The Rani or Rujani were a West Slavic tribe based on the island of Rugia and the southwestern mainland across the Strelasund in what is today northeastern Germany.
A priest of Svantevit depicted on a stone from Arkona, now in the church of Altenkirchen.
Svetovit, also known as Sventovit and Svantovit amongst other variants, is the god of abundance and war, and the chief god of the Slavic tribe of the Rani, and later of all the Polabian Slavs. His org
Rani (tribe)
…statues in their respective temples. They were worshipped in temples, holy groves, at home and in ritual meals. The most powerful of their gods was Svantevit, a four-headed god whose temple stood at Cape Arkona on the northernmost shore of Wittow, at that time still an island immediately to the north of…
Divination before battle, Józef Ryszkiewicz, 1890
Remains of a fortress at Arkona. Shoreline destruction continues at a rate of 0.3-0.5 m per year.
The Taking of Arkona in 1169, King Valdemar and Bishop Absalon, Laurits Tuxen.
Old Prussian stone baba [Wikidata] in the courtyard of the Olsztyn Castle.