#perperuna

[evermore-grimoire]

The Evermore Grimoire: Slavic Mythology

Dodola (also known as Perperuna) was the goddess of rain in Slavic mythology and only dressed in raindrops. She was the wife Perun (god of thunder) and was said to wield the lightning of her husband in order to punish those who were violent or disrespectful towards women. Slavs believed that when Dodola milked her heavenly cows (the clouds) it would then rain on earth. Each spring she would fly over the woods and fields, and spread vernal greenery, decorating the earth and trees with blossoms. Dodola was also invoked through the act of singing and dancing, particularly during periods of drought. Those that worshipped her would perform specific songs and dances in her honour in the hopes that she would visit them and bringing the rain with her. 

artwork by arsdeis

[idolsystem]

Possible name suggestions for a Reze fictive

PT: Possible name suggestions for a Reze fictive

Notes: We aren't familiar with source and were given the prompts by the requester.

As always. please check the pronunciation and meaning behind names before using them.

Credit for the divider used in this post.

Names inspired by the meaning of the name Reze:

Adalia / Dabria / Damia / Deianira / Ernaline / Kraven / Ladina / Libitina / Lula / Mailo / Marzanna / Neera / Sidero / Sloane / Stasya / Tempest / Valka Vendetta

Names inspired by rain:

Azure / Nebula / Perperuna / Rainn / Sade / Storm / Stormi / Talia / Tempest

Names inspired by fog and mist:

Meglena / Miglė / Misti / Nebula / Pilvi / Sumu / Terhi

Names inspired by the night:

Amaris / Anniki / Astra / Blake / Ciara / Danica / Devana / Diana / Dusk / Ilta / Lluvia / Night / Rhiannon / Selena / Vesper / Zima / Zorya

[theancientgod]

Andrey Shishkin - Perperuna

[princessmacabre]

day 67/100 days of productivity

today was a super tough day in regards of my mental state but I managed to get up and manoeuvred myself quite well through an arising anxiety attack

i also did:

some laundry

cooked one meal

did the follow-up reading of the previous task while also doing good job on my reflection of task 1

started reading The Cruel Prince to see it the book series are really worth the hype… thus far it’s…. okay. We’ll see, no judgment yet to make

this song always helps me through my panic and anxiety attacks; maybe it will help also someone else

i am praying to the gods and ancestors, call upon the power of my fellow witches, past, present and future, that this will end. I call upon Freya, Kali and Hel. I call upon Odin, Tyr and Lilith. I call upon Lada, Morana and Perperuna. I call upon Kostroma, Baba Slata and Letnicha Lola. I call upon the Empress Wu Zhao, the Wild Woman and Baba Yaga. Hear my prayers and guide me through this time with your wisdom, strength and power. Let this end. abuse does not make you strong. It breaks you. let it end. 🙏🏽

[olivermarinkoski]

M E D U S A 0.2 #medusa #monster #snake #snakes #bust #deity #flowers #goddess #greek #marble #mithology #morana #roman #sculpture #slavic #slavicmythology #spring #helenic #perperuna #dodola #art #girl #woman https://www.instagram.com/p/CDTksdZpFux/?igshid=215wwg2feub

[wildernesscraft]

Perperuna visited today to wash my suffering out of the soil. I made a small offering to her and took the chance to burn the oil I prepared on the full moon.

Take a moment today to embrace the natural world around you 🌿 even as we huddle inside and quietly celebrate the beginning of a new year, it’ll still be there in the morning for us to enjoy and protect

[antea-ter]

Dodola's dance

[byelaya-vedma]

Peperuda

aka the traditional South Slavic ran-calling ritual

Named after Perun’s wife Peperuda/Perperuna (also Dodola/Dodole/etc.) is a South Slavic ritual to call rain. It has remained and it is practised even today in Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia and to a lesser extent to countries like Romania, Greece etc that neighbour these countries. Nowadays it is more of a celebration and a way for people to have fun but up until as late as the mid-XXth century, it served its original purpose to summon (and celebrate) rain particularly in summer when drought was incredibly common. It is traditionally performed by young girls, ages 12-13, led by the ‘peperuda’ (literally translated as ‘butterfly’) aka a young orphaned girl or the youngest girl child in the family because it was believed that such a person was closest to the gods and could communicate with them most clearly.

