Pereplut

Pereplut is a Slavic deity or a demon with an unclear function. It appears in the list of gods and demons of the 12th-century Ruthenian interpolation of the Word of St. Grigory (the manuscript itself dates from the 15th century), as well as in the Word of St. John.{{Cite book|last=Gieysztor|first=Aleksander|editor-first1=Aneta |editor-last1=Pieniądz |date=2006|title=Mitologia Słowian|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323525486|doi=10.31338/uw.9788323525486|isbn=9788323525486 }} According to the source account, pagan Slavs worshiped :

{{Quotation|text=Vila, Mokosh, Dziwa, Perun, Khors, Rod and Rozhanitsy, ghosts and banks{{clarification needed|date=February 2025}}, and Pereplut, and turning to drink to him in the corners|author=|title=|source=The word of St. John}}

Pereplut's name may have been distorted when copying the manuscript. The mentioned spinning and drinking are probably traces of magical rituals with elements of dance and libation.{{Citation|last=Nowaczyk|first=Marta|title=Średniowieczne wierzenia – nieczysta siła w kulturze Słowian|date=2016|work=Varia Mediaevalia. Studia nad średniowieczem w 1050. rocznicę Chrztu Polski|publisher=Wydawnictwo UŁ|doi=10.18778/8088-325-3.20 |isbn=978-83-8088-325-3|doi-access=free|hdl=11089/23139|hdl-access=free}} Alexei Sobolewski corrected the words in the horns (v rožech) on porohach (porožech), considering Pereplut to be a demon ensuring prosperity when crossing river thresholds, hence his possible identification as a water deity, with the etymology of the words pere- "through" and pluti-"to flow".{{Citation|last=Grzesik|first=Ryszard|title=Zeszyt węgierski. Testimoniów najdawniejszych dziejów Słowian, czyli Słowianie w oczach Węgrów .......... 99|date=2020|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.12797/9788381382533.06|work=Słowianie w monarchii Habsburgów. Literatura, język, kultura|publisher=Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing|doi=10.12797/9788381382533.06 |isbn=978-83-8138-169-7|s2cid=229222841 |access-date=2021-01-04|url-access=subscription}} This etymology was adopted by Stanisław Urbańczyk, who reconstructed the theonym in the form of Pereput.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} Boris Rybakov considered it a new name variation of archaic deity Simargl.{{cite book |last=Rybakov |first=Boris |author-link=Boris Rybakov |date=2015 |orig-year=1981 |title=Paganstvo Starih Slovena |trans-title=Ancient Slavic Paganism |language=sr |location=Novi Sad |publisher=Akademska knjiga |pages=472–473 |isbn=978-86-6263-097-1}}