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Yarovit
| Yarovit | |
|---|---|
God of war | |
 A stone carving with a supposed image of Yarovit in the church of St. Peter in Wolgast | |
| Venerated in | Polabian religion |
| Major cult center | Vologošč (Wolgast) |
| Weapon | golden shield |
| Region | Polabia |
| Equivalents | |
| Roman | Mars |
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.
- ^ Zaroff 2002, p. 11.
- ^ Rosik 2020, p. 284.
- ^ Urbańczyk 1991, p. 181.
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