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@@dylancoric3734 a doll made from straw as an effigy. I'm in US. But my grandparents kept the Polish traditions when they came to US, and I/my family still drown the effigy each year.
Morana as a given name is rare in the Slavic world today. The only country where it's not entirely uncommon is, for some reason, Croatia. Great presentation, love it!
Because in the South Slavic tradition, the love story of Juraj/Jarilo/Ivo and Mara/Morana is the explanation of the season cycle. It seems that in South Slavic area, especially in Croatia, this myth was the most important. In the folk songs of Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia there are many evidences of this importance. On the other hand, there are almost no mention of Svarog, Dažbog, Svantevid etc. The South Slavic pantheon seems to consisted of Perun and his wife Mokoš, his antagonist Volos and his children, Juraj and Mara. Morana is Mara's name after the death of Juraj. Later, people masked their beliefs by naming the Christmas Božić, which was the birth day of Juraj, and merging Juraj with St George. Mara became Marija and blended with virgin Mary. See Vitomir Belaj, "Hod kroz godinu"
In Russia there is a ritual, present to this day. It's celebrated at the beggining of March and is called Maslenitsa (comes from the word maslo - butter.). During this event people have fun, celebrating first warm days of the year, eat some blini(slavic pancakes) with butter and generally enjoy their time. At the end of the day all of the people gather around the straw figure and burn it down. I actually think that the ritual u talked about at the end of the video, just transformed into maslenitsa over time. So actually the straw statue is the statue of Morana I guess.
Sounds very similar to the old Irish Pagan goddess "The Morrígan" Goddess of Death, War, and Sex. Also called the Phantom Queen who's animal was the crow.
Marzanna in Polish i remember in begin of 90s we were still going from school to the nearest river and drowning a marzanna that we all made from the thing brought from home but now i think jewropean lord will do anything to control education system and this tradition will be lost
We were doing this too. It was not so long time ago. Maybe 9 years ago . All my class were making this Marzanna in our homes and then behind the school we were burning her and then throwing to the river :) it was so cool but in that time i didnt even know why we do it and that Marzanna is a slavic goddess of death
Here in Slovakia she is called Morena and we were burning her and throwing her into water as well. Good old traditions, which we should definitelly keep.
Z tego co wiem Kościół próbował zniszczyć tę tradycję ale na szczęście mu się to nie udało. Eng: As far as I know The Church tried to destroy this tradition but luckily they failed at doing so.
@@adrianostrowski6431 Słowiańskie duchowe obrzędy i tradycje są tak silne, że Kościół nie mógł ich zwalczyć, więc je zasymilował i nazwał po swojemu np. Matki Boskiej Zielnej. Jednak warto wiedzieć, że to jest słowiańskie święto, nie katolickie jak niektórzy chcieliby myśleć...
in russia we burn a big doll(??) of morana every year on shrovetide, it’s actually amazing how the most religious orthodox grandmas are the ones who enjoy this pagan celebration the most
Hey thank you for your work, it's great, I'm french so I don't understand all the slavic words you're using ^^ but it's great to hear about Slavic mythology! Could you make a on chernobog, I really like this mysterious god and maybe an other one about Viy ( I don't know if it's the correct righting however), I couldn't find much informations about him and I'd love to hear about him from your point of view! Thanks again and carry on!
thank u for making videos about Slavic mythology, i fancy mythology from all over the world but there's not much known about Slavic pantheon out there, and sometimes it's confusing to do research based on the internet because one website can tell different things from another. for example, one said Svarog is god of the sky, but another said he is god of fire and blacksmith. There's never a clear explanation about these gods and goddesses
Morana and her sosters, Živana and Lelja, were once kidnapped by Skiper Zmej, an evil creature, the ambassador of chaos. He turned the three goddesses into horrible monsters. After Perun, the thunder god defeated Skiper Zmej in an open duel, so the legend says, the three godesses were returned their natural look. Morana couldn't bare the dammation of the beast and became dark and evil. She went to the underworld where she lives now.
