“Vladimir’s gods”

The heterogeneous composition of the pantheon of "Vladimir's gods" shows that the pantheon consisted of two divine triads—the Slavic and the Iranian. Both triads included sun gods—the Slavic Dazh'bog and the Iranian Khors—which proves that these were originally two different pantheons. The proposed identification of Perun with the West Slavic gods Prove and Porenut are speculative. Perun is mentioned for the first time in the Rus'-Byzantine treaty of 907, but this treaty is an artificial construction of the chronicler, modeled on the basis of the later treaties. Dazh'bog is the Slavic counterpart of the Iranian Khors among "Vladimir's gods". The identification of Dazh'bog as a solar deity is based on the Slavic translation of John Malalas's chronicle, where this god's name is used as a translation for the Greek Helios. Stribog concludes the Slavic triad of "Vladimir's gods". Mokosh' is the only goddess among "Vladimir's gods", and her name has no generally accepted etymology.