Veles (god)
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Veles, also known as Volos, is a chthonic god of the underworld in Slavic mythology, described in contemporary sources as a cattle god, but according to various hypotheses, he had a much broader spher
The modern statue of Veles on Velíz mountain, Czech Republic
"Weles" in wolf form, from The Mythology of All Races (1918).
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Proto-Indo-European mythology is the body of myths and deities associated with the Proto-Indo-Europeans. Although the mythological motifs are not directly attested – since Proto-Indo-European speakers
Veles (god)
…to those of Varuna, Velnias, Odin (marginally), Hermes, Afsati and Hades. Reconstructionists speculate that he may directly continue aspects of the Proto-Indo-European pantheon with the original deity Welnos. Veles is sometimes incorrectly identified with a dragon or a serpent. This hypothesis, based on the reconstruction by…
Portrait of Friedrich Max Müller, a prominent early scholar on the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European religion and a proponent of the Meteorological School.
Scheme of Indo-European language dispersals from c. 4000 to 1000 BCE according to the widely held Kurgan hypothesis. Center: Steppe cultures 1 (black): Anatolian languages (archaic PIE) 2 (black): Afanasievo culture (early PIE) 3 (black) Yamnaya culture expansion (Pontic-Caspian steppe, Danube Valley) (late PIE) 4A (black): Western Corded Ware 4B-C (blue and dark blue): Bell Beaker; adopted by Indo-European speakers 5A-B (red): Eastern Corded Ware
Yama, an Indic reflex of *Yemo, sitting on a water buffalo.
Ancient Roman relief from the Cathedral of Maria Saal showing the infant twins Romulus and Remus being suckled by a she-wolf.