Zorya

In Slavic mythology, the Zorja (alternately, Zora, Zarja, Zory, Zore = "dawn"; Zorza in Polish, Zvezda, Zwezda, Danica = "star") are the two guardian goddesses, known as the Auroras. They guard and watch over the doomsday hound, Simargl, who is chained to the star Polaris in the constellation Ursa Minor, the "little bear". If the chain ever breaks, the hound will devour the constellation and the universe will end. The Zorja represent the Morning Star and the Evening Star.

The Zorja serve the sun god Dažbog, who in some myths is described as their father. Zorja Utrennjaja, the Morning Star, opens the gates to his palace every morning for the sun-chariot's departure. At dusk, Zorja Vechernjaja—the Evening Star—closes the palace gates once more after his return.

The home of the Zorja was sometimes said to be on Bouyan (or Buyan), an oceanic island paradise where the Sun dwelt along with his attendants, the North, West and East winds.

Morning Star

The Morning Star is Zorja Utrennjaja (from Russian utro, meaning "morning"; also known as Zvijezda Danica, Zvezda Danica, Zvezda Dennitsa, Zwezda Dnieca, Zvezda Zornitsa, Gwiazda Poranna, Rannia Zoria, Zornica, Zornička), who opens the gates of Dažbog's palace each morning so that the Sun may begin his journey.She is a patroness of horses, protection, exorcism, and the planet Venus, and Slavs would pray to her each morning as the sun rose.

Zorya (disambiguation)

Zorya may refer to:

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Zorya (album)

Zorya (Cyrillic: Зоря) is the debut release by the Canadian-Ukrainian singer-songwriter Luba, then known under her full name, Lubomyra Kowalchyk. It is a collaboration with an ensemble, called "Via Zorya" (Вiа Зоря). The album was recorded and released around 1975 on vinyl LP. The vinyl is still in print and the album has been made available as a digital download on various online stores.

Track listing

All songs are traditional

Personnel

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