A wind god among Vladimir's 980 idols, remembered in the Tale of Igor's Campaign as the ancestor of the winds that blow arrows against the poem's defeated Rus' army.
Stribog is named fourth–fifth among Vladimir's six idols in the Russian Primary Chronicle's entry for 980. His function as a wind god rests almost entirely on one striking line in the Tale of Igor's Campaign, which calls the winds "Stribog's grandsons," blowing arrows from the sea against Prince Igor's host. Beyond his name in the idol list and that one poetic image, nothing about his myth, temple, or worship survives.
An inference, held with appropriate caution
The wind association is widely accepted by Slavicists precisely because of how specific and vivid the Tale's image is, but it remains an inference from a single later literary reference rather than a chronicle statement of his domain — the Primary Chronicle itself never says what Stribog governed.
Source Notes
These records lack edition and translator details. Their wording has not been verified as a direct quotation.
And he set up idols [...] Stribog [...] on the hill outside the palace.
Behold, the winds, Stribog's grandsons, blow arrows from the sea upon Igor's brave host.
Worship & Cult
How Stribog was venerated in ancient times
Worship Practices
No medieval source records a rite, temple, or festival for Stribog; he is known only from his place in the 980 idol list and from a single poetic image in the Tale of Igor's Campaign describing the winds as his descendants.
