Dodola, called Perperuna in some regions, is Perun's wife in South Slavic tradition, a rain goddess whose ritual processions through villages summoned her husband's thunder and the fertile rains that followed.
⚠ Dodola as Perun's wife is primarily attested in South Slavic folk ritual (dodola/perperuna rain processions) rather than textual sources; the divine marriage is reconstructed from ritual evidence by Katičić and others.
Dodola is the South Slavic rain goddess identified with Perun's wife, a regional manifestation of Mokosh transplanted from earth and spinning to rain and vegetation in the folk traditions of Serbia and Croatia.
⚠ The Dodola-Mokosh identification rests on both figures occupying the role of Perun's wife in their respective regional traditions. Katičić (2008) and Belaj (2007) support the connection; others treat Dodola as an independent rain-ritual figure.
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