Date
Name Rozhanitsa
Gender Feminine
Usage Slavic Mythology
Scripts Рожаница(Church Slavic)
Other Forms FormsРожданица (Rozhdanitsa)
Edit Status Status
Meaning & History
Allegedly means "woman giving birth" from Proto-Slavic *roditi "to give birth, to bear (fruit)". This is the name of an obscure Russian goddess who has a feast day in late December. She is a winter goddess and is usually depicted wearing antlers.