Yarovit

Yarovit
God of war
A stone carving with a supposed image of Yarovit in the church of St. Peter in Wolgast
Venerated inPolabian religion
Major cult centerVologošč (Wolgast)
Weapongolden shield
RegionPolabia
Equivalents
Roman equivalentMars

Yarovit,[1] Iarovit[2] (or Yerovit, Ierovit[3]) 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.

  1. ^ Zaroff 2002, p. 11.
  2. ^ Rosik 2020, p. 284.
  3. ^ Urbańczyk 1991, p. 181.