Editing Ynglism (section)

===Calendar===
[[File:Ynglist Wheel of the Year.svg|thumb|upright=0.7|Ynglist ''kologod'', also known as ''[[alatyr (mythology)|Alatyr]]''.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> The runes representing the nine months have to be read counterclockwise starting from the top-left hooked cross of Yngly, representing the beginning of the year.<ref name="Ynglism-calendar"/> The following eight months correspond to the eight gods proceeding from Yngly as the cycle of the Sun and to the eight phases of the year which such gods influence, which have to be read clockwise.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/>]]

====''Krugolet'' and ''kologod''====
Ynglism proposes a unique structure of time which differs from that of other branches of Rodnovery and which Aleksandr Khinevich claimed to be a genuine Slavic calendar.{{sfn|Shnirelman|2007|p=52}} It is used by the Ynglists for organising their life and their divine liturgies.{{sfn|Gaidukov|2000|p=127}} It is based on great cycles of 144 years — ''krugolet'' (круголет), literally "circle flight", personified as '''[[Chislobog]]''' —, with each year beginning on 20 September on the autumn equinox, consisting of nine months of forty or forty-one days subdivided in weeks of nine days, with each day consisting of sixteen hours, each hour consisting of 144 minutes, and each minute of further subdivisions.{{sfnm|1a1=Gaidukov|1y=2000|1p=127|2a1=Shnirelman|2y=2007|2p=52}}<ref name="Ynglism-calendar">{{cite web|title=Славянские названия месяцев |trans-title=Slavic names of the months|url=http://derzhavarus.ru/slavyanskie-nazvaniya-mesyacev.html |website=Derzhava Rus |date=18 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621212830/http://derzhavarus.ru/slavyanskie-nazvaniya-mesyacev.html |archive-date=21 June 2017}}</ref> In the ''krugolet'', years are arranged in groups of sixteen, with fifteen of them constiting of 365 days and the sixteenth year consisting of 369 days.{{sfn|Gaidukov|2000|p=127}} Each year also has its own name and associated animal (e.g. White Dog, White Goat, and the like).{{sfn|Shnirelman|2007|p=52}}