I fucking love Slavic Mythology especially if it focuses on Slavic Polytheism because this path of the Old Ways is so very interesting, unfortunately I'm not Slavic but I'm Celtic and I Love My Fellow Pagan Followers.
nmg da verujem da sam tek sad saznao za ovo jer kao decu su nas plasili da ce MORUNA doci posle ponoci ako ostanes budan i imam drugara kome se to bas i desilo spavao je sa bracom u sobi kada je osetio bol u grudima i da ga pritiska pritom da nije mogao da pozove bilo koga u pomoc jer mu je i glas oduzela MORUNA .Istina ziva.
I never saw someone burn nor drown Mara, i never knew about this till now. Just simply amazing! I would like to do it! Great video, slava from croatia!
😍 I love her 😍 😂😂😂 Who's here from Milos Bogetic's "Story of her, holding an orange"? ❤ But literally, so many things add up now. I reccomend anyone who red that story, to see this video. It really fills much of the gaps 😊
I really enjoyed this video and i really love your content and your music.I like how you spread our culture in a really awesome way.And i would like to see more videos about Slavic mythology, cuz I'm trying to study more my Slavic culture and mythology but there isn't a lot of books and stuff online to learn it. Keep going and make more awesome videos and i would really like to see you grow more👍. Živjela Slavenima✊!
Damn today is full of revelations. I am half polish but never grew up with any folklore or anything. A few days ago I decided to look into it since I like different mythologies anyway. I'm flabbergasted learning about Nav and morana because for the longest time I'd move into my "headspace" to escape reality and find myself on a wide clearing with a big tree in the middle. To the right was always a dark forest I never tried to get in because it always scared me. I didn't consciously design this place, I just went there automatically. By the tree was always a young woman with pale skin, long dark hair and wearing a white dress that would flow in the wind. She was always a very kind person (to me at least) and would often help me To be honest, I always assumed if anything she'd be from the Greek pantheon but I could never find anything that matched the description of the place and her until Nav and morana
Indoeuropske riječi. U engleskom je murder / (night)mare, u francuskom meurtre/ cauchemare, a siguran sam da je tako u puno jezika. U latinskom smrt je mortem.
Great video! Please make a video about vile, like rojenice, sojenice and others. I noticed that they tend to have two origins, ones are spirits of nature and others are young girls who died before wedding or baptising. I would love to know more about their origin and I noticed that there isn't much info on them on the Internet. Keep up the good work!
I remember how in kindergarten on the first day of spring ladies made a puppet from papers and materials, aka. Marzanna, and we burn her in the yard :) Absolutely normal thing, hm?
Овде сам да подржим родноверје код католичких Словена јер ћемо их лако преко родноверја преобратити у православље, пошто родноверје има више сличност са православљем него католичанством. А искрено... Сви словенски богови подударају са германским, грчким и римским боговима, тако да родноверска божанства *у суштини* нису нешто посебно словенско, исто важи и за хришћанског бога наравно. Перун = Зевс = Јупитер = Тор Јел Перун словенски бог или: *словенско име за општег индо-европског бога* кога су Германи, Грци, Латини и Викинзи такође својевремено славили??? Зато родноверје не треба сматрати као алтернативу хришћанству ни хришћанство као нешто туђе а *ни родноверје као нешто посебно* словенско. Само су имена богова словенска. Јешуа (хебрејски) = Исус (словенски) па: Моша (хеб) = Мојсије (сло) онда: Абрахам (хеб) = Аврам (сло). Схваташ? У оба случаја *божанства и пророци су исти* само су имена локалног порекла и само другачије звуче.
