Berehynya
"Berehynya" (protectress-goddess), who are you? People nave made you such a memorable, multi-faceted, powerful, mysterious flower in which is contained the maternal strength of woman. You are Mother Nature herself carrying the essence of life and protection into the world, and through this - eternal renewal and harmony in life.
Here you are charming flower-lady taking care of red, white and black seeds, seeds of the soul, blood and earth, ready at any instance to be scattered § (to burst forth) into the cosmos to give birth to new life.5 Your ranch-like hands are bound to the development of seeds on earth, and only you know the time of this magical process of reproduction.
"Berehynya" - a dear symbol for us, widespread thoughout Ukraine. It represents life-creating Mother-Nature and Maternal Woman who gives the world a son, as well as the Tree of Life, which has formed a precise system of the Universe from the darkness of the cosmos. Yet for all its greatness and might it has humbly taken root in the earthly chalice as a constant reminder that every living creature, however minute, is an indivisible and inseparable part of the universal system of existence.
