Mokosh

            Mokosh is the only female deity of an Old Russian pantheon, whose idol stood at the top of the hill near the idols of Perun, Khors, Dazhbog, Stribog, and Semargl.

            The character and functions of this goddess are still not clear. Some authors consider her as the goddess of water, rain, bad weather, thunder-storm connected with the deities of fertility. Mokosh as the goddess of fertility is closely connected with Semargl and griffins, with the mermaids irrigating the fields. Other researchers, who studied eastern Slavic customs, suppose that Mokosh was connected with spinning and weaving. Mokosh is considered to be the patroness of women and female needlework. She is represented as the woman with big head and long hands. It spins at night in a log hut, therefore the superstitions forbid to leave a tow. Mokosh is invisible, but her presence can be noticed because of the spindle’s rumbling.bling.