Traditionally the girls would be barefoot and dressed only in makeshift dresses made from leaves, branches and hedges that covered their bodies and faces. Later on it was just as common however for the girls to be dressed in an old ‘riza’ and covered her body with branches from willow, elderberry and ivy    (Note: ‘riza’ (in this context) is a traditional female garment made from cotton that resembles a shirt/blouse that reaches up to the mid calf that was the most basic and fundamental part of female outfits and often the only undergarment-type piece of clothing. In modern Bulgarian, it simply means ‘shirt’). When the ‘peperuda’ was at her home or near a river, a flower wreath with a dead frog or a bone from a nameless grave pinned to it would be put on her head. These were both considered symbols of water, perhaps relating to the early Slavic belief that Nav (aka the ‘underworld�� or the land of the dead) could be reached through water.

After all the preparations are done the girls go from home to home all across the village doing the traditional prayer song:

"Peperuda lyata, prez pole se myata     (A buttefly dances over the fields in                                                                                                                   summer)

 ya dai bozhe, ya dai dreben duzhdets       (god, please give us gentle rain)

 da ponikne proso, proso i pshenitsa     (so that wheat and millet can grow)

Let letela peperuda, Vai Dudulei, dai bozhe duzhd (A butterfly flies in spring, Vai                                                                            Dudulei, please, god, give us rain)

po orache po kopache, Vai Dudulei, dai bozhe duzhd (for plowers and diggers)

da e sita godinata,  Vai Dudulei, dai bozhe duzhd                (so that the year is                                                                                                                  bountiful)

da e sita i bogata, Vai Dudulei, dai bozhe duzhd”           (bountiful and plentiful)

Note: I am unsure what Vai Dudulei is suppossed to mean, but my interpretation would be that it is a colloquialism that refers to Perun as Vai or Bai is often a title that shows respect but also warmness/platonic affection particularly towards a male figure. Dudulei is very similar to Dodola aka Perun’s wife for the correlation to be ignored. This is just my interpration tho and I have found no resources to support this theory unlike everything else in this post.

[thebalkanwitch]

"Women In The Rain," Marina Abramović Part of her "Balkan Erotic Epic" instillation, 2005 • • • Dodole: Pagan rain tradition of the Balkans • While its origins are disputed (some believe it derives from the Thracians, others credit its origins to the Slavs), like most pagan customs, it is a ritual that traverses many cultures and languages across the world. • "Dodole" honors a rain Goddess (every culture has at least ONE of those in their pantheon 😅) • "Perperuna" in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, etc She is considered the wife of "Perun," the God of thunder (her name is the feminized version of "Perun") • Albanians have similar deities, the Goddess "Prende," wife of "Perëndi," the God of thunder who ruled the skies. • Fun fact: after the spread of Christianity, most pagan deities and rituals were conformed to fit the new religious teachings, that's why today's Albanians use the term, "perëndi" as a synonym for the Abrahamic "God" • • • #thebalkanwitch #balkanwitchcraft #balkans #mood #marinaabramovic #pagan #paganritual #dodole #thracian #illyrian #albanian #mythology #witchblr #albanianmythology #perendi #prende #perperuna #perun #raindance #springritual #raingoddess #witchesofinstagram #pagansofinstagram #themoreyouknow #funfact #knowyourhistory #tradition #culture #history #roots https://www.instagram.com/p/BzbsFsan5yj/?igshid=oug2purcn6g9

[kalmistoestates]

|| sɪɴᴄᴇ ɪ'ᴍ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪᴅᴅʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪᴢɪɴɢ sᴛᴜғғ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏᴠɪɴɢ, ɪ'ᴍ ᴊᴜsᴛ ɢᴏɴɴᴀ ᴘᴏsᴛ ᴛʜɪs!

|| ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇғᴛ, Vᴇʀɪᴄᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇʀ ʙᴇʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴇʟᴋᴏᴘᴏʟsᴋɪ ᴍᴀʀᴇ, KAL Yᴀʀᴜɴᴀ. ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛ, Vᴀʟᴇsᴋᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴍᴏᴜɴᴛ, ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡɪᴇʟᴋᴏᴘᴏʟsᴋɪ ᴍᴀʀᴇ, KAL Pᴇʀᴘᴇʀᴜɴᴀ.

|| Wɪsʜ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ ᴀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴡᴇᴇᴋᴇɴᴅ, ᴀs I ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴇ ᴏғғ ᴛᴜᴍʙʟʀ ғᴏʀ ᴀ ғᴇᴡ ᴅᴀʏs!!

