Jarilo

I have been totally fascinated by the Green Man character of Jarilo since learning about Zeleni Jurai.  At http://www.paganroots.net/myth/slavic/item/jarilo, the author states: "He was a fairly typical life-death-rebirth deity, believed to be (re)born and killed every year. His mythical life cycle followed the yearly life of various wheat plants, from seeding through vegetation to harvest."   There is a wonderful story at the link above with a matching tale at: http://epika.org/house-of-mythology/23-jarilo.  There is another excellent article that compares Jarilo to the epic "Jason and the Argonauts" at: http://www.argonauts-book.com/kresnik-perun-and-jarilo.html.


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Jarilo is also known as Yarilo.  Below is a youtube video on Yarilo: