god
Svarog
also: Сварог
A deity of the pre-Christian East Slavic pantheon, associated with fire and the forge; Chekhov's essay comically pairs him with a living newspaper editor as objects of the ancient spring songs.
Reading notes
- Krasnaya Gorka §26 Svarog
A god of the pre-Christian East Slavic pantheon, associated with fire and the forge; listed here, absurdly, alongside a living newspaper editor as an object of the ancient 'vesnyanki' songs -- part of the story's joke about conflating pagan deities with contemporary Slavophile journalism.