http://www.goddessaday.com/eastern-european/ziva My quest for the ten thousand names of the Goddess. Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:03:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.goddessaday.com/eastern-european/ziva/comment-page-1#comment-23623 sidonka Wed, 05 May 2010 22:10:47 +0000 http://www.goddessaday.com/?p=2643#comment-23623 According to an old book - "Ziva" in Slovak culture was the goddess of the harvest. A custom long ago was: "When the last sheaf of grain was cut, (in order to capture the spirit of the grain) it was placed on a pole and set in the ground. The maidens of the village would then dance around the sheaf and sing praises to "Ziva" goddess of the harvest." According to an old book – “Ziva” in Slovak culture was the goddess of the harvest. A custom long ago was: “When the last sheaf of grain was cut, (in order to capture the spirit of the grain) it was placed on a pole and set in the ground. The maidens of the village would then dance around the sheaf and sing praises to “Ziva” goddess of the harvest.”

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