@athenasdriedflower: Morana (also known as Marzanna, Morena, or Mara) is the Slavic goddess of winter, death, nightmares, and witchcraft. She symbolizes the end of the agricultural cycle, decay, and the cold, dark months of the year, but was not seen as evil—rather as a necessary force in the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. Her most famous tradition is the “Drowning of Marzanna,” a spring ritual in which an effigy of the goddess is burned and thrown into water to symbolize the end of winter and the return of spring. In myth, Morana marries Jarilo, the god of fertility, but after his betrayal she kills him, bringing winter upon the world and eventually becoming the ruler of Nav, the Slavic underworld, alongside Veles. She is usually depicted as a pale, dark-haired woman with icy blue eyes, dressed in white robes or armor, and is associated with symbols such as the scythe, the key, and crows or owls. Her myths emphasize the eternal cycle of death, renewal, and the changing seasons. #morana #slavicmythology #slavicfolklore #slavic #mythology

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