Name Stricha
Gender Feminine
Usage Slavic Mythology
Scripts Стріча(Ukrainian)
Other Forms FormsSreča (Serbian)
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Meaning & History
Stricha (or Dolya) is the ancient Ukrainian pagan goddess of good fate, an incarnation of Rozhanytsa. She tells the fate of married couples and births of children. She determines the destiny of a person, thus determining the virtues, predicting their future. Stricha also appears in Serbian mythology as Sreča (Srecha). The word “стріча (stricha)” also means "meeting" in Modern Ukrainian.