tvastyr Svarog in India merged with the images of the Vedic Tvashtar, as well as Isvar (Lord Shiva), Indra (the owner of Svarga) and Brahma. The Shaivites identified the creative power of Svarog with the Creator Shiva, and those who worshiped Indra did the same. Brahmanists identified the creative Word of Svarog with Brahma, consisting of the Vedas. Therefore, the Slavic iconography of Svarog is similar to the Hindu iconography of Brahma.
The myth was restored mainly according to folk legends about the battle with the Serpent of Kuzma-Demyan, the attack of Boris-Gleb, Nikita Kozhemyaka (who ousted Svarot and Svarozhich) and other related legends. See, for example: E.R. Romanov, “Belarusian collection” (Vyl. 4. Kyiv, 1885. P. 17). In these legends, magical blacksmiths (even Kozhemyaka and he is a blacksmith in the legend) forge in a fabulous forge, spread over 12 miles, it has 12 doors (according to the number of zodiac signs, like Vedic temples). 12 assistant hammermen are also mentioned. They forge a sword, a plow, a bowl (as in the Scythian legends about the Heavenly Blacksmith, set forth by Herodotus). It is also said that they “forged the first plow for people,” which, when compared with the news of the Ipatiev Chronicle for 1114 about Svarok, the first Heavenly blacksmith, allows us to identify Kuzma-Demyan (Boris-Gleb) and other later deputies with Svarot and Svarozhich Semargl.
“Kuzma-Demyan, people of old say, the first wine was the first man of God, as the retinue will be honored by Tsei Kuzma-Demyan was the first forge and the first crusher of the plow at the saint... (Kuzma-Demyan fought with the Snake.). This snake mercilessly devoured people, leaving no one behind: neither old nor small. Where it yawned, people died, like grass eating the horns of cattle, and like millet on the sun... "
Semargla calls Fire God the “Book of Veles” (“smaga” in Old Russian - flame). The plot of the initial battle between the Creator of the World, the god of Fire and the Serpent is known to the Vedas and Avesta, but the song itself was preserved only in the Slavic tradition.
The description of Fire God is in the conspiracies: “Father, you are the Tsar of Fire, you are the king of all kings, you are the fire of all fires. How you burn and scorch grass-ants, thickets and slums in a field, underground roots of a damp oak tree, seventy-seven roots, seventy-seven branches... so they slept from the servant of God's sorrow..."
In the “Book of Veles” (Kryn 3:1) there is glorification of Semargl as the god of Fire and Moonlight
“We praise the Fire God Semargl, who gnaws the tree. Glory to him, the Fire-haired One, with a face that turns pink morning, noon and evening! And we give to him because he creates food and drink. And we keep him alone in the ashes. And it rises and burns over our land, from the time the Sun goes down, and until the Sun is born again, until it is led to and through the meadows of Khors.”
The glorification of the god of Fire-Sun is in the songs of the Bulgarians:
Fala ti Yogne God! Fala ti Yasnu Sun! You are heating the earth. You are heating the earth (...) You are crooked in the earth, and you are poor and hungry. Praise be to you, Fire God! Praise be to you, Clear Sun! You are warming the earth... (And if you leave us) Black haze will cover everything, They will come poverty and hunger. Original and translation from "Veda of the Slavs", XIII 1-35
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru