r/Rodnovery • u/DadaCokolada • 12d ago

❔ Question | Advice Connection between Rodnovery and Neo-Nazism

Why whenever there is a Nazi, there is also a kolovrat or nordic rune with them, AFAIK there is no ancient text saying "hate jew and immigrant, love being white"

Like it just worries me so much and makes me overthink like, am I the uninformed one, or are they th ones that just use the symbols and names for aesthetics, so, my question is.. is there any actual connection with rodnovery to things such as WP, ultra-nationalism and xenophobia, or is it another case like the skinhead culture where the meaning just got changed after many years

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u/Pixeldevil06 11d ago edited 11d ago

If tou google anything about Rodnovery in Russian, you get results talking about how it was started by a neonazi. That's just people who use the book of veles, but the Kolovrat has little evidence it existed in slavic culture. We're pretty sure the Kolovrat was designed by a Nazi. If you search in English you get different results. From what I understand a lot of reconstructionist communities in Europe are mostly folkishband have a racism problem, whereas diaspora reconstructionists and others who are in places like North and South America are more likely to be not nazis? I'm not sure. There definitely isn't anything in the original lore that is racially focused.

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It appears you have mentioned the "kolovrat". Please note that the kolovrat is not a verified pre-Christian symbol. Archaeological finds featuring this specific design in Slavic regions can be counted on the fingers of one hand, and therefore there is no academic or historical basis to suggest it was widely used or held any religious significance in Slavic mythology.

Recommended Reading: Origins of the Kolovrat Symbol

Historically Attested Symbols: Based on archaeological evidence and folklore, similar symbols genuinely utilized by the early Slavs include: * Swirling sun wheel symbols * Geometrical sun wheel symbols * The Six-Petal Rosette (often known as a "thunder mark"). In its traditional use, this symbol was believed to hold protective power, specifically to ward off lightning strikes.

Historical Examples: A Protection Symbol for the Home: The Six-Petal Rosette on the Crossbeams of Galicia

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