@@hiqhduke sta fali katolicima, isti su kao pravoslavci, iste bogove slave... Idi pricaj popovima o rodnoverju i starim bogovima, kako je hriscanstvo na silu preobratilo slovene i da je samo izmenilo nazive bogova u svetce, isti ti bogovi se pojavljuju u svim kulturama i nisu nista drugo no Anunaki koji su stvorili rasu, koji su hteli da je uniste gde je Enki aka Loki dao uputstva Noju kako da spasi... Sve ti je to isto od starog egipta do inka i maya, pa do sub rase Slovena koje je prihvatilo kasnije te iste bogove. Postoji jedno bozanstvo pre svih njih koje je doslo na balkan u vreme starcevo kulture a to je venera, crna majka, black madona, sv petka, kali, isis nazovi je kako hoces. Sa druge strane slavili smo i baal-a laznog boga a i dalje je tu, veles-a zastitnika stocara i vodic do podzemlja. Ko je tu ispravan... ? Rasisticka je knjiga Peruna, nema dokaza da je orginalna, a ako jeste to dokazuje da je bilo rata izmedju vise sila i da nisu anunaki tako divni, ipak oni su podrzali Hitlera. U Indiji je sacuvano vedsko znanje, koje srbi danas tvrde, iako nema genetike juznih slovena tamo vec slovena sto nije isto. RG VEDA gde opisuje indru kralja bogova (odnosno tih van zemaljskih svetaca) iznad njega su 3 shiva(veles) vishnu(rod) i brahma(swarog) Da li pripada to jednoj rasi, ne, vec covecanstvu, da li je pravoslavlje zalutalo odgovor je da, jeste, ovisao sam ove godine i katolicke i pravoslavne i dzamije (sve spadaju u avramovske religije zasnovane na dogmi sto je i rodnoverje) i sta mislis da li sam nasao tamo boga? I da i ne, nasao sam u ljudima, ali nasao sam i boga tame, sve je tu. Sve su to isti ljudi, sa istim ciljem kojima je servirana neka prica da bi zamrzeli drguge. Pogledaj sta putin misli o ostalim verama, i zasto se sastaju u Astani, neutralnoj teritoriji za politiku i veru. Zapitaj se zasto ruski popovi osudjuju rodnoverje, mozda zato sto je proizaslo iz fasizma. Rudolf Stajner je sve to lepo obradio, njegova svest je bila na nivou Tesle, ali niko o njemu ne prica, zato sto je u to vreme bio pretnja za hitlerov vril kult, zato sto smatra jevandjelja lepim ali u 20. veku ne dovoljnim, zato sto he pokazao na pravu svest hrista i kako doci do nje, a ne da drzi ljude u mraku i naplacuje vencanja, svadbe, krstenja i sahrane. Pa ako nemas pare ko te jebe. Cast divnim ljudima u crkvi, malo ih je, ostalima trebaju pare, dje ces u raj bez novca? Jerotic je bio divan covek, da su samo svi popovi nalik njemu...
Moran is the wife of Košej. The noble lord of the underworld. Košej hissides is known as Kostej, Korčun and Koročun. His day is the 16th of December, the shortest day in the year and the longest night.
I think Kurent is the same god as Pust (Puscetus), also the same as greek Charon, etruscan Charun, and mythical polish ruler Piast Wheelwright (which is Charron in french). Rod, in hinduism Vishnu, is more broad version of this god. Rod (Krodo) holds the wheel of fortune (Sudarshana Chakra). Morana is his female version. Doesn't Kurentovanje mean something like healing? The same word as Piastowanie (care, protection). This is role of Vishnu - Preservation. Word with PST like Piast, Pust relate to Piscis and Pistis (faith, sense of people from this astrological sign).
Most probably Morena/Morana was not burned or dumped in watter originally. There is a slovak folk song where they sing : Morena, Morena you died, but not for us. Indicating that in the attempt to keep the tradition while it was non christian and banned from practicing. People did the procession as usual but at the end burned Morana showing to the christian authorities : "Look we are throwing this idol away" Doing it this way they kept the custom and not be in conflict at the same time.
There are also rivers (and t9wns and other places) all over Europe named Morava (which is taken from Morana). And usisally those are dangerous rivers. Bad for swiming in them.
