Ladines (female amulet of the Goddess Lada)

The guardian Ladines is one of the most common female sacred symbols of the Slavs. Sometimes you can find his other name – cross Frets. Ladines – solar, spasticly symbol. Ladines is a symbol of love, harmony, understanding and happiness.
Lada our ancestors was considered a goddess of beauty, love and happiness. This is one of the Supreme female, which in the Slavic Pantheon of the gods of light represented the female ideal, but in any case not ideal of motherhood. Mother, the lady of the house is!. At the same time Fret it's not a girl-spring, Lelia, is the image of a woman, ready for marriage but not yet on the path of a warrior wife. Although, at the same time, there is evidence, based on which many researchers believe Lada goddess of marriage (or rather mirolyuba was said to our ancestors). Lada – a sacred female image of our ancestors, which is all invincible and insuperable solar power Asuna. Great Lada patron goddess of unmarried women, an allegory of the forces of fertility and love. This is intertwined with many canons of the Slavic world, such as wisdom, honor, integrity, sincerity.

Symbol Ladines, looks like a wheel with eight spokes or an eight ray star with the screw ends on the beams. Ladines is eight threads, spinning Widdershins (against the sun), carrying feminine power. In contrast eight radial Kolovrat (also eight radial solar sign, but spinning posolon), sign Ladines has a soft, often rounded tips.

A talisman with the image of Ledinci was mainly worn by girls and women. This serves as protection from the evil eye, damage, evil forces, and was thought to have attracted future husband, brought health, and with it the beauty, attractiveness, charm. With him she feels protected, and it means calm. That is, it affects the physical and on the spiritual side of life.
In addition to silver and gold amulets, a sign embroidered on clothing, as well as carved on wood products and finishing elements of the buildings.

Summing up: Ladines, in addition to the purely protective functions, keeping the woman's health and beauty, brings peace, happiness and prosperity to the family, relations with husband.