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LADA

Function:  Primordial goddess, queen of all gods, goddess of creation, goddess of love, life, fertility, order, harmony, rebirth, renewal, the beginning of everything      

Appearance:  As a beautiful queen adorned in golden attire with a rich golden crown upon long golden hair, holding red egg or apple and ears of grain, often an infant is in her arms, riding in a golden chariot pulled by swans, doves, and golden fishes                 

Incarnations and descendants:  Mokoš, Koliada, Kupalo, Dažbog, Pizmar   

Symbols: doves, swans, golden fish, eggs, apples, infants, linden, birch, eagle, living water

Sacrifices: Eggs, bread, porridge, grain, wafers, cheese, honey, milk, groats, dumplings, and oil, as well as threads, ribbons, fabrics, wool, leather, and utensils in the form of bowls, plates, and cups      

Holidays: days from mid-May to mid-June, the first full moon before the summer solstice - the twenty-first of June, the spring equinox - the twenty-first of March, the winter solstice - the twenty-first of December, with Saturdays dedicated to her                                 

Note: Wife of Svarog. During her celebrations, svarga dances and processions are performed. According to the religious beliefs of the ancient Slavs, goddess Lada collects the consciousness of the dead and returns it to the Rod. In return, she receives new sparks of consciousness from him, with which she also comes to our human world, where she places them in the wombs of women

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GODS OF OLD SLAVS