Major gods

Dažbog - Sun god, possibly a culture hero and a source of wealth and power

Jarilo - God of vegetation, fertility and spring; also associated with war and harvest

Morana - Goddess of harvest, witchcraft, winter and death

Perun - God of thunder and lightning

Živa - Goddess of love and fertility

Svarog - God of fire, sometimes described as a smith god

Svetovid - God of war, fertility and abundance

Triglav - Three-headed god

Veles - God of earth, waters, and the underworld

Zaria - Goddess of beauty

The Zorya - Three (or two) guardian goddesses that represent the morning, evening and midnight stars

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Other gods

Belobog - The White God; speculated to be a god of light and sun

Berstuk - Evil Wendish god of the forest

Chernobog - The Black God; speculated to be the opposite number of Belobog

Dodola - Goddess of rain, sometimes believed to be the wife of Perun

Dogoda - Polish spirit of the west wind, associated with love and gentleness

Dziewona - Virgin goddess of the hunt; equivalent of the Roman goddess Diana

Dzydzilelya - Polish goddess of love, marriage, sexuality and fertility

Flins - Wendish god of death

Hors - God of the winter sun, healing, survival, and the triumph of health over illness

Ipabog - God of the hunt

Juthrbog - Wendish moon god

Karewit - Wendish protector of the town of Charenza

Krsnik - Fire god

Kupalo - God of fertility

Koliada - Goddess of the sky, responsible for the sunrise

Lada - Fakeloric goddess of harmony, merriment, youth, love and beauty, constructed by scholars during the Renaissance

Marowit - Wendish god of nightmares

Marzyana - Polish goddess of the grain

Matka Gabia - Polish goddess of the home and hearth

Mokosh - Goddess connected with female activities such as shearing, spinning and weaving

Myesyats - God of the moon

Oynyena Maria - Polish fire goddess who assists Perun

Oźwiena - Goddess of echo, gossip, fame and glory

Peklenc - God of the underground and a divine judge

Percunatel - Polish goddess, purported to be Perun's mother

Pereplut - Goddess of drink and changing fortunes

Podaga - Wendish god of weather, fishing, hunting and farming

Porewit - God of the woods, who protected lost voyagers and punished those who mistreated the forest

Radegast - Possibly a god of hospitality, fertility and crops

Rod - Creator god

Rugiewit - Local personification of Perun, worshipped by members of the Rani in Charenza

Siebog - God of love and marriage; consort of Živa

Siliniez - Polish woodland god for whom moss was sacred

Stribog - God and spirit of the winds, sky and air

Sudice - The Fates of Polish mythology, who meted out fortune, destiny, judgment and in some cases, fatality, when a child was born

Sudz - Polish god of destiny and glory

Tawals - Blessing-bringing god of the meadows and fields

Varpulis - God of storm winds and companion of Perun

Zeme - Goddess of the earth

Zirnitra - Dragon god of sorcery

Zislbog - Wendish moon goddess; also known as Kricco, goddess of the seed

Złota Baba - Polish goddess known as the "Golden Woman"

Żywie - Goddess of health and healing

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Spirits and demons

Ala - Demons of bad weather

Baba Yaga - A witch-like character who eats small children and lives in a house which stands on chicken feet

Bagiennik - Water demons who lived in lakes and rivers

Bannik - A bathhouse spirit with the ability to predict the future

Bies - An evil spirit

Blud - An evil spirit who causes disorientation

Boginki - Polish spirits who were said to steal babies and replace them with Odmience

Dola - Protective spirits who embody human fate

Domovoi - Household spirits

Drekavac - A creature believed to come from the soul of a dead unbaptised child

German - A male spirit associated with rain and hail

Karzełek - Mine-dwelling beings that protect miners

Kikimora - Female household spirit, sometimes said to be married to the Domovoi

Koschei - An evil being who cannot be killed because his soul is hidden separate from his body

Leshy - Woodland spirits who protect wild animals and forests

Likho - A one-eyed embodiment of evil fate and misfortune

Polevik - Field spirits who appear either at noon or at sunset

Polunocnica - "Lady Midnight", a demoness said to frighten children at night

Pscipolnitsa - "Lady Midday"; a noon demon who roamed the fields and struck down workers with heatstroke

Raróg - Creature who turns himself into a whirlwind

Rusalka - Often-malevolent female ghosts, water nymphs, succubi or mermaid-like demons that dwelled in waterways

Shishiga - Female creature who harasses people and brings misfortune to drunkards

Skrzak - A flying imp

Stuhać - A demonic, mountain-dwelling creature

Topielec - Malevolent spirits of human souls that died drowing

Vampir - A revenant that feeds on the blood of the living

Vila - Fairy-like spirits

Vodyanoy - A male water spirit

Zduhać - A man with extraordinary supernatural abilities

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Creatures

Alkonost - A legendary bird with the head and chest of a woman

Bukavac - A six-legged monster with gnarled horns who lived in lakes and attacked during the night

Cikavac - A winged animal that would fulfill its owner's wishes and enable its owner to understand the animal language

Firebird - A magical glowing bird which is both a blessing and bringer of doom to its captor

Gamayun - A prophetic bird with the head of a woman

Psoglav - A demonic creature described as having a human body with horse legs, and dog's head with iron teeth and a single eye on the forehead

Simargl - The father of Skif, founder of Scythia; often portrayed as a large dog with wings

Sirin - A creature with the head and chest of a woman and the body of a bird

Zmey - A dragon-like creature

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