Yes, but Morana also has great connection with war and... not only. She is even more similar to Cailleach Bheur, when we look at Marzanna-Dziewanna and Cailleach-Brìghde. @Morana PL Myślę że cię zainteresuje ;) weneda.net/marzanna-i-swiatlo-bozyca-ilustracja/ weneda.net/marzanna-i-dziewanna/ www.bogowiepolscy.net/marzanna-1.html
I talk about Morana as Marzanna, which reign far more than only winter and death. We can say that Morana (goddess of Winter and Death) is aspect of Marzanna, but of course everything depends on interpretacion. I recommend checking out sources above.
@Селина Винтер Thank you, I catch basics of Russian and I saw your славяне.сайт, and it's all nice stories but mostly over-interpretation. I was talking about raw historical character. Don't get me wrong, there is also truth but as well things that have no sources and probably come from someone's imagination (Did I mention that there is no annotation to any sources ?). There also do not take into account the question of time and space of occurrence of beliefs. No offence, if you buy it, it's ok but this is some vision of how it could be, not a historical facts. Likewise I have had on mind later appearing Marzanna, which is as I said before Goddess of dead and winter but not only in contrast to your vision of Morena. I just use those names interchangeably, it's probably the source of our little misunderstanding about the essence of this Goddess. Greetings to you.
In modern Russia there's an unpopular dark and overall edgy branch of Slavic neopaganism, a cult of The Great Nav'. What's interesting about it is that's it's not a paganistic religion, but rather gnostic. A material world is seen as a prison and the Great Nav' - as a sort of a "void beyond", with a strong Lovecraftian vibe. Mara thus is depicted as a benevolent Lovecraftian entity, who's goal is to liberate all the souls of the world by "decreating" them, which also makes this religion a really dark and gothic-ish vershion of Buddhism.
Please make video on slavic muslims from sandzak and bosnia! I'm russian and I heard actually quite good thinks about them but most people don't see them as slavs, even tho a montenegrin friends family of mine for example just changed to Islam at about 1900
in Poland too, when I was a kid we made Marzanna dolls in school and during spring equinox the most pretty one was chosen and we all went at the river side, then the teacher would soak her with alcohol or whatever, set it on fire and throw it to river. she would be burning and floating away so as the winter she represents. now when i'm thinking about it, those pagan rituals do have charm :)
Není, pálení čarodějnic je 30. Dubna a ne 21. Března, což je první rozdíl. Říká se tomu Valpuržina noc, nebo také Noc čarodějnic, což je druhý rozdíl. A ten třetí je, že je to převzatý od Němců. Morena, se pálí, či topí 21. Března a tento zvyk spíše přežívá na Moravě, nežli v Čechách. Určitě se taky najdou výjímky, ale je jich fakt pomálu. Doufám, že jsem to vysvětlil dostatečně.
Wait wait wait wait wait... i have so much questions - isn't Morana daughter of Mokoš? Are Dažbog and Svarožič the same god? And is Svarožič the son of Svarog?
Proto Indo European root "mar/mor" is related to a large body of water, death or a horse. Basically, many words in English, French, Italian and particularly Slavic languages may be traced back to this old root, especially if their original meanings are kept in some form. So the answer to your question is, yes.
People exaggerate role of Morana as goddes of death. She is just as much goddess of death as Laima or Lakshmi. She is goddes of sea, dreams and fortune. Very easy to understand if one understands astrology. Other her names: Sobota, Kupała, Ślędza, Śva (Siva from Helmold), Dola. Sobota is cognate with Sophia, sanskrit Sobhana (smart). Btw she wasn't daughter of Lada and Svarog. If anything she could be daughter of Perun (as Athena of Zeus) And btw Belin, Belebog, Belun is god of sun. Another his name might be Upało. Dadźbog is god of Earth which you shoiuld know if you are from Balkans, you have Dabog, correctly represented as god of earth. Dadźbog is god of earth/harvest like Vertumnus. Another his names or forms: Plon, Siemowit and female version: Dziewanna, Siemianna, Siemargl, Zirnitra, Semla, Verta. This Dziewanna isn't Diana (moon goddess) but Diana is Ziewanna. Siemargl is probably Siem+Mergele (lithuanian for virgo zodiac sign which is related to narvest, plony, dożynki).
