Slavic paganism
Slavic mythology and Slavic religion evolved over more than 3,000 years. It's conjectured that some parts of it are from neolithic or possibly even mesolithic times. The religion possesses numerous common traits with other Indo-European religions.
Primary Sources
Very few written records are known to survive from the centuries before Christianization. The controversial Book of Veles is believed by some to be a sacred text of this religion. Saxon Grammatica is another source with disputed authenticity. Chronicon Slavorum by Helmold is generally accepted as a genuine source, covering culture and events in the late 1st millennium AD. One unreasonably underestimated and quite enigmatic source is Veda Slovena - a compilation of archaic Bulgarian ritual songs, that preserved important fragments of Slavic pagan lore.
World
Slavic religion recognizes three realms: Jav, Prav, and Nav, Jav being the material world, Nav the immaterial, and Prav being the laws that govern them. The emphasis on the three realms is particularly characteristic for the Slavic neopaganists.
The Heaven/paradise in this religion is Svarga, residence of Svarog, or Iriy. The Hell is Koschny kingdom, residence of Koschey, Morena, and Zmey. Both realms are parts of Nav. Sometimes the underworld is Svarga.
Gods
Supreme god
The original supreme god of Slavs was probably Rod. Information about Rod worship is scarce.
In some branches of Slavic religion, the supreme god is Svarog (senior member of Triglav). But exactly because of his nature he was not the most worshiped: that was Perun, while tribes that were occupied mostly with cattle could pay most attention to Veles and so on.
Pantheon
There is no single well-established pantheon. One attempt at establishing such an "official" pantheon was made by Vladimir I, Prince of Kiev in 980-988 religious reform, immediately preceding the Cristianization of Ruthenia. Vladimir erected six or seven idols near his court - Perun as a supreme god, Veles, Hors, Dajbog, Stribog, Simargl, and Mokosh as tribal gods.
It should be noted that many of the gods may be known by different names even in the same language. Calling gods by proper name was considered bad luck, thus gods were called by adjectives, describing their qualities. Over time, those adjectives took life of their own.
Mythical heroes Some of these heroes have had real-life prototypes, but most stories about them became pure fiction, involving magic etc.
Spirits
Slavic and Polish folk magic
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