Svarog

Svarog (Old Church Slavonic: Сваро́гъ, Russian: Сварог, Serbian: Сварог/Svarog, Polish: Swaróg, Croatian: Svarog, Ukrainian: Сварог, Slovak: Svarog) is a Slavic deity known primarily from the Hypatian Codex, a Slavic translation of the Chronicle of John Malalas. Svarog is there identified with Hephaestus, the god of the blacksmith in ancient Greek religion, and as the father of Dažbog, a Slavic solar deity. On the basis of this text, some researchers conclude that Svarog is the Slavic god of celestial fire and of blacksmithing.