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| | Mat Zemlya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Mat Zemlya, also Matka Ziemia (literally Mother Earth, various other names are in use as well) is the collective term applied to a number of Slavic deities devoted to plants, growth, birth, creation and patrons of field works. |
 | | An example of her importance is seen in this traditional invocation to Matka Ziema, made with a jar of hemp oil: |
 | | In present-day Russia there was a quite terrifying ritual dedicated to Matka Ziema, and happened on the eve of the 1st World War to preserve their village against a plague of cholera. |
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