{"id":5285,"date":"2026-04-27T10:35:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/mokosh\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:32:30","slug":"mokosh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/mokosh\/","title":{"rendered":"Mokosh"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5285\" class=\"elementor elementor-5285 elementor-1995 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fdade e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fdade\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-herohlft0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herohlft0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ceb64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3ceb64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ae5e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96ae5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mokosh, goddess of the Slavic tradition<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45238a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e45238a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mokosh is the earth goddess and household protectress of Slavic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religion<\/span>. She governs moisture, the fertility of the soil, women&#8217;s crafts and the safety of the family. Archaeologically attested and active in <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The transmitted popular culture with customs, narratives and songs.\" tabindex=\"0\">folklore<\/span> down to the present day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klsbdg01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"klsbdg01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klshtm01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"klshtm01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"God \/ goddess: personified supreme power within the pantheon of a culture, with clear responsibilities such as the forces of nature, fate, war, fertility. Venerated through cults, sacrifices and temple institutions.\">Goddess<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/slavic\/\" class=\"iwg-kultur-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Slavic mythology and folk religion, overlaid by Christianity from the 10th century onward.\">Slavic<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f74855 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f74855\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c30362 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"1c30362\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;Es wurden keine \\u00dcberschriften auf dieser Seite gefunden.&quot;,&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;h3&quot;],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;fas fa-circle&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;,&quot;rendered_tag&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg class=\\&quot;e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\\&quot; viewBox=\\&quot;0 0 512 512\\&quot; xmlns=\\&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.w3.org\\\/2000\\\/svg\\&quot;&gt;&lt;path d=\\&quot;M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/path&gt;&lt;\\\/svg&gt;&quot;},&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__1c30362\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__1c30362\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__1c30362\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M500 975V858C696 858 858 696 858 500S696 142 500 142 142 304 142 500H25C25 237 238 25 500 25S975 237 975 500 763 975 500 975Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-herorght0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herorght0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-heroimg00 iwg-hero-image elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"heroimg00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_slawisch_mokosch-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5286\" alt=\"Mokosh - gods from the Slavic tradition, historical and illustrative\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_slawisch_mokosch-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_slawisch_mokosch-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_slawisch_mokosch-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_slawisch_mokosch.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32917199 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32917199\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e916cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26e916cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253a40d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"253a40d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1200c304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1200c304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mokosh<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11758e7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11758e7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In primary sources (Novgorod inscriptions, the Nestor Chronicle), Mokosh is described simply as a &#8216;goddess&#8217; without further attributes. She protects spinning, weaving and women&#8217;s crafts; her <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to the divine and thereby withdrawn from everyday use.\" tabindex=\"0\">sacred<\/span> sign is the moist earth. In many Slavic cultures she lives on as &#8216;Mokosha&#8217; or &#8216;Mara&#8217; in folk tales.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159dcf9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"159dcf9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48cee66f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48cee66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">At a glance: Mokosh<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f50d82c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f50d82c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Type:<\/strong> Principal Slavic goddess, goddess of earth, motherhood and spinning<br><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">Pantheon<\/span>: Slavic (especially East Slavic)<br>Function: earth, female fertility, the spinning of fate, household protection, water aspect<br>Principal attributes: spinning wheel, distaff, horns (sometimes), moist earth, water springs<br>Principal place of worship: Kiev (Vladimir&#8217;s <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span> before 