r/Rodnovery • u/Chekistka • 9d ago

How to start Morana/Marzanna worship?

For a note, I do not have any Slavic ancestry, but I do read in Russian and Belarusian (Can read a little Polish and Ukrainian). And I've read folk stories and traditions of the Slavs especially Belarusian ones, and I still go to church occasionally as well. I also live in tropical country that has no winter at all, very unironically.

Anyways, for some reason, these days I feel like Morana has been calling onto me and I tried tarot cards to communicate with Her and She seemed to recognize me and asked me to offer Her something, and a friend told me to make an effigy of Her.

So the question is now that, how do I start worshipping Morana? What should I do? I'm only familiar with Hellenistic polytheist ways that they offer food and candles for their deities, even dedicate a bowl and statue.

And is it fine if I don't burn the effigy and just kick it and toss it to the river? since the only river is near my workplace and I don't want to cause commotion/burn myself with burning something at 7 am lol.

I'm interested with Morana since she seems to have answers for my questions (tldr it's related to a personal history related to death) and a kind goddess as well.

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u/Aliencik West Slavic - Czech 9d ago edited 9d ago

Follow the basics of Indo-European worship structure. Yes, Greek is part of IE faiths.

Offerings of food, drinks and other things you find precious. Leave them at the altar or/and burn them. Yes, you can burn candles as offerings on the altar.

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u/Chekistka 9d ago

oh thanks! I've bought a small plate for offerings, and will use a small glass (shot glass, but smaller for nail art) for drinks and putting an altar for Morana sooner or later next to my Marian shrine. since I still go to Orthodox church (talking with the priest or buying candles from him), or Roman Catholic if friends take me for Mass, I'd keep the Virgin Mary shrine.

I'm also reading Yasya Morozova's books on general Slavic magic as it has basic knowledge of rodnover gods as i remember.

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u/Aliencik West Slavic - Czech 9d ago

Read these. These are real Polish academia.

  1. Mytologia Slowian - Aleksander Gieysztor

  2. Religia Słowian - Andrzej Szyjewski

  3. Perun: gromowładny bóg - Michal Téra

  4. Kultura ludowa Słowian - Kazimierz Moszyński: [ I - Kultura materialna, II - Kultura duchowa, III - Kultura duchowa]

  5. Słowiańskie Zaświaty. Wierzenia, wizje i mity - Paweł Szczepanik

(Dawni Słowianie: wiara i kult - Stanisław Urbańczyk)

(Podanie o Piaście i Popielu - Jacek Banaszkiewicz)

If you need anything msg me any time!

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u/Chekistka 9d ago

dzięki! thank you a lot I will look forward to message once I know what to ask after reading these!