Pereplut

Pereplut is a Slavic deity or a demon with an unclear function. It appears in the list of gods and demons of the 12th-century Ruthenian interpolation of the Word of St. Grigory (the manuscript itself dates from the 15th century), as well as in the Word of St. John.^[1] According to the source account, pagan Slavs worshiped :

Vila, Mokosh, Dziwa, Perun, Khors, Rod and Rozhanitsy, ghosts and banks, and Pereplut, and turning to drink to him in the corners

— The word of St. John

Pereplut's name may have been distorted when copying the manuscript.^[2] The mentioned spinning and drinking are probably traces of magical rituals with elements of dance and libation.^[3] Alexei Sobolewski corrected the words in the horns (v rožech) on porohach (porožech), considering Pereplut to be a demon ensuring prosperity when crossing river thresholds, hence his possible identification as a water deity, with the etymology of the words pere- "through" and pluti-"to flow".^[4][5] This etymology was adopted by Stanisław Urbańczyk, who reconstructed the theonym in the form of Pereput.^{[citation needed]} Boris Rybakov considered it a new name variation of archaic deity Simargl.^[6]

References

1. Gieysztor, Aleksander (2006). Pieniądz, Aneta (ed.). Mitologia Słowian. doi:10.31338/uw.9788323525486. ISBN 9788323525486.
2. Gieysztor, Aleksander (2006). Pieniądz, Aneta (ed.). Mitologia Słowian. doi:10.31338/uw.9788323525486. ISBN 9788323525486.
3. Nowaczyk, Marta (2016), "Średniowieczne wierzenia – nieczysta siła w kulturze Słowian", Varia Mediaevalia. Studia nad średniowieczem w 1050. rocznicę Chrztu Polski, Wydawnictwo UŁ, doi:10.18778/8088-325-3.20, ISBN 978-83-8088-325-3, retrieved 2021-01-04
4. Grzesik, Ryszard (2020), "Zeszyt węgierski. Testimoniów najdawniejszych dziejów Słowian, czyli Słowianie w oczach Węgrów .......... 99", Słowianie w monarchii Habsburgów. Literatura, język, kultura, Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing, doi:10.12797/9788381382533.06, ISBN 978-83-8138-169-7, S2CID 229222841, retrieved 2021-01-04
5. Nowaczyk, Marta (2016), "Średniowieczne wierzenia – nieczysta siła w kulturze Słowian", Varia Mediaevalia. Studia nad średniowieczem w 1050. rocznicę Chrztu Polski, Wydawnictwo UŁ, doi:10.18778/8088-325-3.20, ISBN 978-83-8088-325-3, retrieved 2021-01-04
6. Rybakov, Boris (2015) [1981]. Paganstvo Starih Slovena [Ancient Slavic Paganism] (in Serbian). Novi Sad: Akademska knjiga. pp. 472–473. ISBN 978-86-6263-097-1.