Morana
모라나
SlavicSlavic Antiquity
"Goddess of Winter, Death, and Rebirth"
✦ Personality Traits
✦ About
Morana is the Slavic goddess of winter and death, but also of the cycle of rebirth that follows. She embodies the harsh winter that kills but also clears the way for spring's renewal. Her domain is the necessary destruction that precedes all new growth.
Every year at the end of winter, Slavic people would create an effigy of Morana, carry it through the village, and then drown or burn it. This ritual death of winter welcomed spring and the return of life, showing that Morana's death was always temporary.
Morana is often depicted as a beautiful but cold woman dressed in white, or as a terrifying hag. These dual aspects represent winter's beauty and danger, and the way death appears different depending on our perspective.
✦ Famous Story
Each spring, villagers would make a straw figure of Morana and parade it through the streets before throwing it into a river. As it floated away, they sang songs welcoming spring, knowing that Morana would return with next winter's first snow.
✦ If You Match
You embody the cold beauty of Morana. There is a cyclical, transforming quality to your presence—the look of one who understands that death brings rebirth.
