Veles

Summary

Veles is a water deity^[1]. He draws 1,477 Wikipedia views per month (water_deity category, ranking #18 of 165).^[2]

Key Facts

• Veles's field of work was Slavic mythology^[3].
• Veles's field of work was Slavic religion^[4].
• Veles is recorded as male^[5].
• Veles's instance of is recorded as water deity^[6].
• Veles's instance of is recorded as nature deity^[7].
• Veles's instance of is recorded as Slavic deity^[8].
• Veles is part of Belarusian mythology^[9].
• Veles's Commons category is recorded as Veles (god)^[10].
• Veles's said to be the same as is recorded as Velnias^[11].
• Veles's said to be the same as is recorded as Flins^[12].
• Veles's worshipped by is recorded as Slavic mythology^[13].
• Veles's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• Veles's described by source is recorded as The Mythology of All Races^[15].
• Veles's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• Veles's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[17].
• Veles's different from is recorded as Veles^[18].
• Veles's enemy is recorded as Perun^[19].

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Career and Affiliations

Fields of work include Slavic mythology^[3], a group of mythologies by ethnic group^[20] and Slavic religion^[4], an ethnic religion^[21].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Veles include Volosko^[22], a human settlement^[23], in Croatia^[24] and Saint Blaise's feast day^[25], a holiday^[26], in Russia^[27].

Why It Matters

Veles draws 1,477 Wikipedia views per month (water_deity category, ranking #18 of 165).^[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] He is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

Entities named for him include Volosko^[22], a human settlement^[23], in Croatia^[24] and Saint Blaise's feast day^[25], a holiday^[26], in Russia^[27].