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Palekh painting on a small box with illustration of "Tsarevich Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf" tale.
Palekh miniature is a Russian folk handicraft of a miniature painting, which is done with tempera paints on varnished articles made of papier-mâché (including the creation of small boxes, cigarette cases, and powder cases).
#palekh painting#ivan tsarevich and the grey wolf#иван царевич и серый волк#russian#slavic#russian tales#russian art#russian illustration#русские сказки#slavic tales#the fire bird#жар птица#иван царевич#russian handicraft#handicraft
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Russian fairytale "The Frog Princess" (1914)
#Россия#Russia#Царевна-лягушка#The Frog Princess#русская народная сказка#russian fairy tale#fairy tale#русская литература#russian literature#literature#русские народные сказки#russian fairy tales#fairy tales#русская культура#russian culture#culture#русское искусство#russian art#art#slavic#russian#illustrations#european#fairytale#book#vintage#folk#fairytales#traditional#1910s
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The Frog Princess ✧ Your Culture Day
Dream & Nightmare by jokublog
Cross from xtaleunderverse by jakei95
#zu art#your culture day#crossover#the frog princess#nightmare!sans#koschei the deathless#dream!sans#vasilisa the beautiful#cross!sans#ivan tsarevich#prince ivan#murder time trio#zmei gorynich#and the xtale gang#as tsar and his other sons#also Error is Baba Yaga fyi xd#undertale#undertale au#utmv#I've got SO many ideas I spent most of the time choosing the best one xd#I wanted to show our old beautiful costumes and interesting traditions and characters from Slavic mythology and much morrre#but then I thought: where do we all start from?#fairy tales#<3#''the frog princess'' has many variations in other cultures (even in old myths) but this one is my favorite╰(*´︶`*)╯#especially because most of the characters & features are collected in one tale *^* (the amazing soviet cartoon is in the link above! ☆)
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I’ve made a deck for the slavic themed Mafia game — each character is from classic fairytales and epics. Part 2 of ? (Not really supposed to reveal the whole deck)
𖧷 Tugarin Zmeevich (Tugarin the Serpent) 𖧷 Finist the Falcon 𖧷 Tsarevna Nesmeyana (the Unsmiling) 𖧷 Kikimora
[Part I]
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#artists on tumblr#folklore#slavic#kikimora#falcon#serpent#fairy tale#card games#game deck#character design
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Baba Yaga’s hut, my beloved 🐓🏠
#drawing#digital art#fantasy art#folklore#Slavic folklore#fairy tale art#baba yaga#mythology#illustration#sketch
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She-bear
#artists on tumblr#illustration#dark forest#dark tales#illustrators on tumblr#alexandra dvornikova#witchcraft#slavic folklore#stay wild#bear girl#bear
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WTF is a “čert”
-a guide from a bilingual Czech
while English has words like devil and demon, čert is a slavic mythical creature, that doesn’t have an accurate name in other languages
Czech has three (common) words:
Ďábel - THE devil, ruler of hell, usually interchangeable with Lucifer
Démon - demon, used when talking about other creatures from other mythologies
(and the enigma) Čert
Čerti (plural) are the devil's minions. They either work directly in hell or are sent on earth (often as a punishment) to make deals with sinners and drag them into hell. However they’re commonly depicted as silly idiots or playful, mischievous tricksters. And selling them one’s soul is seen as confirmation of their own foolishness (make stupid choices, win stupid prizes).
They look like humans (mostly men, but you can come across a lady here and there), with added goat features- horns, tails and sometimes even hooves. Their clothes are haggard, often featuring furs, they’re covered in soot and other dirt.
While in old tales are seen as an actual threat, nowadays (in mostly atheistic czech society) they’re depicted as pathetic little meow meows- comedic relief characters, laughable villains and even love interests for princesses (turned into humans for their good behavior)
They can be found in basically every other czech TV fairy tale. While I have seen people suggest to just use the word krampus in english, because of the surface level similarities between the two creatures, I wouldn’t recommend it. Because A)they have widely different vibes B)some czech (and other slavic) might punch you in a fit of patriotism
Disclaimer: while creatures like this are in many (if not all) slavic folklores, under varying names, this post is centered around the czechoslovak version, because that’s what I’m familiar with
#čerti#čert#čumblr#česky#slavic folklore#slavic#czech fairy tale#czech folklore#slovak tumblr#slovakia
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Flying Carpet, 1880 - oil on canvas. — Viktor Vasnetsov (Russian, 1848-1926)
#viktor vasnetsov#art#paintings#art details#viktor mikhaylovich vasnetsov#oil painting#oil on canvas#fantasy#fantastic art#folk#folk tales#mythology#slavic mythology#aerial#sky#birds
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Credit to @/ Astrid Sheckels Art
#kidcore#sfw agere#nostalgia#whimsical#whimsicore#crittercore#fairy tale aesthetic#Slavic fairytale#cottagecore#retro#illustration#vintage
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Фильм: Алиса в Зазеркалье
#film#daisies 1966#soviet animation#soviet cartoons#soviet cinema#slavic#slavic cinema#fairy tales#russian cinema#80s nostalgia#60s 70s 80s 90s#алиса в стране чудес#alice in the wonderland
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Viktor Britvin's illustration for russian tale "The Flying Ship".
#viktor britvin#виктор бритвин#the flying ship#летучий корабль#russian#slavic#russian tales#russian illustration#russian art#русские сказки#slavic tales#tale illustration#illustration
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"The Russian Story Book" illustrated by Frank C.Papé (1916)
#Россия#Russia#vintage#book#Frank C.Papé#english artist#artist#books#русская культура#russian culture#literature#english art#art#illustration#русские сказки#russian fairy tales#fairy tales#beauty#русский фольклор#russian folklore#folklore#history#russian#english#Eastern Europe#illustrations#slavic#traditional#Europe#1910s
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Mavka - IrenHorrors
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so, um, my friends and i do this podcast thing that might be useful if one wishes to create a story with weird elements of Russian folklore, but doesn't know where to look for legit tales/research/analysis
usually we ask a native English speaker to narrate a tale or a fragment of a tale; in this case, our narrator chose the tale himself
(i tried to talk him out of it, it's enormous compared to most tales, and it's i n s a n e)
so, yeah, now we have this tale about death, gambling, and a wildly unexpected Jesus
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p.s. adding the artwork just for a good measure
#art is a coping mechanism#bl is a letter#horror podcast#podcast#russian mythology#russian folklore#russian accent#russian tales#slavic mythology#slavic folklore#Youtube
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