#berehynia

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Berehynia (1 of 2) - Alexandr Leskinen

[zmiyina]

The Berehynia

In modern Slavic practices, Berehynias are described as feminine protective spirits, or the singular goddess, associated with home and heart

Talking about Berehynias, who they are, and how they continued helping us to this day, ahh.

[dvoeverie-stitches]

I added the Easter/Spring Equinox cloth to the altar today.

[tbskied]

Berehynia, protector of Ukraine 8.5x11″ ballpoint + digital color Berehynia is a Slavic Goddess of hearth and home, celebrated as protector of the Ukrainian nation in bronze and gold atop Independence Monument in Kyiv - erected in 2001 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Ukraine's independence from Russia.Here she arises from the rich Earth herself - amber, coral, coin - crowned in sunflower, poppy, guelder-rose and wheat (symbols of Ukrainian abundance, strength, and safety), to defend and protect her people. Slava Ukraini.

[upyrica]

Could you share some interesting bits about bereginias? They are rarely mentioned by Poles but seem most intriguing.

It being a personal gnosis night, I am sharing a (somewhat) new and exciting private theory.

The current understanding of these characters is that of protective feminine spirits of an exceptionally benevolent disposition, as suggested here, for example - which is also a fine example of the habitual blurring of the line between human and non-human spirits.

That said, it is well-known that their very name is disputed, being derived, as far as can be judged, either from the word "to protect" or "shore".

As potential water spirits, they can be linked with rusalkas, who in themselves bear the ambiguity of aiding in earth's fertility through their association with water and being a direct threat to humans. As protectors, therefore, the association is formed with other divinities who are decidedly patrons of fertility, such as Maty Syra Zemlia.

From that one may glean the connection between the life-giving powers and safety in a Slavic mind, but also that something that can be helpful not necessarily is such in relation to humans. Effectively, the vital and life-giving principle of earth is concerned with itself, and human beings factor in as one element within nature, and as persons capable of forming a relationship with others, corporeal or not. Life, civilisation, and goodness, too, are not separated from death, wilderness, and danger: all is one, all shifts its status, and all has the potential to go either way.

In the context of the above contemplation, they might not be dissimilar from the Norse Disir, as well.

[thejewellerybox]

Berehynia pendant by Oberig

White and yellow 18k gold with diamond

Ancient Slavic symbol of feminine energy and Universal Motherhood.

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“Tales were also told of women who brought their prialki (spinning distaff) down to the riverside once a year and hung them in the trees so that the Berehynia could spin and have clothes. Prialki themselves were considered to be the incarnation of the goddess who also supervised spinning.” —Goddess Embroideries of Eastern Europe by Mary B. Kelly