Marena, Marana, Morena, Marzana, Marzena
U slovenskoj mitologiji boginja zime i smrti. Tim imenom se naziva i lutka
od slame koja je koriscena u ritualima vezanim za umiranje i vaskrsenje u
prirodi ili u cinima za kisu.
Marazanna (Marena, Marzana, Marzanna, Morena) -- The death and the rainwater
that are needed for the fertility of the crops personified, Marazanna
appears as an old woman dressed in white. It is customary that annually an
effigy of her is made, escorted to the edge of the village or the city and
thrown out by burning it and then "drowning." She is the Goddess of winter
and as such she becomes a spirit of hunger, sickness, epidemic and death.
Nevertheless, late versions of her show an increasing association with home
and hearth. Death personified, Marazanna appears dressed in white, the
traditional color of the Otherworld in Slavonic traditions. Every spring
Marazanna, pictured with her broom, is drowned in effigy, thereby
celebrating the return of life to the villages. She is the Goddess of
seasons and her authority is winter. She is the personification of death and
winter. She is portrayed as an old woman dressed in white. People seek to
trick her and thereby prolonging their lives. She is the Goddess of death.
Marzanna
Death, personified, the Marzanna appeared dressed in white, the traditional
color of the Otherworld in Polish traditions. Every spring the Marzanna,
pictured with her broom, was drowned in effigy, thereby celebrating the
return of life to the villages.
Marzanna (mahr-ZAH-nah), Marena
Death and winter personified. the Marzanna appeared as an old woman dressed
in white. Annually, an effigy of her was made, escorted to the edge of the
village and thrown out. In Poland ist was burned then "drowned". This was
customary as both the fire of the sun, and the rainwaters were needed for
the fertility of the crops.
BYELOBOG m Slavic Mythology
Means "the white god" from Slavic byelo "white" and bog "god". This was the
name of the Slavic god of the sun, happiness and fortune.
CHERNOBOG m Slavic Mythology
Means "the black god" from Slavic cherno "black" and bog "god". Chernobog
was the Slavic god of darkness, evil and grief.
DAZBOG m Slavic Mythology
Variant of DAZHDBOG
DAZHDBOG m Slavic Mythology
Possibly means "the giving god" in Slavic. He was a Slavic god of the sun and
light, a son of Svarog. In some myths he is the ancestor of the Russian
people.
MOKOSH f Slavic Mythology
Derived from Slavic mok meaning "wet, moist". Mokosh was a Slavic goddess
of water, fertility, and weaving. She was often depicted as a woman with a
large head and long arms.
MORANA f Slavic Mythology
Means "death" in Slavic. In Slavic mythology this was the name of the
goddess of winter and death.
PERUN m Slavic Mythology
Means "thunder" in Slavic. In Slavic mythology Perun was the god of
lightning, sometimes worshipped as the primary god. The oak was his sacred
tree.
STRIBOG m Slavic Mythology
Possibly means "flowing god" in Slavic. Stribog was the Slavic god of the
wind, cold, ice and frost.
SVAROG m Slavic Mythology
Means "sun god" in Slavic. This was the name of the Slavic god of the sky and
sun. He was originally the supreme god in Slavic mythology.
VOLOS m Slavic Mythology
Derived from Slavic volu meaning "ox". Volos was the Slavic god of cattle,
also associated with wealth, fertility, the underworld, and poetry.
Morana (Slavic: Bohemian)
Goddess of death and of winter, sister of Vesna
She sings the dying into the eternal sleep with a soft, melancholy voice until
the soul flies off in the shape of a bird. In spring, straw effigies of her are
carried out of the villages and cities, are made the target of good-natured
cursing, and then carried into the nearest river.
Marena Bohemian winter- and death-goddess. She equates to Hecate, Hel,
and so on. She is found in Poland as Marzanna, Russia as Mara (etc.),
Wendish Murava, and Slovakia as Morena.
Marena, Mara, Marya, Morevna
Russian winter- and death- goddess. In one myth, she is a sorceress and
enchantress who turned the sun-god Dazhbog into an ox. She refused to
change him back until his father Perun agreed that they should marry.
However, she later left him for Koshchei, son of the Underworld lord Vij. They
conspired to kill Dazhbog, who was searching for her. She drugged him, and
Koshchei threw him down a well. Finally, she nailed him to a mountain in the
Caucasus, but the goddess Zhiva rescued him. Dazhbog finally had his
revenge.
This tale recalls the Welsh myth of the goddess Bloeddewedd, who left her
husband Llew Llaw Gyffess for the Underworld god Gronowy.
Despite this unsavory tale, Marena survived into Christian times as St. Mary,
the consort of St. Ivan, who is Dazhbog.
MORANA, MORENA, MARŽANA, MARANA, MORA
Ime Morane je u vezi praindijske riječi "mara" što znači silom umrijeti. Naziv "morena" označuje
strahotne sniježne lavine i ledenjake. Morana je boginja smrti i zime, pojavljuje se u raznim
obličjima. Najčešći je lik lijepe djevojke crne kose i izuzetno bijele puti sa vučjim očnjacima i
kandžama na rukama. Mnogi tumače da je njen drugi lik onaj Babe Ruge (Baba Jaga, Baba
Zima), ružne stare vještice. Morana ne pripada krugu svjetlih božica, ona je suradnica Crnoboga
Troglava. Stari Slaveni su vjerovali da sve zimske nepogode, studen, snijeg, led i smrt dolaze od
Morane, te su je prozvali boginjom smrti ljudskog, životinjskog i biljnog svijeta. U nekim
slavenskim narodima postojao je običaj spaljivanja Morane ili Babe Ruge u znak da je zimska
opasnost prošla. U Dalmaciji i Sloveniji taj se običaj i danas održava u obliku povorke maškara s
lutkom Morane na čelu, koju se spaljuje u prisustvu mnoštva naroda. Moranina lutka je korištena
u ritualima vezanim za umiranje i uskrsnuće u prirodi ili u dozivanju kiše.
Kod Istočnih Slavena, Morana je boginja plodnosti, zaštitnica žena i ženskih poslova posebno
predenja. Njen drveni idol postavio je knez Vladimir na brdu u Kijevu pored idola Peruna i
ostalih bogova. Na sjeveru Rusije nazivaju ju i Mokuša i u legendama ju prikazuju kao ženu
velike glave i dugih noktiju. Njen kult je, sudeći prema toponimima, bio raširen i kod Zapadnih
Slavena.
