RAGANA


Meaning of RAGANA in English

[Latvian] Ragana ("witch") is a seeress who reveals the future and knows how to control supernatural powers. Later she is degraded to a witch bringing misfortune to humans and animals, very likely by Christian diazotization. At the same time the semantic attitude in the word is not entirely negative. Etymology comes from redzet - 'to see'.

Encyclopedia Mythica English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический словарь греческой мифологии.