988, the only female <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span> in the list)<br>Christian reattribution: St. Paraskeva Pyatnitsa (&#8220;the Friday saint&#8221;)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18613602 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18613602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262b8a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"262b8a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Historical Context<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46dcb7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46dcb7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d3ab3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61d3ab3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117c166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"117c166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Period of the Texts<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73997a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73997a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mokosh (Russian <em>Mokosh&#8217;<\/em>, Polish <em>Mokosza<\/em>) is the most important female Slavic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span>. In Vladimir&#8217;s <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span> (980 in Kiev) she appears as the only woman alongside Perun, Khors, Dazhbog, Stribog and Simargl. Her name derives from <em>mokr-<\/em> (&#8220;moist&#8221;); she is the moist mother earth.<\/p><p>Main period of flourishing: <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Originating from the period before the spread of Christianity.\" tabindex=\"0\">pre-Christian<\/span> times. Christianization saw her <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the religious acts of veneration for a deity or holy figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> survive as <em>Paraskeva Pyatnitsa<\/em> (the Friday saint in Russian Orthodox <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Religious ideas and customs that are widespread in everyday life.\" tabindex=\"0\">folk belief<\/span>), who is likewise patroness of spinners and guardian of springs. Documented ethnographically in the 19th and 20th centuries; venerated again in the modern Rodnovery <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d47b156 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d47b156\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff38c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff38c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Area of Distribution<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e49fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e49fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Principal place of worship: <strong>Kiev<\/strong> (Vladimir&#8217;s <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span>, 980-988). Beyond that, thousands of local <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sacred place dedicated to the veneration of a deity.\" tabindex=\"0\">sanctuaries<\/span> at springs, wells and old oak groves. In Russian Orthodox folk belief she remains present to this day under the name <em>Paraskeva Pyatnitsa<\/em>, with her day (Friday) and her spring sanctuaries.<\/p><p>In the modern Rodnovery tradition (the Russian, Polish and Ukrainian Slavic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Synonymous with heathen; belonging to a pre-Christian religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">pagan<\/span> movement) she is once again venerated as central, especially in women&#8217;s <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A ritual transition through which someone is admitted into a new status or community.\" tabindex=\"0\">initiation<\/span> rituals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db03c39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db03c39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229a87b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"229a87b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f471fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f471fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Source Situation<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b1201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b1201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Central sources: the <em>Nestor Chronicle<\/em> (Vladimir&#8217;s <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span> list), Russian folk songs and ethnographic collections of the 19th century (especially Afanasev), folk <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the customs handed down within a community.\" tabindex=\"0\">customs<\/span> surrounding Paraskeva Pyatnitsa.<\/p><p>Secondary literature: V\u00e1\u0148a, <em><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the transmitted tales of the gods of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">Mythology<\/span> of the Slavic Peoples<\/em>; Iv\u00e1nov\/Toporov; Hubbs, <em>Mother Russia. The Feminine <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted narrative about gods, origins and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">Myth<\/span> in Russian Culture<\/em>; Pittner, <em>Slavic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the transmitted tales of the gods of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">Mythology<\/span><\/em>; Rybakov, <em><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Equivalent to heathen; belonging to a pre-Christian religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">Pagan<\/span> Worldview of the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoch of Greek and Roman culture, roughly 800 BC to 600 AD.\" tabindex=\"0\">Ancient<\/span> Slavs<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae0637c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ae0637c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d07739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31d07739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Designation and Spellings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7642947 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7642947\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a086266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a086266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mokosh is depicted as a full, fertile woman, broad-shouldered, with an erotic and generative emphasis on belly and breasts, a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A vivid image that stands for an abstract idea.