Jer tajna je velika, kako to Svarog biva u isto vreme i Perun i Svetovid.

Translated into English it means:

Because it is a great secret how come Svarog (hevenly and earthly fire) is at the same time Perun (thunder) and Svetovid (Sun).

The answer to this riddle is Triglav (three headed), trojan (triple), Hromi daba, Crom Dubh - Lugh, Grom Div, The Thunder Giant, The Sky Father.





According to Branibor (now Brandenburg ) chronicles written in 1136 ad, the ruler of the area, Prince Pribislav destroyed a statue of Triglav after he was baptized. This statue of Triglav has previously been highly respected. No detailed description of the statue survived, and there is no description of rituals related to the veneration of this Statue. The only information that the chronicle gives us is that the God had three heads.

In the biographies of the Bishop Otto fon Bramburg, who converted Western Slavs (Sorbs) in the South Baltic, in Pomerania we can find more information about the god Triglav (Dabog, Hromi Daba). All three biographers ( Ebo , Herbord and an unnamed monk from the monastery of Priflinger ) have witnessed the existence of a three-headed idol in Volyn and Šćećin. Ebo said that the city of Volin is situated on the slopes of three hills, and that it has a temple dedicated to a deity with three heads, which was called God Triglav („...deo Triglavo dicitus, tricapitum habebat...“). According to Ebo, Triglav is the highest Slavic God ( " summus Deus " ), the ruler of the three worlds (heaven , earth and the underworld). The statue was made of wood, that it's three heads were encrusted in silver, and that it's heads were covered with the "tiara" or some kind of a hat made of gold, which covered the idol's eyes.



In the town of Stettin were three hills, the central one being dedicated to Triglav, the chief local deity. This idol was of gold and had three heads, while its eyes and lips were covered with a golden veil. The pagan priests declared that Triglav ("Three-Heads") was tricephalous because he wished to make it known that he ruled over three realms, i. e., heaven, earth, and the underworld; and he covered his face because he would not see the sins of men. The temple of Triglav was built with wonderful skill. On the inner and outer sides of the walls were various embossed figures of men, birds, and animals, so well made that they seemed to live and breathe. Their colour was always fresh and durable, and could be damaged neither by rain nor by snow. According to the custom of the ancestors one tenth of all booty was stored in the treasury of the temple, and there was, moreover, an abundance of gold and silver vessels used by the chieftains on festive occasions, as well as daggers, knives, and other rare, costly, and beautiful objects. In honour of and in homage to the gods colossal horns of wild bulls, gilded and adorned with precious stones, were kept there, some serving for drinking vessels, and some for musical instruments.





Otto von Bamberg destroyed the idols, by chopping the heads off with an axe. He then sent the three silver coated heads to the pope Calixto II in Rome, as evidence that his mission of converting Polabian Slavs (Sorbs) was successful. In Szczecin Bishop Otto fon Bamberg did manage to destroy the temple dedicated to Triglav, but the priests removed the statue of God which was entirely made of gold and managed to hide it in a hollow tree near the city. It is said that the Bishop did not manage to find this statue.

Same authors ( Ebo , Herbord and monk from Priflinger) tell us that the animal dedicated to god Triglav was a black horse , which was used for divination. Triglav was also associated with spear and sword and was considered to be one of Slavic war gods. Some reports say that Triglav had three goats heads.





Among thousands of Serbian folk songs and ceremonial prayer songs collected by ethnologists during 19th century, we find many which talk about Triglav. The description of god Triglav from Serbian folk tradition corresponds closely to references to Triglav which we find in the Book of Veles. They both identify Triglav as main deity and the oldest deity that there is.









... Ti junaci mladi hrabri,

Velji vojni Triglavovi,

Triglavovi silna Boga,

Silna Boga najvećega,

Boga stara Pra Pra Boga...





Translated into English this means:





...Those heroes young and brave

great solders of Triglav

Triglav, the mighty god

Triglav the greatest god





:





...Molimo se i klanjamo se prvom Triglavu i njemu veliku slavu pojemo...To je suština Triglava jer svi od njega potiču i njemu se opet vraćaju...





Translated into English this means:





The following excerpts are from the book called " P

" meaning Songs and Customs of all Serbian people. This is a collection of ceremonial songs collected throughout the Balkans in the 19th century by ethnographer M.S.Milojevic. Serbian folk tradition

tells us that Triglav is the ruler of all space and all time. He is the god of three worlds: the sky , the earth and the underworld.





...Sa njegove tri velike glave,

Sa tri glave velikim Triglavom,

Što mi drma svetom tim prebelim,

Na sve strane i ta sva vremena...





Translated into English this means:





...With his great three heads

With three heads the great Triglav

shakes (rules) this white world

In all directions and in all times...





This next song tells us that Triglav is also the god of the past the present and future.





