Jesza
Jesza (read as ''Yesha''; , ) or Jasza (read as ''Yasha''; , ') is an alleged Polish people, Polish god. He was first mentioned around 1405-1412 in the sermons of Lucas of Wielki Koźmin, which warned against worshipping Jesza and other gods during spring rituals and folk performances. He owes his popularity to Jan Długosz's comparison of him to the List of Roman deities, Roman god Jupiter (mythology), Jupiter. Contemporary researchers mostly reject the authenticity of the deity. Latin names should be read as Polish ''Jesza'' or ''Jasza''. In the 15th century, the Polish voiceless retroflex fricative (''sh'' sound) was written as ''ss'' (modern Polish ''sz''). Sources The first known source mentioning the name ''Jesza'' is the ''Pentacostal Sermons'', which were written by Lucas of Wielki Koźmin around 1405-1412, without giving any specific description: Similar warnings, also without any description, are also found in: ''Statua provincialia breviter'' (1420-1422), ''Sermones ...
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Lada (mythology)
Lada, ''Lyada'', ''Alado'' pl, Łada russian: Лада and Lado russian: Ладо are alleged Slavic deities. Lada was first mentioned around 1405-1412 in the sermons of Lucas of Wielki Koźmin, which warned against worshipping Lada and other gods during spring ceremonies and folk performances. They owe their popularity to Długosz, who in one of his sources recognized Lada as a goddess and in another as a god of war, the Polish equivalent of the Roman god Mars, to Aleksandr Faminstyn, who recognized the word ''Lada'' in Russian songs as the goddess of marriage, and to scholar Boris Rybakov, who insisted on recognizing her historicity. However, the vast majority of religious scholars and Slavists reject the historicity of these deities, believing that they owe their divine status to a misunderstanding of the song refrains by medieval scribes. By some scholars of Baltic mythology, Lada was also worshipped by the Balts, but this view is also considered controversial. Pl ...
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