[lamus-dworski]

Gods and spirits from Polish (Slavic) mythology by tattoo artist Falka Art.

Above: Południca, Marzanna, Pogoda, Latawica, Leszy-Borowy & Błędne Ogniki, Gogołada, Perperuna, Licho Leśne.

[boss-ass-book-bitches]

@hynpos myth event day 9: favorite slavic deity

Dodola (or Perperuna)

And who shall wear spring flowers in her hair

The fairest young woman anywhere?

Who'll sway on a swing all night through

And at daybreak wash her face in the dew

Then with more daughters in her train

Dance for the clouds to send down rain

[achilleaic]

.•° ✿ °•.

green week / rusalki week — may 16 through pentecost

"Green Week is connected to Slavic rituals of celebrating the full spring and the reborn greenery (the nature fully reborn after winter) after all the tree branches had already turned green. Its core nature is a form of maintenance of the rhythm of the nature, with magical practices of purifying the surroundings from demons or evil spirits that might have an effect on the further process of growth towards the end of spring. Goal of these rituals was designed to boost nature’s fertility, the ability to grow, and to prepare the soil, crops and livestock for the upcoming summer season and the later (expectantly abundant) harvest."

CUSTOMS

• adorning houses, pathways and shrines with green branches (particularly of the birch-tree), herbs and flowers

• sweeping floors with a green birch-tree branch to ‘purify’ it

• scattering sweet flag / calamus on floors as a protective barrier

• adorning cattle with flowers and incensing them with sacred smoke (more about it here)

• rolling eggs around cattle’s sides in rituals of protection and of boosting the fertility (same ritual was performed for humans)

• burning bonfires around which joyful celebrations with dances and singing were organized

• walking with torches around crop fields to get rid of evil spirits and demons

• walking with so-called ‘gaik’ or ‘maik’ (branches decorated with flowers and ribbons, held on a long stick)

some other ways we can celebrate in current time:

• honor your ancestors, especially the ones that passed away too early or in tragic circumstances (you can also honor Rod, the god of fate, bloodlines, ancestral magic and ancestral knowledge)

• honor the spirits of local woods and bodies of water - you could help clean the woods and waters and give offerings asking for blessings of abundance and good luck

• honor the gods - especially deities connected with spring, fertility, youth and beauty such as Lelya, Dodola/Perperuna, Mokosh, Lada, Jarilo, Vesna, Zhiva, Dazbog, Morana (in her spring-planting-mother aspect), Kostroma and Kupalo

• dress a birch tree, make offerings and perform rirtuals in front of it - you can take a couple of sticks found nearby home, for good luck and success

• while I discourage this course of action this particular year, because of the virus situation normally you’d also want to organize a party and sing and dance with your friends, or go watch/play sports game of some sort

• perform rituals and cast spells connected to wealth, health, beauty, happiness, friendship, love and fertility

• make a bonfire. us slavs love bonfires. slavs also love jumping through bonfires for good luck, but please make sure to spread the kindling around first and try not get hurt while performing your feat of agility.

• get a sword, real or fake and dance with it. don’t get hurt, it would ruin the fun.

°•. ✿ .•°

sources:

https://lamusdworski.wordpress.com/2016/05/24/green-week/

https://slavicfolklore.com/the-rusalka-and-the-green-week-festival

https://aminoapps.com/c/pagans-witches/amp/blog/rusalka-week-green-week/QKn0_VLjiXu3odYPNkbd8LzbXkMepd6zWg8

[mxcorruption]

"Well... I got into a bit of trouble that I did not cause?" He answers truthfully, but also confused. "Not sure how to explain this, but it's with Circe... Again." Hard to also be Glaucus somehow for the poor musician.

