Forwarded from Old and New European Art and Aesthetics
Wishing you a prosperous harvest this Autumnal Equinox.
Autumn. Herbert James Draper (British, 1863-1920).
Autumn. Herbert James Draper (British, 1863-1920).
Forwarded from Old and New European Art and Aesthetics
At the First Touch of Winter, Summer Fades Away, 1897. Valentine Cameron Prinsep (British, 1838-1904).
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Sir John and Lady Sybil. Joseph Christian Leyendecker (German-American, 1874-1951).
This is specifically on Polish Slavic traditional wedding wear, but in all Slavic nations, women were known to wear flower crowns. The tradition of the flower crown is very ancient in Europe, and I personally do not believe that all European nations got their flower crown idea from the Romans. Flower crowns were worn by Europeans long before the Romans came on the scene. https://www.google.com/amp/s/lamusdworski.wordpress.com/2017/02/26/flower-crowns/amp/
Lamus Dworski
Slavic bridal flower crowns from Polish folklore (warning: picture heavy)
Wreaths and other hair ornaments made of flowers and herbs are an essential part of many of the Polish rural customs. Athough most of the customs became almost extinct on the course of the 20th-cen…
This household god sort of reminds me of Slavic house spirit the Domovoi
Forwarded from The Winlandish Folk (卐 ᛬ᚻᚢᚾᛞᚹᚣᚾ᛫ᚹᚪᛚᛏᛁᛝ᛬)
Cofgod
/ˈkoːfˌɡod/
'Cofgod' (plural Cofgodas ("cove-gods")) was an Old English term for a household god in Anglo-Saxon paganism.
The Classicist Ken Dowden opined that the cofgodas were the equivalent of the Penates found in Ancient Rome. Dowden also compared them to the Kobolds of later German folklore, arguing that they had both originated from the kofewalt, a spirit that had power over a room. If it is true that such beings were known to the early English, later legendary beings such as the English hob and Anglo-Celtic brownie would be the modern survival of the cofgod.
Pictured: hob, (1, 6) domovoi, (2, 3) brownie (4, 5)
/ˈkoːfˌɡod/
'Cofgod' (plural Cofgodas ("cove-gods")) was an Old English term for a household god in Anglo-Saxon paganism.
The Classicist Ken Dowden opined that the cofgodas were the equivalent of the Penates found in Ancient Rome. Dowden also compared them to the Kobolds of later German folklore, arguing that they had both originated from the kofewalt, a spirit that had power over a room. If it is true that such beings were known to the early English, later legendary beings such as the English hob and Anglo-Celtic brownie would be the modern survival of the cofgod.
Pictured: hob, (1, 6) domovoi, (2, 3) brownie (4, 5)
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Earth Mother, 1882. Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833-1898).
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Admiring the View. Hans Dahl
(Norwegian, 1849-1937).
(Norwegian, 1849-1937).