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I dedicate this work to my dear friend :iconpaintedonmysoul:

Berehynia or Bereginya is a female spirit (Vila) in Slavic mythology

Originally, obscure shadowy ghost-like naiads similar to Rusalkas, lived along the rivers, lakes and ponds and were considered ill-tempered and dangerous. A water-bank where they thought to be found was to be avoided by young men and women, especially in the dark.

Early in the 20th century fakeloristic scholarship speculated that the Berehyni combined a prehistoric Scythian earth-goddess and rusalky (mermaids)

Later this pagan deity regarded as a " Slavic goddess " with a function of " hearth mother, protectoress of the home " centered on matriarchal romantic myth
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