Mokosz/Mokosh - Slavic Great Mother and Goddess of Women - Slavic Mythology Saturday

[@kovanecky]

The pronunciation with the English translation is incorrect because it changes the meaning of the name. Mokosh has no phonetic meaning. Originally in Old Russian there is name "Mokosza" , phonetic - Mokosha or Mokoshi (by Max Vasmer), which has a similarity in Polish, i.e. Mokra (Wet) or Mokrzejsza (More Wet). It has to do with the physiology of women pregnancy and birth. The mother goddess was given a similar but different name in the north Slavic , there name was "Kupala", in Polish it means "Kąpiaca" in EN; "bathing" or "wet". After the advent of Christianity, the meanings were changed and a male element was added to this name, the name Jan (Ivan), therefore now it only exists in general consciousness as Ivan Kupala.

[@evelynkaye8920]

Hello I am fully aware that this was posted 2 years ago, however, I am writing a novel at the minute and I am relying heavily on Slavic Mythology for my baseline for character development and a story line. I really appreciate these videos as you would be surprised at how little there is on these gods on the internet. You have been such a literal lifesaver and just the way you speak you can tell how you generally care and are interested about this and it just generally helps. Thank you so much and I wish you the best in the feature x

[@brendannobleauthor3251]

Let me know when the novel is finished. I love seeing other authors using Slavic mythology!

[@evelynkaye8920]

@@brendannobleauthor3251 Thank you so much for replying! Will do! Have a lovely week and once again thank you x

[@katherinec1111]

Thanks for educating me about her. My Russian last name is Маркоч, so I believe that my Slavic ancestors were connected to Mokosh somehow. I recently came across your channel and I appreciate the work you are doing. Do you believe the gods are real ETs?

[@brendannobleauthor3251]

I'm Christian myself but am fascinated by what we can learn from mythologies, both in what they teach us about people groups and the world. So, while I don't believe in these gods, studying them often gives me new ways to look at nature and grants me a look into the beliefs of my ancestors.