Past Saturday we celebrated Jorė – one of the spring rites in the Baltic tradition usually celebrated at the end of April after the first thunderstorm.
It is believed that Perkūnas (the God of thunder) blesses and fertilizes the mother earth Žemyna that has already thawed after the winter stagnation. Jorė is also depicted as a young maiden running through the barren fields and woods barefoot and painting them bright green. Some would even say that Jorė is the maiden aspect of Žemyna as she is reborn young each spring and ages with the wheel of the year. Etymologically, the word jorė has been borrowed from the Slavic language ярь that means bright spring greenery that appears just after the buds have sprouted. The words яровой, ярый meaning “sown in spring” points out that this was a key date in agriculture. After Jorė’s first thunderstorm the fields were ready for sowing the cattle was blessed with water and herbs.
Jore blessing in Lithuanian: “Gyvo zalio!” Is probabaly the most accurate translation of ярый.
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