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{{Short description|Fire demon in Slavic mythology}}
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[[File:RAROG.jpg|thumb|Rarog by Marek Hapon]]
In [[Slavic mythology]] (in particular Czech, Slovak, Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian), the '''Raróg''' ({{langx|ru|Рарог}}) or '''Raróh''' ({{langx|uk|Рарог}}) is a fire demon, often depicted as a fiery [[falcon]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ksx0uER9wXYC&q=%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3&pg=PA224|title=Мифология|first=Оксана|last=Дубровская|date=27 August 2018|publisher=ОЛМА Медиа Групп|isbn=9785948491073|via=Google Books}}</ref>

According to Czech folklore, a raroh can hatch from an egg that was incubated on a stove for nine days and nights, and can appear either as a fiery falcon or a dragon. In Polish folklore, the rarog is a tiny bird that can be held in a pocket, and can bring people happiness.

A [[caldera]] on [[Jupiter]]'s moon [[Io (moon)|Io]] was named Rarog [[Patera (planetary nomenclature)|Patera]], a massive eruption<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/08/04/a-hellacious-two-weeks-on-jupiters-moon-io/|title=A hellacious two weeks on Jupiter's moon Io|date=4 August 2014}}</ref> from which was recorded by the [[W. M. Keck Observatory]] and Japan's [[Hisaki (satellite)|HISAKI]] (SPRINT-A) spacecraft on August 15, 2013.

The [[northern cardinal]]-shaped logo of the Polish video game company [[CD Projekt]] is called the Raróg.<ref>[http://en.cdprojektred.com/news/new-cd-projekt-red-logo/ "Nowe logo CD Projekt RED!"] (retrieved March 6, 2020)</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/CDPROJEKTRED/status/1560628874269974528 "Did you know that the creature in our logo is called the Raróg? While visually inspired by a Northern Cardinal, it's actually a small firebird from Slavic mythology (…)"] (retrieved August 19, 2022)</ref>

==See also==
*[[Hierofalco]]
*[[Bennu]], Egyptian firebird
*[[Firebird (Slavic folklore)]] (Жар-Птица)
*[[Huma (mythology)]], Persian firebird
*[[Phoenix (mythology)]], sacred firebird found in the mythologies of many cultures
*[[Simurgh]]
*[[Slavic mythology]]
*[[Svarog]]

==References==
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[[Category:Slavic legendary creatures]]
[[Category:Legendary birds]]
[[Category:Falcon deities]]
[[Category:Fire deities]]
[[Category:Demons]]
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