...Silen bora Triglavomu,

Što mi sedit, ni zboruva,

Dlgo mnogo što minuva,

Dlgo mnogo što ća bidne,

Dlgo mnogo što živue,

De im imat do tri sili,

Prva sila na nebesa,

Druga sila na pod zemje,

A treća mi na ta zemja...





Translated into English this means:





Mighty god Triglav

Who decides

What happened

What will happen

what is happening

And who has three forces

First in the sky

Second under the ground

And third on the ground...





Serbian folk tradition tells us that Triglav is the holy trinity. This means that for Serbs, Triglav is "the holy god, father, son and holy spirit".





This next song, talks about the passing of the flower wreath, from St George (Yarilo, 6th of

May, young sun, beginning of summer), to St John (21 of Jun, the summer solstice, middle of summer), to St peter (July), to Triglav (2nd of August, end of summer). The flower wreath represents the sun during spring and summer months. Triglav here is actually St Elijah. His feast day (2nd of August) falls at the end of Summer when sun's heat is at its maximum. St Elijah is known i Serbia as Sveti Ilija (Sveti can mean saint but also shining) the thunderer, which shows that in Serbian tradition the Sun is associated with the thunde. St Elijah is actually Svetli Ilios, Shining Thundering Sun, Perun and his day is 2nd of August, Crom dubh - Lugh day, Perun day.





...Ivanjsko cveće petranjsko,

Petrovsko cveće ivanjsko!

Ivan ga bere te bere.

Petar ga plete te plete.

Daje ga silnu Triglavu,

Triglavu svetoj trojici...





Translated into English this means:





St John's flowers to St Petar's flowers

St John picks the flowers

St Petar makes wreath from them

And gives the wreath to mighty Triglav

Triglav the holy trinity...





This is another song which refers to Triglav as the holy trinity:





...Ko prevari svoga druga,

Svoga druga pobratima

Satreo ga silni Ljelju:

Svojim ocem strašnim Bogom.

Strašnim Bogom Triglav Bogom,

Triglavom svetom Trojicom...





Translated into English this means:





...Who betrays a friend

A friend or a blood brother

May mighty Ljelju (Perun) destroy him

With his father terible god

Terible god Triglav

Triglav the holy trinity...





This next song tells us that Triglav is the Creator, the Protector and the Destroyer of everything that there was, there is and that there will be:





...Naš gospodar Trigljav velji,

Naš Stvoritelj i Držitelj

I veliki Umoritelj...





Translated into English this means:





...Our lord Triglav the great

Our creator, our protector (upholder, maintainer)

and our great destroyer...





And this song tells us that Triglav is the highest god, the greatest god and that he is the three headed trinity, at the same time the Creator, the Protector and the Destroyer:





...Veliča smo Višnjega!

Previšnjega i jasnjega!

Triglav Boga najvećeg.

Svetu Trojcu najjasnu.

Stvoriteljicu najjaču.

Održateljicu najkrepku.

Rušiteljicu najstrašnu....





Translated into English this means:





...We celebrated Višnjega (The high god, the sky god)

The highest and the brightest

God Triglav the greatest

Holy trinity the shiniest

Creator, the strongest

protector (upholder, maintainer), the most robust

Destroyer, the most terrible...





This next ceremonial song (prayer) actually identifies, gives names to the three faces of Triglav:





...Da nam stoka bude zdrava

Ta goveda i te ovce

Ti jarići i jaganjci.

Doratasti velji konji

Što no nose te junake

Mile borce Triglav bora5

Triglav bora te Troice

Višnjeg boga Stvoritelja

Jakog Žive rušitelja

I Branjanja Branitelja...





Translated into English this means:





...May our cattle be healthy

All the cows and all the sheep

All the kids and all the lambs

All the great big horses

Which carry our heroes

Dear solders of the god Triglav

god Triglav the holy trinity

Vishnji god, the creator

Strong Živa the destrojer

and Branjanj the protector...





In Indian mythology, Trimurti consists of Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma. In Serbian mythology, Triglav consists of Višnji, Živa, Branjanj.

In Serbian the meanings of the names of the holy trinity (Trimurti, Triglav) members (Višnji, Živa, Branjanj) actually correspond to their role in Serbian Trinity:

Vishnji (meaning "one who is up high", from vis "high"), the sun.

Branjanj (meaning the protector, supporter, from bran "protection", braniti "to protect"), the fire.

Živa (meaning alive, living from Živ "alive, life"), the giver and taker of life.

Serbian folk tradition also tells us that Triglav lives in India and that India was the home of the Serbs, which Serbs had to leave because of a huge political or religious upheaval of some kind, probably a religious civil war which plunged India into chaos.