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbolic image<\/span> of nourishment and life. Long blond or reddish hair, often gathered into braids or plaits. Her hands are active and practical, often shown in the motions of spinning or weaving.<\/p><p>The sacred symbols are flax, water (especially river springs and wells), the full or waxing moon, and the spinning spindle. On clay figurines from archaeological finds, geometric patterns appear that form concentric circles and branchings, rich in metaphor for growth, interconnection and the spinning of life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709a44a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"709a44a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f585873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f585873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Characteristics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70621c12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70621c12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4296eb49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4296eb49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mokosh presided over all the work of women: spinning, weaving, sewing, the manual arts that sustained and adorned life.<\/p><p>The night of 1 November (similar to Samhain in other cultures) was <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to the divine and thereby withdrawn from everyday use.\" tabindex=\"0\">sacred<\/span> to her and her festival; on that evening one was not permitted to spin, for Mokosh herself wove the threads of the coming years. Her <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A gift to a deity, to express thanks, a request or veneration.\" tabindex=\"0\">offerings<\/span> were modest and humble: bundles of flax, cheese, milk, bread.<\/p><p>Rich harvests and successful births were attributed to her and thanks were rendered to her. The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the religious acts of veneration for a deity or holy figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> was primarily female in character: women led the rites, and men deliberately kept their distance.<\/p><p>After Christianization, Mokosh was transformed into the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to the divine and thereby withdrawn from everyday use.\" tabindex=\"0\">holy<\/span> Friday (in some traditions) or into the birth of Mary, yet beneath the Christian surface she remained alive: older women prayed to her when the umbilical cord was cut, and whispered her name over flax.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e71476 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44e71476\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1fc3f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c1fc3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Profile: Mokosh<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f33b8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84f33b8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hqkdc67p elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"hqkdc67p\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most important aspects of Mokosh at a glance. The fields below summarize origin, function, appearance, veneration, symbols and cultural parallels.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-qh9oavvu iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"qh9oavvu\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-awzx8k2k elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"awzx8k2k\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mokosh's Origin<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x6rowhv0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"x6rowhv0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mokosh is the moist mother earth (<em>Mat&#8217; Syra Zemlja<\/em>, &#8220;Mother Moist Earth&#8221; in Russian folk formulas, often used synonymously).<\/p><p>Her genealogical position within the Slavic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span> is not consistently fixed; in some theories she is the consort of Perun (a complementary thunder-and-earth pairing), in others the consort of Veles (a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to the earth or the underworld; in ancient religion the gods and spirits of the depths (Hades, the Erinyes, Demeter chthonia).\">chthonic<\/span> and moist pair). Mother of several demigoddesses (Dolja and Nedolja, &#8220;fortune&#8221; and &#8220;misfortune&#8221;).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3o4kxs iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e3o4kxs\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08rkdgov elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08rkdgov\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mokosh's Audience<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uwjelx8s elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"uwjelx8s\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mother earth and patroness of female fertility. <em>Spinner of fate<\/em>, she spins the yarn of every human life (similar to the Moirai or the Norns). Patroness of spinners, weavers and embroiderers (a central importance in traditional Slavic women&#8217;s domestic work).<\/p><p>Patroness of springs and wells. In personal folk worship she was <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The petitioning or invoking address of a deity or power.\" tabindex=\"0\">invoked<\/span> during labor pains, before marriage, and in female life crises. In modern Rodnovery she is the principal goddess of women&#8217;s bl\u00f3t gatherings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jm2n74ec iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"jm2n74ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8vufse4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8vufse4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Depiction<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mwb9u015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mwb9u015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Characteristically depicted as a matronly female figure with long dark hair, in Slavic courtly dress with rich embroidery (she is patroness of the art of embroidery). Frequently a <em>spinning wheel<\/em> or <em>distaff<\/em> in her hand.