Just like seasons and forces of nature. Marzanna (Winter) is killed and her body floats down river as the ice melts, and Wiosna (Spring) comes to rule the world. Heavy in symbolism and entertaining to listen to.
The version my Baba told me Devana is the daughter of Perun. As daughter of the sky she was given the moon. One day she sat at the edge of the highlands and caught the attention of Volos (the sea) who came to meet her. Volos offered her the forests and it’s creatures in return for her hand as his bride. She accepted. Perun was outraged and locked his daughter away. His wife being kept from him, Volos sent his dragon, Zmey, to climb the world tree and steal Perun’s livestock. He offered to trade the livestock for his wife. Perun refused. Stribog felt that it was wrong to keep Devana’s happiness from her and offered a solution. He threw a party for the gods of the highlands. The gods became drunk and Perun slept with his wife Dodola. While they slept Stribog sent his own dragon to take his mother down to Volos and Volos slept with Dodola. Perun awoke and came to take his wife back. When dodola returned she gave birth to twins. Morana and Yarilo. Then Volos came and kidnapped Yarilo. Volos kept him in the underworld (the Nav) where Yarilo learned agricultural practices. Volos declared he would make a trade His daughter Morana, and wife Devana- For Perun’s sun Yarilo. Perun said he would trade Yarilo for Morana and Devana could be the one to make the trade. Volos agreed but Dodola wishes to see her daughter still. So they came to the agreement that the trade would happen yearly. Every spring Yarilo brings the fertile warm winds and new life from the underworld, and when he reaches the edge of the underworld (beginning of spring) and Devana has escorted Morana to the edge of the highlands Perun snaps morana’s neck and/or sets her on fire, then drops her into a river/sea/lake to drown her as he declares it is the dead who belong in the underworld, and thus banished winter. Key symbolisms: this is the story of why seasons change, why the sea rises to meet the moon (and why the moon descends) sometimes it is the story of the great flood, and it is how my baba told me why wolves howl at the moon (Volos can shapeshift into wolves and howls at the moon)
Thank you for this. It's an interesting combination of some of the stories I've read and yet again shows how regional differences impact Slavic myths heavily.
@@spyromalin6618 many of the symbols of are modern make, but this is the one I found for her. I assume it represents her hunting bow. commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Devana_symbol_red.svg
I can't seem to find her close to legit symbol , like Veles or Perun. Any help? I keep getting like 4 or 5 different looks. Is it not along the lines of a "C"? or some sort?
This is the one I've gone with in my books, but a lot of the symbols besides Perun and a couple others are made by modern pagans. Many others we either don't know for sure or may have not specifically been attached to one god. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Dziewanna_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/2048px-Dziewanna_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png
The chase scene sounds like the one between Ceridwen and Gwion in the Tale of Taliesin. It's an analogy of growth and initiation through the elements.
I feel like in Slavic mythology there are a lot of gods and goddesses who are contrasts to one another.
Just like seasons and forces of nature. Marzanna (Winter) is killed and her body floats down river as the ice melts, and Wiosna (Spring) comes to rule the world. Heavy in symbolism and entertaining to listen to.
The version my Baba told me
Devana is the daughter of Perun. As daughter of the sky she was given the moon.
One day she sat at the edge of the highlands and caught the attention of Volos (the sea) who came to meet her. Volos offered her the forests and it’s creatures in return for her hand as his bride. She accepted. Perun was outraged and locked his daughter away.
His wife being kept from him, Volos sent his dragon, Zmey, to climb the world tree and steal Perun’s livestock. He offered to trade the livestock for his wife. Perun refused. Stribog felt that it was wrong to keep Devana’s happiness from her and offered a solution.
He threw a party for the gods of the highlands. The gods became drunk and Perun slept with his wife Dodola. While they slept Stribog sent his own dragon to take his mother down to Volos and Volos slept with Dodola. Perun awoke and came to take his wife back.
When dodola returned she gave birth to twins. Morana and Yarilo. Then Volos came and kidnapped Yarilo. Volos kept him in the underworld (the Nav) where Yarilo learned agricultural practices. Volos declared he would make a trade
His daughter Morana, and wife Devana- For Perun’s sun Yarilo. Perun said he would trade Yarilo for Morana and Devana could be the one to make the trade. Volos agreed but Dodola wishes to see her daughter still. So they came to the agreement that the trade would happen yearly.
Every spring Yarilo brings the fertile warm winds and new life from the underworld, and when he reaches the edge of the underworld (beginning of spring) and Devana has escorted Morana to the edge of the highlands
Perun snaps morana’s neck and/or sets her on fire, then drops her into a river/sea/lake to drown her as he declares it is the dead who belong in the underworld, and thus banished winter.
Key symbolisms: this is the story of why seasons change, why the sea rises to meet the moon (and why the moon descends) sometimes it is the story of the great flood, and it is how my baba told me why wolves howl at the moon (Volos can shapeshift into wolves and howls at the moon)
Thank you for this. It's an interesting combination of some of the stories I've read and yet again shows how regional differences impact Slavic myths heavily.
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Does anyone know what is Dziewanna's symbol?
Like for Marzanna it's big X with cross on each end, but what about Dziewanna? A big C ?
@@spyromalin6618 many of the symbols of are modern make, but this is the one I found for her. I assume it represents her hunting bow. commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Devana_symbol_red.svg
There’s no R sound in Marzanna . RZ is pronounced same as you would pronounce ż . Also you should pronounce both N .
I can't seem to find her close to legit symbol , like Veles or Perun. Any help? I keep getting like 4 or 5 different looks. Is it not along the lines of a "C"? or some sort?
This is the one I've gone with in my books, but a lot of the symbols besides Perun and a couple others are made by modern pagans. Many others we either don't know for sure or may have not specifically been attached to one god. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Dziewanna_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg/2048px-Dziewanna_symbol_%28fixed_width%29.svg.png
Example, does Wither 3 give the right one or no?
@@FilmersBlockEnt Is Dziewanna in Witcher 3? I've never seen her in the Witcher universe.
Who are yoh and from where your interest in slavic mythology?
Similar to the Norse Skadi
Like in a real life, +and-, White and black and So on...
I doubt slavs were familiar with lions, so i don’t believe she transformed into lioness