In all beliefs, there is a myth about the creation of the world. However, the Slavs have the problem that there are no written sources that would allow us to unambiguously present the Slavic myth about the creation of the world and answer many questions about the Slavic religion. What we know today is based on linguistic and etymological research and archaeological discoveries.

At the end of the 19th century, a version of the creation myth was written down that can be considered credible. It is true that it does not use the names of the Slavic Gods, but presents the devil and God as the creators of the world, but as a whole, it is completely different from the creationist visions of Christians. Let's not hide that while the Christianization of the Slavic lands by destroying temples and statues was successful, today we can say that it was successful, but they could not take the language and deeply rooted faith and culture from the Slavs. Especially since the Slavs had an extraordinary gift for storytelling, and before the arrival of the missionaries, and long after them, there was probably no better time to spend long winter evenings than telling myths and fairy tales.

Slavic myth about the creation of the world

In the beginning, there was only the endless sea and light. Over this abyss, in the form of a swan, Świętowit circled. He was troubled by loneliness, so when he saw his shadow on the water, he decided to separate it from himself. This is how Perun, who inhabited the world above the sea surface, and Weles, diving in the great ocean, were born. However, they too were bored with this empty world.

It was then that Weles decided to fish out a handful of sand from the bottom of the sea. Only the third time, when he correctly uttered the spell "with the power of Perun and mine", he managed to pull the sand above the surface of the water, having previously hidden some for himself in his mouth. Perun threw sand on the surface of the water, and it began to grow. Weles then choked on the sand growing in his mouth and spat it out. That's how mountains were made.

The created land was small, so Weles once again decided not to share the land with his brother and took everything for himself. When tired Perun fell asleep, and Weles decided to push his brother into the sea. He took it gently in his arms, and as soon as he began to approach the shore, the land began to expand at an alarming rate. Awakened by this, Perun was afraid that there would be no heaven for him, so he sent a bee to investigate the matter. She flew to eavesdrop on Weles' conversation with the goat he had created. She passed on the message she had heard that for the land to stop growing, the directions of the world had to be set. Perun made a stick out of the waves of the sea and marked the four directions of the world with it. Thus the land we know was formed.

The brothers argued over who should rule the world. Then Świętowit appeared again and divided the world between them fairly. Perun took possession of heaven and earth, and Weles ruled over Nawia. This myth had slightly different versions. For example, Perun was supposed to sail on the sea in a boat, when suddenly Weles emerged, who, when asked who he was, agreed to answer on the condition that Perun would allow him to board the boat. Yet another version talks about Veles, who was created from the reflection of Perun in water (which would only confirm the dualistic theory of the creation of the world). In a Podkarpackie folk tale, both creators appear in the form of two pigeons (or ducks) sitting on an oak tree, one of which dives into the sea and brings some sand from the bottom in its beak. Some also claim that Svarog created the world instead of Perun. Or that he appeared instead of Świętowit.

No matter how many different voices appear on this issue, the vast majority, if not all, talk about two opposing forces. They cannot be called good and evil, they are neutral, and none of them can create the world on its own, so these forces must work together. One of these forces (Perun/Swarog) rules over the sky, and the other (Weles) over the dark, non-material sphere. In the middle, that is, where we live, our entire world, located between Nawia and Prawia, where these two opposing powers meet (they do not fight, but complement each other, and cooperate).