Lybid the Dragoness

Once Lybid was not just the sister of Kyi, Shchek, and Khoryv. She was the spirit of the river, the embodiment of water itself. At night, when the fog rose from the surface, she shed her human form and ascended to the sky as a silver dragoness — the protector of the future city. Her wings drove away evil spirits, and her gaze could halt an enemy onslaught.It is said that when Kyiv is in danger, she returns — as a shadow over the Dnipro, an echo in the water, a movement in the wind among the chestnuts.