Morė
Morė is one of the main attributes of the traditional Lithuanian folk festival Užgavėnės. It is an artificial woman (čiūčiala), stuffed with various materials, who is ultimately burned in a bonfire.[1]
She is associated with the winter personification as a Slavic goddess Marzanna. She is burned because once it was believed that it will help to bring spring faster.[2] Participants of the ritual are dancing around the bonfire and shouting "Žiema, žiema, bėk iš kiemo" (Winter, winter, run from the yard).[3]
References
- ^ Vaiškūnas, Jonas. "Ką iš tikrųjų įkūnija Užgavėnių Morė?". DELFI.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ Laurinkienė, Nijolė (2012). "Kas toji Užgavėnių Morė?" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Žiema, žiema, bėk iš kiemo - LRT". Lietuvos Radijas ir Televizija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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