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Mokosh - goddess of motherhood, weaving, fertility, harvest

Mokosh is one of the biggest Slavic deities in regards to power scale and recognition. She is known to be a protector of women. She would often invoke destiny as a means to help keep her girls safe. She helped ensure a proper bountiful harvest for her followers. Mokosh could commonly be found working with textile threads as well.

Her father was Svarog, god of the sky and blacksmiths. She has numerous god and goddess siblings. She has 2 daughters (Dolya and Nedolya) and 1 son (Yarilo).

Devotees would commonly offer her yarn, wool, and cloth, sometimes throwing them into wells. The cat is her sacred animal. Silver, crystals, and moonstones were gemstones commonly associated with her. She is commonly associated with mortals attempt at divination and her day of worship is Friday. Her devotees do not do any housework on Friday in honor of her.

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Kostroma - goddess of spring, summer, love, fertility

Kostroma is the daughter of Simargl (god of fire) and Kupalnica (goddess of night). Her husband, Kupalo, is her twin brother. It is important to note that the twins didn't know initially they were related. Kostroma and her twin brother, Kupalo were separated in early childhood. Kupalo was abducted into Nav, the world of the dead.

Many years later, Kostroma bragged that the wind could not knock off the wreath on her head. The gods did not like this. They forced the wind to blow harder and it caused the wreath to blow off of her head. The man who picked up the wreath was Kupalo, her twin brother. Since they were both adults now, they didn't recognize each other as siblings.

On the wedding day, Kupalo and Kostroma killed themselves upon knowledge of their familia ties became known to them. Upon Kostroma 's death via drowning, she became the water nymph, Mavka. The gods felt bad about the twins deaths, and turned both twins into beautiful petals. Kostroma's petals were a beautiful forest lake blue color.

Kostroma is typically worshiped in fields, villages, and near rivers. Natural locations like rivers served as key sites for rituals, particularly during spring and summer festivals in Slavic communities prior to Christianity.

Kostroma was often asked to bless marriages for the couple to be happy, healthy, and supportive of each other. Kostroma devotees would jump over a flame with their partner while holding their hands to symbolize a strong union. Flowers (especially blue ones) were often used as gifts towards Kostroma.

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So fun news 😁 I'm going to create a dropshop with fun witchy femme family type type quotes on the clothing ("brewing baby witch" for the pregnant parents, "wicked evil witch sister", stuff for fur babies, etc.). I'm working on the behind the scenes stuff

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Veles - god of the underworld, cattle, sorcery, and the lowlands

Veles is often depicted as an older man with a gray beard and hair. He's sometimes seen as a snake coiler around a tree. Farmers are sometimes known to pray to him to help keep their cattle and other livestock safe from predators. He's commonly seen as a very wise and intelligent god, people sometimes asking for his wit to aid them.

Some scholars see him as the rival to the thunder god, Perun. He's often depicted as having a sneaky or trickster type personality. He also was prayed to, to ask for his protection if you were a traveling musician.

Some literature mentions he has a son named Jarilo. Jarilo is the god of spring and fertility, kidnapped by Veles and raised in the underworld.

Veles is married via arrangement from Devana's father (Perun). While Veles and Devana do not have typical romantic or loving bond, they do respect each other.

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Devana - Goddess of nature, hunting, forests

Devana has always been a rebellious goddess, having traits similar to Artemis from the Greek pantheon. Devana can often be found riding mares (female horses), is a skilled huntress, and enjoys spending time taking and befriending wolves and foxes.

Her husband is Veles, the god of the underworld, cattle, sorcery, and the lowlands. They married via arrangement from Devana's father (Perun). While Veles and Devana do not have typical romantic or loving bond, they do respect each other.

Appearance wise she's typically seen as a young adult woman with long, beautiful, unbound brown hair. She will sometimes be depicted with antlers to show her role over natures animals. She often has a wolf and/or fox companion with her.

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Morana/Morena - Goddess of winter and death

There's a few ways to spell and/or say her name, but I typically use "Morena". She's the Slavic goddess of winter, death, dreams. Her era is typically between winter solstice to the spring equinox, roughly Dec. 21 to March 21. This goddess is typically seen as a bringer of death. Some mythos say Morena used to be a beautiful, young goddess of fertility but she eventually "withered", becoming the goddess of death.

She is typically seen as a very thin woman, with pale skin, long disheveled dark hair, and sometimes she’s shown with the claws and fangs of a wolf. It is said that those who do not fear death, she appears as a beautiful young maiden to those about to die.

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