A good look on the violinist and he really looks beaten up. Yikes. "Perché non posso avere un momento di pace?" He sighs before entering and sitting down in front of Seimei. "Anyway..."

He explains how he is minding his own business in the cafeteria until Circe barges in, really angered for some reason. As there aren't any words to describe this for neither Francesco, Glaucus nor Dodola, Alter Ego says it in how Mayari would say it. "Parang sobrang nagigigil (negative) siya sa akin. You get what I mean? At this point I'm just a punching bag for her, even if I try to stay clear." Oof.

@originlist

A knock on the door to the onmiyouji's room and voice that seems to be hesitant can be heard on the outside. "Abe no Seimei? Are you there?"

The glowing eye can be seen through the crack of the door if he were to open it. There's no need to guess that it's Mayari who is at the door. He seems to be battered. "Sorry to bother, I need a bit of help."

[olivermarinkoski]

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[balkanradfem]

We don't even necessarily have to change the culture all that much. From what I read a lot of slavic gods have a female counterpart (some sources say slavic mythology is very tied to duality, so every god has a counterpart (in most cases this being male-female, sometimes being things like life-death etc.), other sources just call these goddesses their wives). It's much harder to find any information on these goddesses. Whether this is because people researching slavic mythology are just giving more importance to the male gods or because people in the past were already giving more importance to the male gods even if female counterparts existed (it's probably a mix of both).

But honesty I don't care which one it is, our culture is something we create and adopt to fit our lives not something that dictates how we need to do things. And I say we give the goddesses the recognition they deserve!

In other words, we actually do have a cool storm goddess. I've found a few different names: there's Perperuna and Dodola. These both being said to be names of the goddess and a ritual, with some sources saying she's a thunder goddess and some saying rain goddess - the ritual i mentiones is a rain ritual, but then again there is also debate over whether Perun is also a rain god as well or not, so she might be a full counterpart, with them both covering thunder and rain. There's some further debate on the etymology of the name Dodola on wikipedia, claiming she might be a spring goddess as well. I know there is a custom in parts of Croatia related to Dodola. It's not a thing here, so I don't know much about it, perhaps you know more about it? It's definitely something I'll look into a bit more. I'm not quite sure if it's the the same rain ritual I mentioned or not.

Then there's Perunika (which I might be biased towards because it's my favourite flower). The name of the flower is said to come both from the god and the goddess, so that's a bit confusing. Wikipedia mentions leluja/ljeljuja as a kajkavian variant for the name of the flower, it coming from the other name for the goddess Lela/Ljelja, which in turn is cited as the name of the spring goddess whose name Dodola comes from.

But wait, that's not all! Ljelja is then another name for Lada, goddess of summer/sun/fertility. (That's right we also have a sun goddess!)

I will also add that some sources (very hard to find ones even for slavic mythology standards) state that Perun's day is celebrated in the Summer, which is pretty interesting considering since we went from looking into a thunder goddess to a summer one.

Whether this is all a same goddess with different names depending on the location, or more than one and there's maybe a bit of overlap in some parts, I'm not sure. I can't make up my mind how I want to interpret it.

This is still mostly based on research I did a few years back. I'd definitely like to try looking into it anew when I get the time. Maybe my research skills have improved and I'll find even more information this time!

All hail Lada, Perperuna, Perunika, Lejla and Dodola!!

I knew about Lada, she's popular! And I'm a little disgruntled about female goddesses that are just a female counterpart of a male god, I mean it feels like they were created to mirror him and so that he could have a suitable wife and that shouldn't be the case. Reminds me of that custom in rome where women were only named after they were married and they got the female version of their husband's name, and that is nasty, like they were only the extensions. I mean it would be okay if there was a story that shows that the goddesses proved to be in every way superior and more important than the male counterparts and the male gods lost their names to them, that would be satisfying. Maybe that's something we should write.

Perun was always referenced as a god of thunder here, but who knows if the lore I got was correct, there's a lot of conflicting info! Perunika sounds way cooler and she's an absolutely gorgeous flower.

I think talking about it is good research too, sharing what other people know in conversation is a great way to get more info :D thank you for everything you've taught me!