evermore-fashion: Morena (Slovak and Macedonia) was the goddess associated with seasonal agrarian ri
evermore-fashion: Morena (Slovak and Macedonia) was the goddess associated with seasonal agrarian rites based on the idea of death and rebirth of nature in Slavic mythology. As the Goddess of death, her realm was Nav (realm of dead) and she wasn’t respected as much as her counterpart and enemy Vesna (goddess of spring). She represented the long, cold winters that could bring death to both humans and their cattle in form of starvation and freezing. Her arrival was always expected with fear, while arrival of Spring season was always celebrated. Among Eastern Slavs, there was belief that Yarilo (god of rebirth), when he was taken by Veles (god of forests), he met Morana at the beginning of Spring and their love brought wheat and fruits. However, when Yarilo stopped liking her, she murdered him and that caused Autumn and eventually Winter to happen. Morena also goes by other names in Slavic mythology including Marzanna (Polish), Marena (Russian), Mara (Ukraine), Morana (Czech, Slovene, Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian) and Mora (Bulgarian).(Ziad Nakad Fall 2018 Haute Couture Collection) -- source link