#eurasian

[tinyuglyworld]

Portraits of ethnic Nenets from the Yamal Peninsula, northwest Siberia. Photographed by Natasha Yankelevich.

[evenstevenh]

A sudden urge to draw not-dogs!

[carigradmergen]

Three girls from across the vast Eurasian steppe, and their really, really tall headdresses!

From left to right: the Russian kokoshnik, the Kazakh saukele, and the Mongol boqtaq.

BTW boqtaqs and kokoshniks could be worn by both married women and brides, while saukeles are normally only worn by brides in their weddings.

[fiercerthanyou]

"Black Bird"

Photo by Sebastian Palmay

[songs-of-the-east]

Girls from Kazakhstan

[tokiwartoot]

collared dove preening !!

[dvoeverie-stitches]

Rozhanitsy Deer Mother

It just occurred to me as I was setting out the Rhozanitsa and Her Daughters Midwinter embroidery, and for the first time the dolly (I actually made her as a gift for someone with whom I’ve lost touch so I’ve never before worked with her), that when I encountered Mama and Baby in the glade in late summer that she was reaching out to me in her Mother aspect.

Northern Slavic/Baltic Finnic embroidery I designed by grouping Russian and Karelian patterns featuring Rozhanitsa and her daughters, bordered by suns (life) at the top, and grave markers (death) at the bottom.

She is an ancient, powerful, antlered goddess archetype in Slavic and broader Eurasian mythology, embodying fertility, fate, and the cycle of life, often depicted with antlers resembling the Tree of Life, bringing the sun back in winter, and linked to modern Midwinter figures like the Deer-Mother (or Antlered Mother) who guarantees animal security, rebirth, and is a culture hero for hunters. Rozhanitsa specifically is a Slavic fate spirit, sometimes depicted with antlers, linking her to this ancient archetype of rebirth and the solar cycle, often associated with women's roles in weaving fate and bringing light.

An introduction to the Deer Mother

I dedicate December to the Deer Mother. Here's my introduction to the Deer Mother, why I dedicate the month to her, and what my devotional p

@jayeltontoro

[mxmorbidmidnight]

Crazy how in 2024 as a mixed person I still constantly hear “well you’re not actually Korean” “you’re not actually Scottish” have you ever considered maybe, just maybe I am both? And I can be both? Have you also considered that it is in fact a beautiful thing that someone like myself born from two cultures on other ends of the world can exist? That I can wear my hanbok with pride one day and my clan tartan the next? That in this world we get to share our cultures with each other? That I can be made of thousands of years of tradition from both Korea and Scotland? Where is your whimsy boy.