To the Vikings the swastika could have come from the Goths or through the Baltic medium.[2] Stribog — resembles Latvian Žaltys, Indian god of chaos Vritra (it is noteworthy that both deities are represented in the form of chronic snake like entities or ordinary snakes). The Slavic word stryj is derived from Proto-Indo-European *stru-io- and is cognate with Lithuanian: strujus "uncle, old man" and Old Irish: sruith "old, honorable" Veles — considered a variant of Velnias and Germanic Frey. From the treaties of Russia with Byzantium, it is known that for the Varangian-Rus in the squad of Igor, Perun and Veles were "their own gods".