Vesna Classic Elegance Pendant Necklace

Goddess Pendant

Vesna is one of the most well-known Slavic goddesses, particularly in Serbia and Slovenia. Her name means “messenger,” but the word vesna originates from Sanskrit and means “illuminated” and “shiny.” Vesna is a fertility goddess who brought renewal – spring – to the Slavs, awakening the land to warmer weather and a bountiful life of fruits and flowers, after her counterpart, Morana, goddess of darkness and death, took her leave at the end of winter. Vesna was also known as a goddess of victory as she overcame death and darkness to awaken the land.

The Slavs used rituals to quicken Vesna’s return, most popularly the burning of Morana. As winter came to an end, they made wooden or rag and straw dolls that symbolized Morana. The dolls were set on fire, then drowned in a river to return Morana to the Underworld. To awaken and welcome Vesna back into the land, they made small clay larks which were placed on sticks and wrapped with herbs and flowers.

“Allow things to blossom in their season. Even though you fall back into your old ways of thinking at times, you are awakening and starting to see things differently…”