Summary 162 Drazdow Yu. Comparative analysis of some mythological functions of Slav. Voran and Vedic Varuna. It is noted the myths of the such kind to be connected with the spring New Year rites. The absence of the god is explicated during the symposium of gods, organized by one of the highest gods of the correspondent pantheon.
Some attempts turn out to be unsuccessful.
But the task is fulfilled by due to some female personage and a bee. The god is returned, revives all nature powers and restores the order in the Universe. The analysis shows the remarkable convergence in all the main details of Hittite and Krivian textual realizations of this general scheme of the myth. The author presents the results of the exploration of the cult hill near the village Dubrovy, a half way from Mensk to Maladechna. On the top of this rather high hill there are two odd dozens of mounds, eight of which have been explored by the author.