#slavic folk

[kajenus]

Happy Miku Monday! I drew her in the Rozbark folk costume : -)

[aleksandra-czudzak]

NIEDŹWIEDŹ ✷ THE BEAR ✷ (Ursus arctos) ✷ "Jak mawiano niedźwiedzie mają duszę, a duch drapieżnika mści się na swoim zabójcy, np. prowadzi go na bezdroża lub w przepaście." "Niedźwiedź był również zwierzęciem demonicznym, symbolem płodności, urodzaju, sił wegetacyjnych, a z racji swojego trybu życia (sen zimowy) - odwiecznego zmagania się zimy-śmierci z życiodajną wiosną." ✷ "As they say, bears have souls, and their spirit takes a revenge on it's killer, for example, leading it astray or into the precipice." "The bear was also a demonic animal, a symbol of fertility, harvest, vegetative forces, and due to its lifestyle (hibernation) - the eternal struggle of winter-death with life-giving spring." - From "Góralskie czary. Leksykon Magii Podtatrza i Beskidów Zachodnich" by Katarzyna Ceklarz i Urszula Janicka-Krzywda. published by Tatrzański Park Narodowy -

[czikpisia]

Graveyard spirit in Biłgoraj folk costume

[natalieina]

Slavic Darkness

Self-Portrait.

Dress by Anya Letimdoleta.

Natalie Ina Photography

Lindulovskaya grove, August 2022.

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[gachats]

Sirin and Alkonost – Birds of Joy and Sorrow, 1896 - oil on canvas.

— Viktor Vasnetsov (Russia, 1848–1926) 

Sirin and Alkonost are paradise birds-maidens from bookish Byzantine and Slavic legends. In Western European legends, Sirin is the embodiment of the unhappy soul. In Russian spiritual poems, Sirin, descending from paradise to earth, mesmerizes people with her singing. Alkonost is a sea bird symbolizing God's Providence and God's mercy. The singing of this bird is so beautiful that those who hear it forget everything in the world.

[mahatka]

My country's traditional clothes doodled. Chose the regions that I draw the least often hah.

[polishfolklore]

Krzczonów, Lublin area.

source: Koło Gospodyń i Gospodarzy Krzczonów Sołtysy

photo by: Martyna Jarosz

[zubata-zhaba]

Redraw of an old idea I had, the gaang if they were Bulgarian/South Slavic.

Aang is inspired by shepherd's clothing mostly as well as some North- and Central- West Bulgarian clothing. Same for Sokka, but mostly CW (from the Shop region). Katara is a mix of Rhodope mountain and again CW styles. The butterflies are just so they don't stare in empty space lol

[slavic-folklore]

[senka-mesecine]

― Slavic Gods, Sprits and Creatures Aesthetics, Part II. Part I.

'' Poludnitsa is a noon demon in Slavic mythology. She can be referred to in English as "Lady Midday", "Noonwraith" or "Noon Witch". She was usually pictured as a young woman dressed in white that roamed field bounds. She assailed folk working at noon, causing heatstrokes and aches in the neck; sometimes she even caused madness. Poludnitsa, who makes herself evident in the middle of hot summer days, takes the form of whirling dust clouds and carries a scythe, sickle or shears; most likely the shears would be of an older style, not akin to modern scissors. She will stop people in the field to ask them difficult questions or engage them in conversation. If anyone fails to answer a question or tries to change the subject, she will cut off their head or strike them with illness. She may appear as an old hag, a beautiful woman, or a 12-year-old girl, and she was useful in scaring children away from valuable crops. She is only seen on the hottest part of the day and is a personification of a sun-stroke. ''

[zarya-zaryanitsa]

Jesień - tańcuj

Autumn - dance!

[lyrics, my translation]

Come out, bridesmaid, come out, it's time for the wedding

There will be violins, drums and bass playing for us

And who won't eat and who won't drink

Shall be given two sticks*, shall be doused with slop.

*A quote from old Polish drinking song dating back to XVIIIth century with lyrics from XIXth century, here it jokingly implies that whoever refuses to drink to the health of the newlyweds will be beaten.

[chorus]

The wedding news is flying out into the world

Dance and go wild like the untamed autumn wind

To love, drink once, drink twice, the best of love

Drink to love, brother, to love, bottoms up.

Hey, dance with us here, till the floor becomes splinters,

Hey, dance with us up here, feet up,

Chase after me and I will give you honey, sweet

Grab my hips and kiss me without second thought*. (x2)

*Original lyrics „całuj mnie jak z nut” are a play on the Polish expression „kłamać jak z nut” meaning to lie brazenly and without hesitation (lie through your teeth).

When the day burns out and fades into darkness,

When the dark night comes, guests, guests come home,

Play, play, musicians, give us a strong rhythm

Put your legs to this dance, dance untill the dawn.

Don't cry, mother, don't cry, I’ll be alright

You were like a guardian angel to me, but now I have him

Cups to cups, heels to the floor,

The whole room is pounding, a choir, leg to leg.

Everyone beats the same rhythm, don't stand here, move,

The legs are tearing, another sip and a whirlwind of lonely souls,

Dance, let the world spin, forget the bad,

Let us rejoice now, Lord, thank you for this day.

[chorus]

The wedding news is flying out into the world

Dance and go wild like the untamed autumn wind

To love, drink once, drink twice, the best of love

Drink to love, brother, to love, bottoms up.

Hey, dance with us here, till the floor becomes splinters,

Hey, dance with us up here, feet up

Chase after me and I will give you honey, sweet

Grab my hips and kiss me without second thought. (x2)

[luzpalida]

Traditional hairstyle and headdress from the region of Krzczonow, Poland.

[aleksandra-czudzak]

[czikpisia]

The Kurpianki from Kurpie Zielone have their Kurpie Białe counterparts

(in honour of the town I work in)

[natalieina]

Fern Flower

According to the ancient legends of the Slavs, underground treasures will be opened to the one who finds the fern flower, and he will know the language of the bird and the beast, and he will have great power... But this path is terrible and the price is terrible... A sinless soul must be sacrificed...

Model - Kylie Lane.

Natalie Ina Photography.

June 2024.

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Slavic mythology paintings — Andrey Alekseyevich Shishkin (Russia, 1960).