Showing posts with label East European Goddess. Show all posts
Showing posts with label East European Goddess. Show all posts

Goddess Lada

 




Lada: The goddess of spring in Eastern Europe.

Lada is revered as a goddess of love and spring in Russia, Lithuania, and Poland.

She is the May queen, working alongside her brother Lado to ensure the land's fertility and development.

Lada blesses unions of love with peace and kindness, bringing harmony into the home and marriages.

She is characterized as a young girl dressed in white with a flower-wreath crown who is the mistress of flowers.


~Kiran Atma


Goddess Koliada Or Koljada Or Colleda

 




Koliada, also known as Koljada or Colleda, is a Serbian goddess of time.

Koliada is revered as the embodiment of time and the winter solstice across Eastern Europe.

She is the darkness that leads the spirit to the light, and she is honored with a Yuletide feast.


~Kiran Atma

Goddess Dzydzilelya



 

 

Goddess of love in Poland.

Dzydzilelya, the goddess of love, marriage, and sexuality, is portrayed as a lovely maiden full of passion across Slavic nations.

She is the Maiden goddess, similar to the Roman Venus, who embraces both chastity and sensuality throughout her tales.

She blesses the wombs of women in love as a fertility goddess.

Goddess Dziewant Or Devana Or Diiwica.

 


 

 

Dziewant to, also known as Devana and Diiwica.

 

She is the Goddess of the hunt in Slavic mythology.

Dziewant to, like the Roman Diana, was revered as the Maiden Goddess of the Forest across Eastern Europe.

She is the spring goddess who influences agriculture and the weather, and she is especially revered by farmers.

She is said to gallop across the mountains with wild dogs or wolves during the three nights of the full moon as a lunar deity.

She is the endless virgin, or more accurately, an autonomous goddess who has many lovers but chooses none.




Goddess Dugnai

 



 

 

The Goddess of the hearth in Eastern Europe.

In Lithuania, Dugnai is the patroness of kitchen witches.

She is in charge of the hearth and house, as well as providing fresh food to the family.

Herbal expertise, esoteric cookery, and baking are all within her purview.

Offerings of fresh bread and bourbon are made in her honor.



Goddess Ausrine



Ausrine is the goddess of beauty in Eastern Europe. 




  • Ausrine was regarded by Lithuanians as the morning star, or Venus. 
  • She is the sun goddess Saule's daughter and the ruler of beauty, health, love, and youth. 
  • Her beauty and brightness, as Bringer of the Dawn, flood the earth with magick and rebirth, captivating all who behold her.

Goddess Akkan



Eastern European life goddesses are collectively known as the Akkan. 


  • The Akkan are a group of goddesses who reign over all elements of life, including conception, birth, and fate. 
  • These four goddesses collaborate to choose a soul and implant it into a body, which is subsequently implanted into the mother's womb.
  • Madderakka, Sarakka, Juksakka, and Ugsakka are their names. 
  • Madderakka is said to be the mother of the three other gods.