<\/p><p>In very old depictions with <em>horns<\/em> (presumably bull&#8217;s horns, a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sign that stands in place of an idea or meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span> of the earth&#8217;s fertility, a link to the Indo-European mother goddess tradition). Brown skin color (an earth <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sign that stands in place of an idea or meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span>). In modern Rodnovery imagery typically as a matronly queen of the earth with a sheaf and a distaff.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ss2yr6 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37ss2yr6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3v0wp3wx elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3v0wp3wx\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Function<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w3247g2m elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"w3247g2m\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Sphere of action:<\/strong> Mokosh was invoked daily in the Old Slavic household cult; every spinner prayed to her before beginning her work. <em>Friday<\/em> was her sacred day (in many Slavic regions it was taboo to spin on Friday, because that would disturb Mokosh&#8217;s yarn).<\/p><p>Folk customs surrounding Paraskeva Pyatnitsa (the Christian reinterpretation) were documented well into the 20th century: <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A religiously motivated journey to a sacred site.\" tabindex=\"0\">pilgrimage<\/span> to springs, the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"To hand over an object, place or person to the sacred through a religious act.\" tabindex=\"0\">consecration<\/span> of embroidery, invocations at birth. In the modern Rodnovery tradition there are women&#8217;s initiation bl\u00f3t and house consecrations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0qpjal9w iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0qpjal9w\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ndoih0o elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ndoih0o\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Forms of Protection<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6684tyh9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6684tyh9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Spinning wheel, distaff, yarn, horns (in old depictions), richly embroidered courtly dress, moist earth, spring, well. Sacred plants: flax (the material of her spinning), hemp, barley. Sacred animals: sheep (wool), spider (spinning). Sacred day: Friday.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3lfi7x32 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3lfi7x32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0kg99ga1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0kg99ga1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Related Beings<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-n0fum6kp elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"n0fum6kp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Paraskeva Pyatnitsa<\/em> (Russian Orthodox, the Christian reinterpretation), <em>Mat&#8217; Syra Zemlja<\/em> (Russian, the &#8220;Mother Moist Earth&#8221; concept, often identified with Mokosh), <em>Demeter<\/em> (Greece, mother earth), <em>Ceres<\/em> (Rome), <em>Gaia<\/em> (Greece, the primordial earth), <em>P\u1e5bthiv\u00ee<\/em> (Hinduism, mother earth), <em>Frigg<\/em> (Germanic, a spinner aspect), <em>Inari<\/em> (Japan, rice goddess, a partial parallel), <em>Pachamama<\/em> (Inca).<\/p><p>Functionally, all earth and spinner goddesses share aspects of Mokosh.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a584676 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a584676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0757bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d0757bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mokosh, Parallels in Other Cultures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60563f68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60563f68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a93fdd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a93fdd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mokosh corresponds to the Greek Demeter (goddess of grain) and Gaia (earth goddess), the Germanic Nerthus and the Roman Tellus. The female mother earth is a universal archetypal pattern; Mokosh&#8217;s distinctiveness lies in her direct coupling with craft: she is not abstractly maternal but concretely active.<\/p><p><strong>Jewish tradition:<\/strong> Lilith and the Shekhinah share with Mokosh aspects of femininity, of the household and of earthly grounding, although Shekhinah corresponds more to the transcendent dimension.<\/p><p><strong>Greco-Roman world:<\/strong> Demeter and Hera embody earth and household; Demeter through agriculture and fertility, Hera through familial authority, both united in Mokosh.<\/p><p><strong>Germanic tradition:<\/strong> Frau Holle and Frigg govern the household, the art of spinning and the blessing of the earth, functions that Mokosh shares. Folk-etymological continuities point to an Indo-European earth goddess.<\/p><p><strong>Hinduism:<\/strong> Prithvi, the earth goddess, and Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity, combine Mokosh-like functions: earth, fertility, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The bestowal of well-being and protection, often in a fixed verbal form.\" tabindex=\"0\">blessing<\/span> for household and craft.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp3e8eda2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp3e8eda2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp0d92f39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp0d92f39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mokosh in the Chronicle and in the Idol Statue of Kiev<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpd4b9a47 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cpd4b9a47\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2e147d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp2e147d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mokosh is the only female <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span> named by name in the most important written source on the pre-Christian religion of the East Slavs.