Mokosh

Woe to those who disregard the advice of old Mokosh.

Her name was Mokosh, and she was the sun's foster-mother.

But upon the raven that was Mokosh he frowned, and bade her take herself underground.

And old Mokosh came again to Neva.

Mokosh changed herself into a raven and flew back with the turtle-dove to perch on the ridge of the wooden fort.

And as each man died, old Mokosh dragged him down by his feet into the swamp, so that without a stroke of battle the whole army vanished.

So old Mokosh changed herself to a moorhen and ran through the meadows to the town, and Neva followed her.

Rain was Mokosh's milk.

It was named after Mokosh, the goddess of fertility and protector of women in Slavic mythology.

Mat Zemlya and her handmaiden Mokosh are two major deities in Slavic mythology.

Mat Zemlya is Mother Earth, and Mokosh is the moisture that makes it fertile.

In Slavic mythology Mokosh and Mat Zemlya together with Perun head up the pantheon.

Just as a mysterious force seemed to bring about the various resurrections of "Mokosh," so torment colors the world of the outsider of "View from Beyond."

"Mokosh," named after a mythical earth mother, was presumably personified by Anna Krysiak, who joined the previous dancers except for Ms. Noster.

The act of spinning thread and the process of weaving linen embodies spiritual power dating back to the ancient deity Mokosh who is often represented in embroidery.

Besides being the sun's foster-mother, Mokosh could foretell the future, and she could change herself into any form she pleased, bird or fish or snake of the swamp.

Vladimir's pantheon included Perun, Hors, Dažbog, Stribog, Simargl, and Mokosh.

But by the time the menservants had crossed the meadow Mokosh, still disguised as a moorhen, had led Neva straight to the clump of yellow flag, and there shining below the leaves, lay the princess's keys.

Mat Zemlya, also Matka Ziemia, and Mati Syra Zemlya (literally Damp Mother Earth), is the oldest deity in Slavic mythology, her identity later blended into that of Mokosh.

For every year at midwinter the sun grows weak and pale, and he sinks down into the marshes to spend the long winter night there, and Mokosh, the old witch, his foster-mother, nurses him until he is strong again, with herbs and spells and incantations.

And Vladimir began his reign in Kiev alone and erected idols on the hill outside his palace with porch: Perun of wood with a head of silver and mustache of gold and Hors Dažbog and Stribog and Simargl and Mokosh.