Chernobog
the black god, shadow of the world
aetherChernobog is the dark half of the world's turning, the god of night, misfortune, and the cold beneath; to dream of him is not to be cursed but to meet the shadow you cast in daylight, and to nod to it once before it lets you pass.
Fragments
He is not evil so much as the necessary dark, the empty side of every full thing, the silence that lets the song be heard when it is done.
At the feast the old ones passed a cup and spoke his name in a low voice, cursing him with a curse that was half a prayer, so the black god would sit quiet at the table's foot.
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