entities: ENT_SLAV_MOKOSH

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_SLAV_MOKOSH Mokosh   Slavic Goddess Earth Deity earth; weaving; fate; moisture; women; fertility       A           Goddess of earth, weaving, and fate; the only female deity in Vladimir I's Kiev Pantheon (AD 980 PVL entry). Name probably from Proto-Slavic *mokъ (moisture, wetness) or *mokošь; alternative etymology connects to PIE *(s)mek- (to spin, weave). Mokosh is the spinning fate-goddess who determines the thread of life; she is the guardian of women and their domestic work (spinning, weaving, shearing). Ecclesiastical prohibitions (Slovo ob idolakh, 9th-10th c.) condemn offerings to Mokosh alongside other Slavic deities, showing her worship persisted after Christianisation. She is often compared to the Greek Moirai and Baltic Laima as a weaving fate-goddess. Brückner (1918) pp. 130-138; Primary Chronicle (Cross 1953) p. 93. deity

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