Berehynia

Other early examples of embroideries include pre-Christian goddess motifs, such as Berehynia.

Consequently, Berehynia today also has a place in Ukrainian nationalism, feminism, and neopaganism.

Amateur theatre "Berehynia"

А Berehynia in ancient Ukrainian folklore was a spirit that guarded the edges of waterways, while today it is used as a symbol for Ukrainian nationalism.

Goddess of the Orange Revolution by Marian J. Rubchak, compares Berehynia with Yulia Tymoshenko.

A most popular floral design is a plant in a vase of standing on its own, which symbolized the tree of life and was a highly abstracted version of the berehynia (great goddess).

In 2001, a column with a monument to Berehynia on top, as a protector of Kiev (pictured), was erected at Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in the center of the city, on the site of the former Lenin monument.

On Independence Square in the city centre, two monuments elevate two of the city protectors; the historic protector of Kiev Michael Archangel atop a reconstruction of one of the old city's gates and a modern invention, the goddess-protector Berehynia atop a tall column.