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... that according to the Slavs, creation of the world required the cooperation of two gods? Source: Aleksander Gieysztor (2006). "... two main motifs intertwine: the oceanic motif of the primal waters, where the seed of the Earth is to come from, and the dualistic thread of the creation of the world and man in the necessary cooperation of two antagonistic beings."
Comment: Hi, Sławobóg. The hooks are interesting. You can also add one about the myth requiring the cooperation of the devil instead of the two gods. I suggest: 1) adding more citations as there are unsourced parts; and, 2) rephrasing some content to avoid using several or lengthy block quotes. Good luck. Darwin Naz (talk) 22:57, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Hook has to be like that because there is no "God" or "Devil" in the Slavic mythology and it is explained in the article. Everything in the article is sourced. I don't understand last part. There are just few quotes and these are pretty important. Sławobóg (talk) 12:27, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Sławobóg. The article does cite the Devil in the "dualistic motif". Regarding the unsourced parts, when you make a factual claim (ex. "The dualistic creation myth by "evil god" diving has 24 credentials in Balto-Slavic areas and 12 credentials in Finno-Ugric areas."), you have to provide your reference. Otherwise, it constitutes primary research WP:OR. About the block quotes. Certainly, there are important ones. However, there are those that you are expected to paraphrase. Take the case of the first block quote (Creation by diving). The subsection did not provide a description of this myth but simply pasted the narrative. Darwin Naz (talk) 23:56, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Article indeed does cite "God and the Devil" but even in the lead there is explanation that God is "good god" and the Devil is "bad god" from Slavic mythology. Again – there is no "Devil" in Slavic mythology, it is just christianized nickname of god of Underworld. That "unsourced" part has a reference 2 sentences later because all 3 sentences are from the same part in the book. Sławobóg (talk) 17:07, 16 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Problem is that "Slavic dualism" is hard topic and "Slavic dualism" probably wasn't as exetreme like it is in christianity or zoroastrianism. Devil is always reconstructed as Veles, but Veles was not god of evil, but god of underground, magic and wealth. So IMO most correct way is just "... required the cooperation of two gods" or "...required the cooperation of "good god" and "evil god"", so it will be less confusing. Sławobóg (talk) 15:43, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
EvrikSławobóg ALT0b is perfectly fine to me, but I did notice that the reference at the end of the Creation from the Cosmic Egg subsection needs a reference to be fixed and the end of the Creation from dismemberment subsection needs a reference. SL93 (talk) 20:40, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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