Zorya

Slavic dawn goddess(es), daughters of Dazhbog who open and close the gates of the sky.

Parentage

• parent: Dazhbog

Domains

• dawn

Powers

• Open the sky-gates at dawn and shut them at dusk
• Keep the doomsday hound chained to the pole star
• guard the sun-god's white horses

Epithets

• Зоря Утренняя Russian · Zorya Utrennyaya · literarythe Morning Dawn / Morning StarRussian folklore of the Zorya sisters (secondary)
• Зоря Вечерняя Russian · Zorya Vechernyaya · literarythe Evening Dawn / Evening StarRussian folklore of the Zorya sisters (secondary)

Sources

• existence: East Slavic incantations to 'Zarya-zaryanitsa' (primary)