Which Slavic deity is the god of the wind?

Stribog is the Slavic deity most commonly interpreted as the god of wind. He is named in several East Slavic sources and is especially associated with the winds through the phrase “Stribog’s grandsons” in The Tale of Igor’s Campaign.

Stribog also appears in the Primary Chronicle among the gods whose idols Prince Vladimir erected at Kyiv in 980. The surviving sources do not provide a full mythology or a detailed description of his powers, so his wind role is partly an interpretation based on context, language, and later comparative scholarship.

One influential explanation connects his name with a Proto-Slavic root meaning to spread, scatter, or extend. That interpretation fits a deity who distributes or disperses the winds, and some scholars also connect him with the distribution of wealth. He should not be confused with Perun, the thunder god, or with Dogoda, a figure associated in later listings with a particular gentle west wind.