Mara (Marena) is a powerful and formidable Deity, the wife of Koshchei, the sister of Zhiva and Lelya. Therefore, Mara can send Pestilence – death or Morokov – dark, confusing, fainting entities. Mara herself is a witch goddess.Her name stands for “Ma-Ar Ra”:“Ma”, that is…
Kashchei or Chernobog (black Serpent, Koschey) – Lord of Navi, Darkness and the Kingdom of Pekel. God of cold, destruction, death, evil; God of madness and the embodiment of everything dark. On the night of the celebration, the ancient Slavs always held a raw chicken egg in their hands and…
