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| %hWhat does "Svarog" mean? |
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| The "Svar" in SvarDOS refers to "Svarog". SvarDOS is the successor of the |
| Svarog86 and Svarog386 distributions. |
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| Excerpt from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: |
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| Svarog is a Slavic deity (...) identified with Hephaestus, the god of the |
| blacksmith in ancient Greek religion (...), some researchers conclude that |
| Svarog is the Slavic god of celestial fire and of blacksmithing. |
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| The only mention of Svarog comes from the Hypatian Codex, a 15th-century |
| compilation of several much older documents from the Ipatiev Monastery in |
| Russia. (...) The complete passage, reconstructed from several manuscripts, |
| translates as follows: |
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| "(Then) began his reign Feosta (Hephaestus), whom the Egyptians called Svarog |
| ... during his rule, from the heavens fell the smith's prongs and weapons |
| were forged for the first time; before that, (people) fought with clubs and |
| stones." |