Home, calmness, softness, gratitude, feminine grace and creativity are the quiet feelings that permeate the month of Vinotok – October. This is the women’s month, ruled by the East Slavic goddess Mokosh, the great mother, the only goddess in Vladimir of Kiev pantheon, who watches over women. We meet her all over “Slavija” on traditional […]
Category: gods & goddesses
Kimavec / September, time of transition and gratitude
Farewells from the earth’s fertility, ever shorter days, the calming of nature, the ever louder murmur of water, the ever more water from the heavenly spheres, which lets us know that the time of spiritual purification is coming. This is the time when Veles, the god of the underworld, wisdom, magic, is slowly taking over […]
Veliki srpan / August, harvest with the goddess Živa
Grace, gratitude, abundance, love, joy of life are the characteristics of the goddess Živa, who fills us with her energy especially during the harvest.We always meet Živa in connection with the harvest throughout history. For the Polabian Slavs she was considered the main goddess, a tradition in Croatia says that she taught people to work […]
Mali Srpan / July & Perun’s action
The fight for the right cause, justice, satisfaction, perfection, materialization, fertility, control, excess energy.This is what reflects the aspect of God’s power that appears to us as Perun. Perun, the son of the creator Svarog, is the ruler of heaven and thus of all the celestial spheres. Thus, it also has the function of fertility, […]
Rožnik (June) & sacred Kresnik’s wedding
Maximum power of the sun. Warmth, love, passion, connection of human souls, devotion. The scent of medicinal herbs on vast meadows, flowers, gardens that give birth to crops. Life energy in full swing. An unfolding uninterrupted traditional song of girls in white. Expectation. Magic. All this is marked by the festive time of the summer […]
The tradition in Veliki Traven / May
We meet Lado several times in spring and summer songs.The girls, who also walked and sang ritual songs in Slovenia around the villages in the period from the beginning of spring to the summer solstice, were once called “ladarice”. Lada is supposed to indicate a bridesmaid in the original sense of the word. According to […]
April (Mali Traven) and the Green Jurij
Freshness, new beginnings, action, drive, birds chirping, livestock grazing, active energy, creative start to work in the fields, greenery, love, joy, health, optimism. The predominance of light over darkness. All this is marked by Jarilo or. Jarnik, the spring god rising from the underworld. In a new guise, we know him as Green Yuri. Its […]