The origin of the word "pagan" is still not clear. Most likely, this word is associated with the word "tongue" or "language", hence its value -the tribe, the people who speak the same language. From etymological dictionary of the Ukrainian language, the word "pagan" is "a tribe of people bound by common custom and origin".
Rod
Creator of the Universe, God of Gods.
Perun
Lightning, thunter, was the god of king´s army. All of the myths of Perun, preserved in Ukraine depict him like a shooter.
Yarilo
God of fertility and fecundity.
Veles
Protector of cattle and poetry.
Svarog
God-smith, taught people marriage, agriculture and gave them the plow.
Hors
God of Sun
Lada
One of the oldest pagan gods, the goddesh of harmony in nature, love in marriage, mother-nurse of Peace.
Mokosh
Probably the mother goddesh, the goddesh of earth, fertility and weaving.
Rozhanitsy
Goddesh of fate.
Stribog
God of wind
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