How old is this folk memory? What time and what migration from India to Europe does it describe? We don't know for sure. The racial memory these folk songs preserve could either be the memory of the original migration of the "Indo Europeans" to Europe, or the Skythian migration to Europe or any other one in between or after. Either way they are thousands of years old. The fact that Serbs have preserved, in their folk tradition, the memory of the migration from India through all these millenniums, is astounding, and another proof that culture and language are a lot more resistant then most people think. The fact that some of the songs recorded by ethnographers are actually prayers to Triglav, is even more amazing. This means that Serbs have managed to preserve the actual Agni (Triglav) cult for thousands of years outside of India.

Here is one of the folk songs which tells the story about the Serbian exodus from India. The song is called "The saints are dividing the treasure" and in it Ognjena Marija (Fiery Mary) sister of St Petar, St Nicolas, St John, St Ilia and St Pantelija tells her brothers why she is crying:





Al' govori Blažena Marija:



A moj brate, Gromovnik Ilija!

Kako ne ću suze proljevati,

Kad ja idem iz zemlje Inđije,

Iz Inđije iz zemlje proklete?

U Inđiji teško bezakonje:

Ne poštuje mlađi starijega, Ne slušaju đeca roditelja; Roditelji porod pogazili, Crn im bio obraz na divanu Pred samijem Bogom istinijem! Kum svog kuma na sudove ćera, I dovede lažljive svjedoke I bez vjere i bez čiste duše, I oglobi kuma vjenčanoga, Vjenčanoga ili krštenoga; A brat brata na mejdan zaziva; Đever snasi o sramoti radi, A brat sestru sestrom ne doziva.

Translated into English this means:

...And kind Mary (Holy Mary) replies: O my brother, Thunder god Ilija how can i not cry when i am coming from country of India from India the accursed country. In India there is complete lawlessness: young are not respecting the old, children are not respecting parents, they have black cheeks before the god of truth, a godfather is betraying godson, brother is fighting brother, brother in law is sleeping with sister in law, and brother does not call his sister a sister...



And here is another song, which is actual Christmas time ceremonial prayer song (Winter solstice, the birth of young sun). This is one of the songs collected by Vuk Stef. Karadžić. Srpske narodne pesme, Knjiga druga, u kojoj su pjesme junačke najstarije







Siva Živa siva silna,

Siva silna golubice!

da kuda si putovala?

Odgovara Siva Živa

Siva silna golubica:

„Ja sam tamo putovala

U Inđiju našu zemlju. Prolećela Hindušana I tu Globu Tartariju Crni Hinduš i Tartaru. Letila sam Gospodaru Našem silnom Triglav boru Te gledala što nam čini Što nam čini zapoveda.” Što činjaše naš gospodar, Naš gospodar Triglav velji, Naš Stvoritelj i Držitelj I veliki Umoritelj? Odgovori Siva Živa Bela silna golubica: „Naš gospodar lepo čini Trima kola u zučinje I četvrto zlato meri. Da pravimo zlatne čaše Zlatne čaše i srebrne Da molimo mladog Boga I Božića Svarožića Da nam dade svako dobro Ponajveće dugi život. Dugi život dobro zdravlje I bogatstvo što ga nosi. Božić poje po svu zemlju Ne boji se Hindušana Niti crnog Tatarana Ni goleme te pustare A proklete Globe crne Globe crne Tartarije, I te gadne Mandžurije. Slava mu je do nebesa, Do prestola Triglav Boga. Brada mu je do pojasa, Do pojasa sredi zemlje Srpske zemlje Raške svetle. Da se rode muška deca Ljuti vojni Davorovi Davorovi i Jarila

Translated into English this means:

...gray Živa, mighty gray, mighty gray dove! where did you travel? and gray Živa, mighty gray dove, answers: "I traveled all the way To India our country. I flew over Hindustan And over Tatarstan Black Hindus and Tatarus. I flew to our Master Our mighty God Triglav And I watched what he was doing What he was doing and ordering." What did our lord do Our master Great Triglav, Our Creator and Maintainer And Great Destroyer? Replies gray Živa, White mighty dove: "Our Lord is doing good... He is weighing gold for us to make the gold cups Gold and silver cups So we can pray to the young God Young God Svarožić (Winter solstice sun, baby sun, Dabog, the Giving god) To give us everything good Most of all long life. Long life good health And wealth that God Dabog carries with him. Young god Svarožić (Dabog) sings in all the land He is not afraid of Hindustan Neither is he afraid of black Tataria Nor the immense wasteland A bloody black Globa black Globa Tataria (I don't know what Globa means, but it could be Gobi desert), And that nasty Manchuria. His Glory (Dabog's) rises to the skies, All the way to the throne of God Triglav. His beard is down to his waist, To his waist which is in the center of the land The Serbian bright land of Ras. May it (Serbia, Ras) give birth to male children Great solders of Davor Of Davor (God of War) and of Yarilo (God o youth and war)...





It is incredible to think that Serbs managed to preserve the memory of their life in India and the belief in Triglav, Trimurti and to preserve its worship in the middle of Europe until 20th century.