Mokosh

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Mokosh is a major Slavic goddess associated with earth, fertility, women’s work, and protection of women and their destinies.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mokosh canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Slavic goddess ⓘ
deity ⓘ
appearsIn Primary Chronicle (as a pagan deity of Kievan Rus') ⓘ
linked to: Rus' chronicles
associatedWith domestic crafts ⓘ
earth ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
moisture ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
protection of women ⓘ
spinning ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
women’s destinies ⓘ
women’s work ⓘ
contrastedWith Perun ⓘ
Veles ⓘ
cultSuppressedBy Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
culture Slavic mythology ⓘ
domain agriculture ⓘ
domestic sphere ⓘ
fate ⓘ
elementsSyncretizedWith Orthodox veneration of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
veneration of female saints ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasFeastDay October 25 ⓘ
linkedTo agricultural fertility ⓘ
household prosperity ⓘ
spinning of fate ⓘ
nameEtymology possibly from Slavic root for 'moist' or 'wet' ⓘ
oftenDepictedAs woman holding spindle or distaff ⓘ
woman with large head and long arms ⓘ
patronOf married women ⓘ
midwives ⓘ
pregnant women ⓘ
spinners ⓘ
weavers ⓘ
role fertility goddess ⓘ
major goddess ⓘ
protectress of women ⓘ
sometimesConsidered earth mother ⓘ
mother goddess ⓘ
spouseOrConsort Perun ⓘ
symbol distaff ⓘ
earth ⓘ
sheaf of grain ⓘ
spindle ⓘ
worshipedIn Eastern Slavic regions ⓘ
Kievan Rus' ⓘ
linked to: Kyivan Rus

some West Slavic regions ⓘ
worshipPractice offerings of wool and flax ⓘ
rituals connected to spinning and weaving ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Perun → spouse → Mokosh ⓘ