Yarovit
Yarovit, Iarovit (or Yerovit, Ierovit) 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.
| 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 equivalent | Mars |
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