What is Jarilo?
'''Jarilo''' ([[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]]: Ярило, Ярила or Јарило) is a [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]] god of [[vegetation]], [[fertility]] and [[spring (season)|spring]]time.<ref>[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2805;jsessionid=1791FDC950EA63F0F2802FBA864BFC30 source of Jarilio name in IAU Nomenclature]</ref> The only historical source that mentions Jarilo was from a [[German people|German]] [[bishop]] who encountered pagans celebrating a festival called Gerovit (likely a [[German language|German]] way of saying, ''Jarovit''). Until the 19th century in [[Russia]], [[Belarus]] and [[Serbia]], folk festivals called ''Jarilo'' were celebrated in late spring.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.argonauts-book.com/kresnik-perun-and-jarilo.html |title=Kresnik, Perun and Jarilo |publisher=Jason and the Argonauts |access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> In these festivals, they worshiped a springtime god. Similar festivals occurred in [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]]. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Slavic gods and goddesses]]