At 1:34 an image of Iemanja, Brazilian goddess of the sea, family and love, from the Umbanda religion. I don't know if the author knew about this, but it's interesting. For me, looks like a link between different cultures. Extreeeeemely different cultures :D
In the South Slavic tradition, according to reconstruction by V. Belaj, Morana/Mara is the doughtet of Perun. Perun's son, Jarilo/Juraj/Ivan has been abducted by the god of lower world, Volos. In the spring, young god Jarilo (often called Božić, Small God, which is now the name for Christmas) begins his return, bringing the heath (jara) with him. His name changes to Juraj, the fertility bringer (Jurjevo bonfires, but also the evidence of Christian influences, Juraj would merge with st George) and Ivo (summer solstice). One day, Ivo sees a beautiful girl, Mara, across the river and they fall in love. In the autumn, Ivo finally reached Perun's court and the shocked lovers find out they are siblings.. with time Mara grows jealous because of Ivo's infidelity ( he can't help himself, being the god of fertility). Mara's brothers kill Ivo and she becomes Morana (murderess). She spends her winter in the tent made of Ivo's bones and skin. Around the winter solstice, Perun gets a soon, who is abducted by Volos and the Walk Through a Year starts again. Vitomir Belaj "Hod kroz godinu"
@@DVXDemetrivs Здраво из Србије. Hello from Serbia. That can also be a large body of water, death or a horse. Remember the old practice when sailors sacrificed horses to the sea. Even Poseidon was depicted as a horse chariot warrior.
@@MarjanVukovic taking into account that all our common ancestors very much adored various euphemisms or expressions so as not to call animals or spirits by their real name, then everything can be
Why this ritual looking so similar to Indian crop season festival ? They also burn and throw it in water .. And name also seems familiar we call it "marula" (meaning: changing/turning/mesmerize/mystic.. etc) festival also called "jaru seethala"(meaning : jaru = sliding/slipping, seethala = of Winter/ Cold) festival .. But there also be a eggs throwing festival or competition to lead this group.. It's a very good happy festival.. nowadays people not giving it a face .. Anyway why this was so similar ? And it was mainly done by sali's farmers .. Are there any links ?
you know we have the same indoeuropean roots, so most probably we have simillar root of our goods ;-) we also called that ritual in poland "Jare Gody" if you are hindi speaker some words are similar in hindi and in polish in example numerals from zero to nine: zero jeden dwa trzy cztery pięć sześć siedem osiem dziewięć
@Ankit Kumar Jha is there any back story/ custom you know regarding holika !? Bcz we can't just simply burning as a cause of similarity.. I heard about this burning session before Holi in some places but don't know real thing so please enlighten me about this.. maybe it was same !! In this way only we can dig our cultural this bcz main stream media will not give us real stuff except their fabrication stories .. Hoping for your kind reply 🙏
The myth doesn't seem to be completely Slavic but 100% European. The Celtic goddess of death is Morrigan. And we have the Arthurian legends. The blonde king Arthur who symbolizes the sun, and the Summer, and the life , and his dark haired stepsister Morgan (Morgana, Morgaine...etc) de La Fey who is the embodiment of the Winter, and the darkness, and sometimes the death. The same story - a different version. In the Czech Republic was a custom to drown an effigy of Morana in a river at the beginning of Spring to make sure that the Winter is over. Tony mistook the burning with the Valpurga's night.
Well in poland its literally calles "topienie marzanny" aka drowining Marzanna and its celebrated in preschools were children dress decorate Marzanna and later go out on a field trip to a rivet and the teachers light it up burn it and throw it into the water
Я согласен, что слова похожи. Гораздо проще читать и понимать русский или сербский, вместо чтобы слушать и понимать, по крайней мере, это так для меня. Я рад что сербский перевод помог, надеюсь, что в будущем будет русский перевод. Привет из Сербии.
