The “bamburci" from the village of Ratevo belongs to a widespread European tradition of impersonating the forces of nature as a means of symbolically killing winter, so the rebirth of the world takes place.
Bamburci from the village of Ratevo in Macedonia, very close to the Bulgarian border.
Vosegus
The god of the Vosges mountains in eastern Gaul which personified the spirit of the mountains and was also a god of hunting who was a protector of the people of the Vosges forest.
Images of a local nature god may represent Vosegus in which some of them portray him wearing a wolf-skin over his shoulders and with his hand on a stag.
He carries a spear, hunting knife, chopper and an open bag containing fruits of the forest such as acorns, nuts and pine cones.
In other portrayals, Vosegus wears a heavy Gallic cloak and carries a piglet under one arm.
The god of the Vosges mountains in eastern Gaul which personified the spirit of the mountains and was also a god of hunting who was a protector of the people of the Vosges forest.
Images of a local nature god may represent Vosegus in which some of them portray him wearing a wolf-skin over his shoulders and with his hand on a stag.
He carries a spear, hunting knife, chopper and an open bag containing fruits of the forest such as acorns, nuts and pine cones.
In other portrayals, Vosegus wears a heavy Gallic cloak and carries a piglet under one arm.
Despite the warnings of his father Daedalus, Icarus flies too close to the sun, leaving his father to grieve.
Art:
Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966); Charles Robinson (1870–1937); Svetlin Vassilev (b.1971, Bulgaria)
Art:
Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966); Charles Robinson (1870–1937); Svetlin Vassilev (b.1971, Bulgaria)
The Seven Ravens is a tale in which a father curses his sons and turns them into ravens. Their little sister travels to the sun, the moon, the morning star and the Glass Mountain to save them.
Art by Oskar Herrfurth
Art by Oskar Herrfurth
‘Myths and Legends of Ancient Slavs’, Illustrations by N. Bukanova, 2007