Matrena/Matrona/matreshka

[Simon Krysl]

Dear all, 
I suppose I need to apologise for my lack of knowledge. What- can anyone 
tell me - is an Ivan Kupalo ritual?

So many thanks, 
Simon Krysl

Natalie O. Kononenko" <nkm at UNIX.MAIL.VIRGINIA.EDU> wrote:
> Dear Seelangers,
>         I encountered the name Matrena/Matrona used in ritual.
> In an Ivan Kupalo ritual I attended, the decorated and
> be-ribboned tree around which young girls in wreaths danced was
> called Matrona.  In another Ivan Kupalo celebration, a young
> woman dressed in leaves and little else came in on a boat.  She
> was called Matrona also.  It seems, therefore, that Matrona is
> some sort of mythical being associated with sexuality and
> vegetation.  How would all of this fit with matreshki and matki
> and eternal wombs, if not the eternal feminine?
> 
> Natalie Kononenko
> 
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