According to Ynglist teachings, the "cycle of the year" (кологод, ''kologod'') is itself a phenomenon reflecting the order of the supreme God, that is to say its active manifestation, Yngly.<ref name="Ynglism-calendar"/> Each month's name may be written as a compound of two Ynglist runes, of which the first rune is either ''Ay'' (Ай), ''Bey'' (Бэй), ''Gey'' (Гэй), ''Day'' (Дай), ''E'' (Э), ''Vey'' (Вэй), ''Xey'' / ''Khey'' (Хей), or ''Tay'' (Тай), reflecting basic sounds in Indo-European tongues and representing the natural characteristics manifesting in the given month.<ref name="Ynglism-calendar"/> The second rune in the names is always the rune [[File:Ynglist Let rune.svg|20px]] ''Let'' (Летъ), which means "year" as well as "summer", as the months are phases of the year which comes to its full maturity in summer.<ref name="Ynglism-calendar"/> The only exception to this rule is the first month, Ramkhat (Рамхатъ), whose name refers to the beginning of Ra-M-Kha's ordering action, Yngly, represented by the ''swastika''-like first rune and extending as the entire year.<ref name="Ynglism-calendar"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
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!Month!!Runic sign!!Meaning!!Corresponding Latinate month(s)
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| '''Ramkhat'''<br>Рамхатъ || [[File:Ynglist Ramhat runic.svg|100px|center]][[File:Yngly (supreme God's action) rune.svg|50px|center]] || Ramkhat represents the principle of divinity articulating itself as the first month and as the entirety of the year; Ra-M-Kha/Ramkha who sets in motion and sustains a new year cycle.<ref name="Ynglism-calendar"/> Another symbol of this month is a hooked cross, which is the symbol of Yngly, the fiery action of the supreme God itself in the whole universe.<ref name="Derzhavarus-Ynglism"/> || September–October
|- bgcolor="#FFD0C0"
| '''Aylet'''<br>Айлетъ || [[File:Ynglist Ay rune.svg|50px|center]] || Aylet is the month of new gifts. The rune ''Ay'' means prosperity, full baskets. It is the propitious tide for weddings, for beginning building new things, and for harvests.<ref name="Ynglism-calendar"/> || November
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| '''Beylet'''<br>Бэйлетъ || [[File:Ynglist Bey rune.svg|50px|center]] || Beylet is the month of white light and peace, representing the pure radiance of divinity, glory and the resting of the soul.<ref name="Ynglism-calendar"/> || December
|- bgcolor="#FFD0C0"
| '''Geylet'''<br>Гэйлетъ || [[File:Ynglist Gey rune.svg|50px|center]] || Geylet is the month of blizzards and fierce and severe cold.<ref name="Ynglism-calendar"/> || January–February
|- bgcolor="#FFD0C0"
| '''Daylet'''<br>Дайлетъ || [[File:Ynglist Day rune.svg|50px|center]] || Daylet is the month of the rebirth of nature; plants and animals awaken and are strengthened.<ref name="Ynglism-calendar"/> || March
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| '''Elet'''<br>Элетъ || [[File:Ynglist E rune.svg|50px|center]] || Elet is the month of sowing, this being the foremost meaning of the rune ''E''. It is the sowing not only of seeds in the ground, but also of the word in people; it is therefore the month of naming and renaming of persons, for them to be born again.<ref name="Ynglism-calendar"/> || April
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| '''Veylet'''<br>Вэйлетъ || [[File:Ynglist Vey rune.svg|50px|center]] || Veylet is the month of winds. The rune ''Vey'' is an image of flying, and of blowing wind. This month is when Stribog ("Wind God") and his children are most active.<ref name="Ynglism-calendar"/> || May–June
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| '''Xeylet'''<br>Хейлетъ || [[File:Ynglist Xey rune.svg|50px|center]] || Xeylet, or spelled "Kheylet", is the month of the receipt of the gifts of nature. The rune ''Xey'' is an image of positive force. What was sown in Elet and grew throughout Veylet, is finally harvested in Xeylet.<ref name="Ynglism-calendar"/> || July
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| '''Taylet'''<br>Тайлетъ || [[File:Ynglist Tay rune.svg|50px|center]] || Taylet is the month of completion of the year, of divine creation, of full summer. The rune ''Tay'' means the top, the limit, the end of something (just like the homophonous Chinese grapheme and in words like "[[Taiga]]", literally "end of the path").<ref name="Ynglism-calendar"/> || August
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====Holidays====
Ynglists respect eight holidays throughout the year.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> They are arranged in the cycle of the year, symbolically identified as the ''[[Alatyr (mythology)|Alatyr]]'', and they correspond to the eight gods (laws) of Yngly reflected by the cycle of the Sun.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> Holidays are called "thresholds" (порог, ''porog'') and they mark the beginning of the various phases of the year.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> The action of each god begins to influence nature two weeks before the entry in each new phase, and in these two weeks of "entrance to the holiday" the Ynglists purify themselves in both mind and body.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> There are also overarching phases: the phase between the holidays of Kolyada and Kupalo is that of the blossoming of masculine forces, while the phase between Lelya and Mokosh is that of the blossoming of feminine forces.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> The threshold of Perun marks a period of quiescence of all forces, while the subsequent Mara is a phase that is unfavourable for both the polarities of nature.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> Each holiday and the period which it opens has appropriate ritual actions to be carried out in order to remain in tune with the cycle of the year.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> The Ynglists believe that if one behaves incorrectly, that is to say not in harmony with the rites (ряд, ''ryad'') which follow the natural rhythm of the year, his own biorhythm, connection with the ancestors, and life cycle are disrupted, he becomes unhealthy and gets old quickly.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
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!Festival!!Meaning!!Period
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| '''Kolyada''' || Winter solstice. This is the threshold that marks the beginning of the spiral of the new year and the birth of the Sun. Everything is given the opportunity to be reborn in purified forms, and forces are ready for expanding into new creations. Men are instructed by ancestors on how to project the new year.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> || December
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| '''Veles''' || Veles is the god of the underworld, of wild animals and plants, and of the fertile soil from which new growth may develop. The Veles threshold marks the period in which one should think how to interact with natural laws and resources in order to bring his projects to completion.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> || February
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| '''Lelya''' || Spring equinox. The Lelya threshold marks the beginning of the period when masculine and feminine forces are perfectly aligned, love blossoms and they begin to exchange energies with each other. Men and women dance in circles, the former clockwise and the latter counterclockwise, so to look into the eyes of each other; energy is believed to be transmitted through the eyes and the hands. This is also the phase for putting projects into matter.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> || March–April
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| '''Yarilo''' || The Yarilo threshold marks the phase when powers sprout vehemently, ardently (яриться, ''yaritsya''). In nature, everything starts to grow powerfully. This is the right time for merrymaking, games and feasts, and is a period of great inspiration and creativity.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> || May–mid June
|- bgcolor="#F0E0F0"
| '''Kupalo''' || Summer solstice. This is the threshold when the Sun reaches its brightest stage, and forces, both masculine and feminine, reach their highest strength. It marks the beginning of the phase when it is more likely for healthy children to be conceived.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> || Mid June–July
|- bgcolor="#F0FFD0"
| '''Perun''' || This is the threshold that marks the full maturity of males, but also the beginning of the decline of masculine forces, while women are in bloom. On the day of Perun men show their skills with weapons and in crafts, while afterwards they dedicate themselves to contemplation, hunting and fishing. On the same day, boys undergo a ritual of initiation into men.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> || August
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| '''Mokosh''' || Autumn equinox. Mokosh is the goddess of fate. This threshold marks a phase of introspection, as the year is coming to its end. Men examine their actions carried out during the outgoing year, in order to be transformed for the forthcoming year. The day of Mokosh is celebrated with a ritual consisting in taking a handful of soil, reckoning an action, be it good or bad, and giving it back to the Earth forming a raised circle of soil, then lighting a "bonfire of fate" or a candle in such circle which will purify all the year's actions. Another ritual with the same meaning consists of hanging a thread to the branch of a tree and then walking around the tree, men clockwise and women counterclockwise, twisting a spiral while shouting out what happened during the year.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> || September–October
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| '''Mara''' || This threshold marks the death of the Sun and the triumph of the chthonic goddess Marena, the primordial mother. Sensitive people are tendentially depressed in this phase. However, things die only in body, while thought continues to work and concentrates to be reborn in the new year. This makes this phase propitious for study and understanding divine knowledge.<ref name="Derzhavarus-kologod"/> || November
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