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Svarozhich

Slavic deity
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Also spelled:
Svarozic, Svaroshigh
Or:
Svaroziczu

Svarozhich, in Slavic religion, god of the sun, of fire, and of the hearth. He was worshiped in a temple at Radegast (now in eastern Germany). In myth he may have been the son of Svarog and the brother of Dazhbog, or he may have been identical to the latter.