Pre Christian Slovene Names and Supernatural Beings

Gods, Spirits and Beasts

1. Triglav (Three-Headed One)
2. Svarog (sky god)
3. Kresnik (fire god)
4. Kurent (a trickster and Dyonisus-like figure)
5. Perun (the thunderer)
6. Veles (shepard god of souls and livestock)
7. Morana (goddess of winter and death)
8. Živa (goddess of fertility)
9. Zeleni Jurij ("Green George", spirit of spring)
10. Svetovid (god of knowledge)
11. Belin ("White god" of light and healing)
12. Rujevit (god of warfare)
13. vila (a fairy)
14. bes (an evil spirit)
15. vedomec (wise man, wizard)
16. vešča (wise woman, witch)
17. hostnik (forest man, shapeshifter)
18. torklja (female spirit that kills women that won't stop spinning wool after hours)
19. ajd (giant or troll)
20. Sojenice (three sisters that manage fate)

There are no surnames, instead people are often introduced as son of (sin) or daughter of (hči). To indicate posession, male names gain the suffix -a and female gain the suffix -e, replacing a vowel if the name ends in one. For example Rastislava hči Volkonje.

Pronounciation

Carons: Ž is pronounced similar to the g in mirage. Č is pronounced similar to ch in chocolate. Š is pronounced as sh in show.

Vowels: Try to pronounce a as the a in cola, e as in energy (and not in eat) and o as the o in show, i is pronounced like the i in internet.

Consonants: J is pronounced as y in yahoo.

There are some other twists that would be hard to explain or don't even have rules.