Jarovit
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Yarovit, Iarovit (or Yerovit, Ierovit) is a Polabian god of war, worshipped in Vologošč (Circipanians) and Hobolin (Hobolians; modern Havelberg). Sources give only a brief description of his cult, his main temple was located in Vologošč, where there was a golden shield belonging to Yarovit. By one Christian monk he was identified with the Roman Mars.
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- Deity.type
- Slavic
- Deity.name
- Yarovit
- Deity.image
- GerovitsteinPetrikirche.JPG
- Deity.deity_of
- God of war
- Deity.caption
- A stone carving with a supposed image of Yarovit in the church of St. Peter in Wolgast
- Deity.venerated_in
- Polabian religion
- Deity.cult_center
- Vologošč (Wolgast)
- Deity.region
- Polabia
- Deity.weapon
- golden shield
- Deity.roman_equivalent
- Mars
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- GerovitsteinPetrikirche.JPG
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Yarovit, Iarovit (or Yerovit, Ierovit) is a Polabian god of war, worshipped in Vologošč (Circipanians) and Hobolin (Hobolians; modern Havelberg). Sources give only a brief description of his cult, his main temple was located in Vologošč, where there was a golden shield belonging to Yarovit. By one Christian monk he was identified with the Roman Mars.
== Etymology == In Latin records, this theonym is noted as and . These notations should be read as Yarovit, since in Latin German texts the Slavic element jar- is sometimes written as ⟨ger-⟩ or ⟨her-⟩ ( = Slavic Jarišov, = Slavic Jeruš, = Slavic Jarogněv etc.). The notation by ⟨h⟩ is the result of changing the grapheme ⟨g⟩ → ⟨gh⟩ → ⟨h⟩ due to matching Polish pronunciation with German writing. The Old Polabian form is reconstructed as *Jerovit.