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)
Forwarded from Old and New European Art and Aesthetics
Earth Mother, 1882. Edward Burne-Jones (British, 1833-1898).
Forwarded from Old and New European Art and Aesthetics
Admiring the View. Hans Dahl
(Norwegian, 1849-1937).
(Norwegian, 1849-1937).
I feel it is incorrect to compare modern-day inauthentic collectives/cults to the original authentic collective of the indigenous ethnic tribe
Forwarded from Folk Wisdom & Ways
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Gullveig, Thrice Born - Viking Art - Norse Mythology - Painting & Lore
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Fateful Signs presents Gullveig, Thrice Born! You can watch the painting unfold as you listen and learn about Gullveig from Norse Mythology. What is her story? What does she represent? Why do Odin and the Aesir burn her three…
Fateful Signs presents Gullveig, Thrice Born! You can watch the painting unfold as you listen and learn about Gullveig from Norse Mythology. What is her story? What does she represent? Why do Odin and the Aesir burn her three…
Re-sharing this old post.
It’s an old story about midwife, and her servant girl who fell in love with an elf/fairy, and had his baby.
The story involves a midwife and her servant girl who stayed out all night each time she had a day off. One day servant girl never returned back to midwife’s service. The midwife eventually forgot all about it, until one night she had a knock on her door. A strange young man invited her to assist with the birth of his child.
The young man took the midwife to a far away place where a cave was located. As they stood in front of the cave, the man put one of his hands on wall of cave, and a hidden door appeared. As they walk in, the midwife sees a rustic, primitive looking dwelling.
A young woman was laying on a makeshift bed made of straw and grass. She was in the pains of labor. Midwife helped her deliver her child. Midwife then realized that the girl giving birth was that same servant girl. She understood that this mysterious young man was who the servant girl was visiting each time she stayed out all night.
The father of baby asks midwife to put a special ointment on baby’s eyes. He tells the midwife that the baby needs this ointment so that he could see the world as it really is. The man told midwife that it was very important that she does not get any of the ointment on her own skin.
Midwife did put ointment in baby’s eyes, but she still had a trace of ointment upon her right hand, and by brushing away the hair from her face, she accidentally got some of the ointment on her right eye. As she did so, she could still see the same as before through her left eye, but with her right eye she saw the cave transform. Now as she looked with her right eye, she did not see a dirty primitive rustic-looking cave dwelling. The bare black cave walls were now covered with beautiful silks and satins.The makeshift bed made from straw and grass was a beautiful velvet couch. The girl was no longer dressed in rags, but in a beautiful, elegant dress. Both the girl and the man looked beautiful and wealthy. The midwife then realized that the servant girl became part of the faerie realm.
The man told the midwife it was time for her to go. Midwife thought she was only gone few hours, but when she got home, her husband was angry with her because she was gone an entire week.
One month later midwife and her husband were at a market looking for a new servant. Midwife happened to see that same faerie man from the cave. She looked up at him to ask him how his wife and baby were, but the faerie man made sure to keep himself invisible that day. The man smiled, and blew into her right eye, and suddenly he disappeared from sight.
It’s an old story about midwife, and her servant girl who fell in love with an elf/fairy, and had his baby.
The story involves a midwife and her servant girl who stayed out all night each time she had a day off. One day servant girl never returned back to midwife’s service. The midwife eventually forgot all about it, until one night she had a knock on her door. A strange young man invited her to assist with the birth of his child.
The young man took the midwife to a far away place where a cave was located. As they stood in front of the cave, the man put one of his hands on wall of cave, and a hidden door appeared. As they walk in, the midwife sees a rustic, primitive looking dwelling.
A young woman was laying on a makeshift bed made of straw and grass. She was in the pains of labor. Midwife helped her deliver her child. Midwife then realized that the girl giving birth was that same servant girl. She understood that this mysterious young man was who the servant girl was visiting each time she stayed out all night.
The father of baby asks midwife to put a special ointment on baby’s eyes. He tells the midwife that the baby needs this ointment so that he could see the world as it really is. The man told midwife that it was very important that she does not get any of the ointment on her own skin.
Midwife did put ointment in baby’s eyes, but she still had a trace of ointment upon her right hand, and by brushing away the hair from her face, she accidentally got some of the ointment on her right eye. As she did so, she could still see the same as before through her left eye, but with her right eye she saw the cave transform. Now as she looked with her right eye, she did not see a dirty primitive rustic-looking cave dwelling. The bare black cave walls were now covered with beautiful silks and satins.The makeshift bed made from straw and grass was a beautiful velvet couch. The girl was no longer dressed in rags, but in a beautiful, elegant dress. Both the girl and the man looked beautiful and wealthy. The midwife then realized that the servant girl became part of the faerie realm.
The man told the midwife it was time for her to go. Midwife thought she was only gone few hours, but when she got home, her husband was angry with her because she was gone an entire week.
One month later midwife and her husband were at a market looking for a new servant. Midwife happened to see that same faerie man from the cave. She looked up at him to ask him how his wife and baby were, but the faerie man made sure to keep himself invisible that day. The man smiled, and blew into her right eye, and suddenly he disappeared from sight.