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| Zorya | |
|---|---|
Dawn | |
 Zarya-Zarenitsa, Andrey Shishkin, 2013 | |
| Other names | Zaranitsa, Zarya, Zara, Zaria, Zoryushka |
| Color | Red, gold, yellow, rose |
| Personal information | |
| Siblings | Sun (Dažbog), Moon, Zvezda |
| Equivalents | |
| Greek equivalent | Eos |
| Roman equivalent | Aurora |
| Hinduism equivalent | Ushas |
| Indo-European equivalent | H₂éwsōs |
Zorya (lit. "Dawn"; also many variants: Zarya, Zaria, Zorza, Zirnytsia, Zaranitsa, Zoryushka, etc.) is a figure in Slavic folklore, a feminine personification of dawn, possibly goddess. Depending on tradition, she may appear as a singular entity, often called "The Red Maiden", or two or three sisters at once. Although Zorya is etymologically unrelated to the Proto-Indo-European goddess of the dawn *H₂éwsōs, she shares most of her characteristics. She is often depicted as the sister of the Sun, the Moon, and Danica, the Morning Star with which she is sometimes identified.[1] She lives in the Palace of the Sun, opens the gate for him in the morning so that he can set off on a journey through the sky, guards his white horses,[a] she is also described as a virgin.[3] In the Eastern Slavic tradition of zagovory she represents the supreme power that a practitioner appeals to.[4]
- ^ Graves 1987, pp. 290–291.
- ^ Peroš, Zrinka; Ivon, Katarina; Bacalja, Robert (2007). "More u pričama Ivane Brlić-Mažuranić". Magistra Iadertina. 2. doi:10.15291/magistra.880.
- ^ Zarubin 1971, pp. 70–76.
- ^ Toporkov 1995, p. 189.
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