<\/p><p>The <em>Nestor Chronicle<\/em>, also called the <em>Tale of Bygone Years<\/em>, reports that the Kievan prince Vladimir, in the year 980, that is, shortly before his own conversion to Christianity, had idols set up in Kiev. In the enumeration of these gods, Mokosh appears alongside Perun, Khors, Dazhbog, Stribog and Simargl.<\/p><p>This mention carries great weight, because it shows that Mokosh was not merely a figure of peasant <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A pejorative term for ideas regarded as unfounded in religious terms.\" tabindex=\"0\">superstition<\/span> but was taken up into the official state cult of the gods of Kievan Rus.<\/p><p>At the same time, the source is problematic: the chronicle was composed by Christian monks in the twelfth century, that is, more than a century after the events described. The authors had no interest in a favorable portrayal of paganism, and it is not certain how accurately they still knew the older religion.<\/p><p>About Mokosh&#8217;s position within this pantheon the chronicle says nothing further. Scholarship has drawn inferences from her position in the enumeration, from later ecclesiastical prohibition texts, and from folk tradition.<\/p><p>Ecclesiastical penitential books and sermons of the following centuries repeatedly name Mokosh among the forbidden forms of veneration, which suggests that her <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the religious acts of veneration for a deity or holy figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span> long lived on after Christianization, above all among women and in the rural sphere.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp5eb6232 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp5eb6232\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp85beed5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp85beed5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Etymology and Spinning as a Theme of Life<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp18bcb14 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp18bcb14\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpa03b5b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpa03b5b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The name Mokosh is linguistically contested, and scholarship has proposed several interpretations. A widespread explanation connects it with the Slavic word root for &#8220;wet&#8221; or &#8220;moist,&#8221; which would make Mokosh appear as a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span> associated with moisture, earth and fertility.<\/p><p>Another interpretation, advanced by the linguist Roman Jakobson, links the name with words for spinning and plaiting, that is, with the activity of processing flax and wool.<\/p><p>The two interpretations are not mutually exclusive, for in Slavic folk tradition Mokosh appears closely bound up with spinning and weaving. She was regarded as the protectress of women and their handwork and at the same time as a strict overseer.<\/p><p>A well-known popular notion holds that on Friday, the day assigned to her, one was not permitted to spin; if one did so anyway, Mokosh could come by night, tangle the yarn or punish the spinner. In some regions it was said that an invisible woman touched the work left lying overnight.<\/p><p>Spinning is, in many cultures, connected with the notion of fate, because the thread is an old image for the course of life.<\/p><p>Whether Mokosh was originally also a goddess of fate in the narrower sense cannot be proven beyond doubt from the sources, yet the close bond to thread and yarn suggests such a layer of meaning.<\/p><p>In terms of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religious studies<\/span>, Mokosh is thus an example of how a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span> is defined through a concrete, everyday activity and precisely thereby remains anchored in lived <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The lived religious attitude and practice of a person.\" tabindex=\"0\">piety<\/span>. Related figures are found in the wider milieu of <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/slavic\/\">Slavic tradition<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpa870f58 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cpa870f58\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp0664f51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp0664f51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From the Pagan Cult to Saint Paraskeva<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp79c7502 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp79c7502\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpd2b6324 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpd2b6324\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of the most illuminating developments in the history of Mokosh is her partial fusion with a Christian saint after the conversion of the East Slavs.<\/p><p>Scholarship observes that many functions and attributes of Mokosh passed over to Saint Paraskeva, who became known in Orthodox <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The religiosity lived in everyday life, often alongside official doctrine.\" tabindex=\"0\">folk piety<\/span> as <em>Paraskeva Pyatnitsa<\/em>. The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A fixed epithet that characterizes a deity or figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">epithet<\/span> <em>Pyatnitsa<\/em> means literally &#8220;Friday.&#8221;<\/p><p>This transfer is readily understandable in terms of religious history. Mokosh was associated with Friday, with the protection of women, with spinning and weaving, and with water.<\/p><p>Saint Paraskeva took over almost the same domain: she too was regarded as protectress of women, of handwork and of Friday; springs and wells were <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Handed over to the sacred through a religious act and thereby lifted out of the everyday.\" tabindex=\"0\">consecrated<\/span> to her as well, and with her too there held the prohibition against spinning on her day.<\/p><p>The Christian saint thus took the place of the pagan goddess without entirely supplanting her functions.<\/p><p>Such processes of transfer are attested several times in the Christianization of Europe and are regarded in scholarship as evidence that religious needs persist even when the official framework of belief changes.