Burning of Marzanna – Spring 2019

By Phoenix the Elder – We are at the Spring Equinox and it’s time to burn our Marzanna. Each year in the tradition the rite involves the preparing of an effigy in female clothing and then her completion. The tradition of burning or drowning (Jare Święto) the effigy of Marzanna [Morena] is to celebrate the end […]
Traditional Marzanna, Maslenitsa, Morena, Mora Goddesses, and Deities of the Night

By Phoenix the Elder – On the Winter Solstice Day, we begin to honor and build our Marzanna Effigy. The newer pagan traditions build it and burn it on the same day (the Spring Equinox), but the Shamanic cultures are much older so we begin to build her on the Winter Solstice and for those doing […]