Editing Chernobog and Belobog (section)

{{short description|Alleged Slavic deities}}
{{About|alleged Slavic gods|mountains in Germany|Czorneboh|and|Bieleboh|the Disney character|Chernabog}}
'''Chernobog'''{{Efn|Also transcribed as ''Černobog''.}} ({{Tooltip|lit.|literally}} "Black God"{{Sfn|Gorbachov|2017|p=}}) and '''Belobog'''{{Efn|Also transcribed as ''Belebog'', ''Belbog''.}} ({{Tooltip|lit.|literally}} "White God"{{Sfn|Gorbachov|2017|p=}}) are an alleged pair of [[Polabian Slavs|Polabian]] deities. Chernobog appears in [[Helmold]]'s ''[[Chronica Slavorum|Chronicle]]'' as a god of misfortune worshipped by the [[Wagri]] and [[Obotrites|Obodrites]], while Belobog is not mentioned – he was constructed in opposition to Chernobog. Both gods also appear in later sources, but they are not considered reliable. Researchers do not agree on the status of Chernobog and Belobog: many scholars recognize the authenticity of these [[theonym]]s and explain them, for example, as gods of good and evil; on the other hand, many scholars believe that they are pseudo-deities, and Chernobog may have originally meant "bad fate", and was later associated with the Christian [[devil]].