Marzanna
Marzanna is a large figure of a woman made from various rags and bits of clothing which is thrown into a river on the first day of the spring calendar. She is dipped into every puddle and pond along the way. Very often she is burned along with herbs before being drowned.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Morana
- co occurs with
- Santa Muerte, Grim Reaper
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“It concerns the "drowning of Marzanna," a large figure of a woman made from various rags and bits of clothing which is thrown into a river on the first day of the spring calendar. Along the way, she is dipped into every puddle and pond ... Very often she is burned along with herbs before being drowned”
#12881 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“death is perceived as female (for instance, Marzanna in Slavic mythology”
#14475 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Death is most often personified in male form, although in certain cultures death is perceived as female (for instance, Marzanna in Slavic mythology”
#14619 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5