There is no indigenous origin myth preserved for Chernoglav in the surviving material. The deity is known only from a short passage transmitted via Old Icelandic sources (the Knýtlinga saga) that lists him among gods worshipped on the island of Rügen/Jasmund. Modern scholars have proposed alternative identifications or etymologies (e.g., readings as Triglav; links to Chernobog; possible identification with Yarovit or Perun), but these are interpretive reconstructions rather than attestations in the saga text itself.
The saga passage provides a single physical detail: 'He had a moustache of silver.' No consistent iconography or additional descriptive attributes for Chernoglav survive in the cited material; the deity is otherwise attested only in the brief regional listing of gods associated with Rügen/Jasmund.
The only attested function is martial: the Knýtlinga saga calls him 'their god of victory who went with them on military campaigns,' indicating cultic association with warfare and success in battle. The sources do not describe specific supernatural powers, feats, spells, or miraculous deeds beyond this role. The saga also relates that the statue or cult 'resisted longer than the others but they managed to get him there years later,' a narrative of resistance to Christianization rather than an account of divine actions.
Weaknesses
- conditionsuppression by Christianization / removal or destruction of cult images
Wards
None recorded.
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Cherchen (Chercheny)
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Cherin
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Cherub
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Cherubim
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Chesias
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Cheval Bayard
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Community Record
- [1]Chernoglav (Wikipedia). Wikipedia contributors, 'Chernoglav,' Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.wiki
- [2]Knýtlinga saga (Old Icelandic account, summary recounted in secondary sources). Wikidata entry Q9198099 summarising Old Icelandic sources (Knýtlinga saga) attesting Tjarnaglófi as a god of victory on Rügen.literary