1) Slavic goddess 2) Stellar goddess 
In Slavic mythology the Zorja (alternately, Zora, Zarja, Zory, Zore = `dawn`; Zvezda, Zwezda, Danica = `star`) are the two guardian goddesses, known as the Auroras. They guard and watch over the doomsday hound, Simargl, who is chained to the star Polaris in the constellation Ursa Minor, the `little bear`. If the chain ever breaks, the hound ...