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The Alkonost is a woman-headed bird that makes the most beautiful sounds in the world. Those who hear these sounds forget everything they know and want nothing more ever again. She dwells in the underworld with her counterpart, the Sirin.🐍
#MythologyMonday #SlavicFolklore
Bagiennik are water demons in Slavic mythology who sprayed people with their nasty nose oils as a prank and kin to the bathhouse spirit Bannik. They were subject to Wąda, lady of the lakes and the shallow streams, also known as the Queen of the Underwater Lawns.🐍
#SwampSunday
The fern flower can be found once a year, on Kupala’s night. This glowing bloom carried under shirt, can provide knowledge of people’s thoughts, of the future, ability to understand the speech of all living beings, see the trees walk in the forest, and more.. 🐍
#SuperstitionSat
Russia one of last countries in Europe to have pagan faith colonized by christendom. Volkhvy were class of priests and priestesses leading rural uprisings. In Russian volk, means “wolf”, or Veles, God of magic, music and the watery underworld.🐍
#FairyTaleTuesday #SlavicFolklore