Bereginya

Bereginya is a great goddess who gave birth to all that exists. She is accompanied everywhere by radiant horsemen, personifying the sun. She was especially often addressed during the ripening of the bread - this indicates that the goddess belongs to the supreme patrons of the human race.
According to popular beliefs, brides who died before the wedding turned to beregin. For example, those girls who committed suicide because of the treachery of an insidious groom. In this they differed from mermaids-aquatic, which always live in water, and are born there. On Rusalnaya, or Troitskaya, week, at the time of flowering rye, bereginas appeared from the other world: they emerged from the ground, descended from heaven along birch branches, emerged from rivers and lakes. They were combing their long green braids, sitting on the bank and looking into the dark waters, swaying on birch trees, weaving wreaths, tumbling in green rye, taking round dances and luring young handsome men to them. Each guy was a lost groom for the guardians, and they drove many crazy with their beauty and cruelty.