The provenance file on Belobog
The provenance file for Belobog. Nothing here is unsourced; that is what the file is for.
Provenance
1. The attestation. —, from the tradition's own record. On record: Cosmas of Prague, Chronica Boemorum I.4 (c. 1125), Helmold of Bosau, Chronica Slavorum I.52 (c. 1172), Gieysztor, Mitologia Słowian (1982), Rosik, Białobóg na ziemiach słowiańskich (2013).
2. The narrative record. Zeloboch of the Czech Chronicle — The only medieval author to name Belobog is Cosmas of Prague, whose Chronica Boemorum (c. 1125, Book I. Chernobog at Rethra — Belobog's structure is completed by his opposite. Helmold of Bosau (Chronica Slavorum I.
3. The physical record. There is no archaeology of Belobog: no image, temple, or inscription bearing his name has been found, and no Slavic sanctuary excavated to date can be assigned to him. The great Slavic cult sites belong to other gods — Arkona's temple of Svetovid on Rügen (destroyed 1168, described by Saxo Grammaticus), the debated 'Rethra' of Helmold's Black God — and the famous carved idols (the Zbruch pillar) name no deity at all. Belobog's evidence is documentary (Cosmas, Helmold) and ethnographic (the harvest-wreath records). The absence is not trivial: it means the White God belongs to that large class of ancient deities known only through the words of their adversaries — a god whose temples were wooden, seasonal, and gone.
4. The current holding. The temple at /belobog/, classified Tier 2. One decisive feature survives — a single, honest mark — which places the restoration in Tier-2: exact, and exactly labeled.
5. The documented resonances. Finance, Wealth & Commerce, Retail & Marketplaces, Startups & Venture Creation — seats argued and weighted in the pattern atlas, read through the myths in this temple's Resonance File.
6. The continuing record. Belobog's name lives wherever Slavic says 'white': in Bělehrad — Belgrade, 'the White City' — and in a family of names and words built on the same root. His cultural afterlife, though, belongs to the modern era.
At a Glance
- Restored name: Belobog
- ASCII form: belobog
- Meaning: "White god"
- Domain of influence: Light, Good, Fortune
- Pantheon: Slavic
- Classification: Tier 2
- Original script: —
- Series: The Restoration Files, No. 84 of 548
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