Ukraine · Eastern Europe
Protective hearth guardians and spinners of fate from Ukrainian folk belief.
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spirit · Ukrainian Folk Tradition
Guardian of the Hearth and the Riverbank
Berehynia (from bereh, 'shore' or berehty, 'to protect') is named in medieval sermons among old Slavic beliefs. In modern Ukraine she became a beloved symbol of the protective mother, and her figure with raised arms stands above Kyiv's Independence Square.
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spirit · Ukrainian & Slavic Folk Tradition
Spinner of Good Fortune
Dolya is the personified fate of East Slavic folklore — a spirit who follows a person through life, spinning good fortune for those who treat her well. Her shadow sister Nedolya spins misfortune.
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