Баба Марта

Etymology
From. The name is typically interpreted as feminized variant of otherwise masculine month-name, as the traditions related to Баба Марта are celebrated during that time of the year.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Baba Marta personification of spring, rebirth, cyclicity

Usage notes
The personage Баба Марта seems to incorporate motives from Slavic, Paleo-Balkan (see the cults related to the Mother Goddess Cybele or those of Hellenic Vegetation Goddess Persophone), Eastern, and Christian tradition. She may have been conceptualized on the basis of the actual person Martyress Eudocia, whence Baba Docia - a similar mythological figure from Romanian folklore.