Glory, Rus

Fresh from Translation Station Another music video from the Russian pagan metal band, Arkona. This one is called Slavsya, Rus which I have translated as Glory, Rus (more correctly, Rus, with an apostrophe at the end) is an ancient name of Russia, referring to the kingdom of Rus, or Ruthenia, as it was also known the land of the eastern Slavs. In the song, the deities Dazhbog and Svarog are mentioned, and also Lyut, the god of war. Dazhbog, a preChristian god of the eastern Slavs, is the son of Svarog, a mighty blacksmith who hammered the sun into shape and placed it into the sky. The earliest known mention of Svarog is in a 15th century manuscript known as the Hypatian Codex, which is a compilation of many, much older, texts: (Then) began his reign Feosta (Hephaestus), whom the Egyptians called Svarog during his rule, from the heavens fell the smiths prongs and weapons were forged for the first time; before that, (people) fought with clubs and