<\/p><p>For the reconstruction of Mokosh, the connection with Paraskeva is a valuable detour: since the direct sources are so sparse, the narratives and customs surrounding Saint Paraskeva permit indirect inferences about the original profile of the goddess.<\/p><p>At the same time, scholarship counsels caution, because notions that have nothing to do with Mokosh may also have mingled in the cult of the saint. The separation of the two layers remains an open methodological task.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp0aad629 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp0aad629\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpdc85c9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpdc85c9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Source Situation, Reconstruction and the Limits of Knowledge<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp69caf79 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp69caf79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpfabff6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpfabff6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mokosh belongs to those figures with whom scholarly restraint is especially important. The secure foundation is slim: the single mention in the Nestor Chronicle, a few ecclesiastical prohibition texts that list her name, and a broad but late-recorded folk tradition concerning the Friday prohibition and spinning. Everything beyond this is reconstruction.<\/p><p>Part of the popular literature presents Mokosh as a great earth and mother goddess, as the Slavic counterpart to great female deities of other cultures. Such portrayals go far beyond what the sources yield. They rest partly on comparative <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the transmitted tales of the gods of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span>, partly on modern desires for a powerful female <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span>.<\/p><p>Serious scholarship, such as the work on Slavic religion in the circle of Aleksander Gieysztor or the critical overview accounts of more recent times, by contrast emphasizes that much remains uncertain about Mokosh&#8217;s exact rank, her relationship to the other gods and the extent of her cult.<\/p><p>The thesis, widespread since the twentieth century, of a Slavic central myth in which Mokosh plays a fixed role as the wife or adversary of Perun is likewise regarded as hypothetical. It was elaborated above all by Vyacheslav Ivanov and Vladimir Toporov, but is contested on account of its far-reaching assumptions.<\/p><p>In terms of religious studies, Mokosh is therefore a lesson in the limits of reconstruction: a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span> whose existence and cultic significance are secure, but whose concrete profile can be drawn only in cautious outlines.<\/p><p>Anyone wishing to learn more about the difficult field of sources will find further examples of this problem in the area of <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/slavic\/\">Slavic mythology<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dd7469 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36dd7469\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13760ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13760ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Further Links<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c87796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c87796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6538df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d6538df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/perun\/\">Perun, in one tradition her consort<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/veles\/\">Veles, in one tradition her consort, a chthonic and moist pair<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/marena\/\">Marena, a related chthonic Slavic goddess<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/en\/svarog\/\">Svarog, a related Slavic god<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/demeter\/\">Demeter, the Greek mother earth parallel<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/slavic\/\">Slavic, pantheon overview<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/high-deities\/\">High deities, sub-category<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-grl4kl40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"grl4kl40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bzsbfrmh elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bzsbfrmh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sources and Literature<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c13224a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c13224a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eymh9ub elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eymh9ub\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer class=\"iwg-literatur\" data-nosnippet=\"true\"><ul><li><span data-nosnippet>V\u00e1\u0148a, Zden\u011bk: <em><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the transmitted tales of the gods of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">Mythology<\/span> and the World of the Gods of the Slavic Peoples<\/em>. Stuttgart 1992.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Iv\u00e1nov, Vja\u010deslav \/ Toporov, Vladimir: <em>Issledovanija v oblasti slavjanskich drevnostej<\/em>. Moscow 1974.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Hubbs, Joanna: <em>Mother Russia. The Feminine Myth in Russian Culture<\/em>. Bloomington 1988.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Pittner, Manfred: <em>Slavic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The entirety of the transmitted tales of the gods of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">Mythology<\/span><\/em>. Cologne 2009.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Rybakov, Boris A.: <em>Yazychestvo drevnih slavyan<\/em> (&#8220;Paganism of the Ancient Slavs&#8221;). Moscow 1981.<\/span><\/li><li>Walde, Christine (ed.): <em>Der Neue Pauly<\/em> (lemma &#8220;Mokosch&#8221;).<\/li><\/ul><\/footer>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mokosh, goddess of the Slavic tradition Mokosh is the earth goddess and household protectress of Slavic religion. She governs moisture, the fertility of the soil, women&#8217;s crafts and the safety of the family. Archaeologically attested and active in folklore down to the present day. 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