Woman/Slavic/Alive

At the first place, I am a woman, so it concerns themes of female sex. Secondly, I am strictly Slavic, that means that anything Slavic has its place here. Only after that I am a living spirit, and that just concerns life...

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na volačej streše holubienka nese {at someone’s roof a dove is sitting} tak ona hrkuta morenu nam pyta {and it is cooing and asking for our morena}

my si ju nedame až o velkej noci {we won’t give her until the easter day} bude sa vydavat fialkovem venci… {she will wed in violet wreath…}

“Slovak folk song Morena sung by children in Western Slovak dialect (which is less soft than official language based on Central Slovak dialect). Morena is Slavic pagan Goddess of Death and Winter and feast Burning of Morena is one of the most celebrated feast days in Slovakia nowadays.”

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Carry the Winter out of the village

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Laufarija is an annual traditional Pust carnival event taking place in Cerkno in Western Slovenia. It is part of the pagan traditions that seek to scare winter away and welcome the coming of long-awaited spring. It is unclear when this particular tradition first appeared, though one theory would have it that it was brought there with German settlers in the 13th or 14th century. According to oral sources, it was performed regularly until 1914, when WWI happened. It was then prohibited when that part of Slovenia was under Italian rule from 1918 and onwards up till WWII.  {x} {x} {x} {x}

The modern festival was first (re)introduced in 1956, after multiple years of preparation (as all the masks were destroyed – if not before, then during the bombings of WWII) and gathering information about the tradition from those who had lived to see it firsthand.

Originally there were 14 characters called laufarji (sg. laufar, from German laufen “to run”, see below why), but the repertoire has been expanded a few times since and today there are 25:

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Very old Slavic tradition

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Horodenka region

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Morgiana?

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Traditional babywearing from Bulgaria, called “cedilka”...

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Kriksa (derived from rus. крик (krik) - scream) aka nochnitsa (derived from rus. ночь (noch’) - night) — is an evil spirit in west-slavic mythology. It is believed that kriksa appears from a transformed soul of a witch, in case if she died childless. Apart from the image of long-armed woman in black, nochnitsa could turn into a bat, a worm or any kind of nocturnal birds. Their main trait is to crawl into a house at night and torture the children in various ways, which resulted in cries, insomnia and nightmares. To protect their children from nochnitsas, mothers avoided carrying a child out of the house after the sunset, washing diaper sheets in a water that stayed in a tub for a night and to rock an empty cradle.

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You just stumbled upon our blog, you follow it for a few weeks and see a lot of stuff evolving around some mythical thing you never heard about. That really cool guy Perun battles that also cool guy Veles. You scrach your head and go: But why?

Peruns day is on the 20th, in...

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peaceful-moon’s first etsy giveaway!

Hello lovely people of tumblr. I’ve decided to do my first giveaway early to promote my etsy store!

There will be 3 SEPARATE WINNERS!

1. Teal Agate Pendant + a crack-your-own geode.

2. Black Tourmaline Pendant + a crack-your-own geode.

3. Amethyst Point Pendant + a crack-your-own geode.

Agate helps with protection. It protects from stress, energy drains, and bad dreams.

Black Tourmaline helps to reduce fears, obsessions, panic, and other negative energies.

Amethyst is a stress reliever, transforms negative energy into love energy, dispels nightmares, helps with insomnia, helps to alleviate headaches and migraines, and reduces eyestrain (especially when working at a computer). Amethyst is also a good stone for opening the Third Eye chakra, and Crown chakra as well.

The geodes contain quartz and/or calcite. To open them, tap lightly with a small hammer.

I ship using earth friendly packaging. They are made from 100% post-consumer recycled content, are recyclable, renewable, upcycled, and even biodegradable!

RULES:

1. You must check out my etsy store. 

2. You must be following me. (peaceful-moon)

3. You can reblog this post as many times as you’d like, but I suggest you don’t spam. Be mindful of your followers. No giveaway blogs or side blogs. Likes also count.

4. The 3 separate winners will be chosen using a random number generator. 

5. The winner(s) will have 24 hours to respond with their full name and address. If they do not, another winner will be selected.

6. If you are underage, please make sure it is okay with your parents that you are giving out your address. 

7. Please be respectful of me and my rules. If you break any of these rules you will be disqualified. 

8. Entries will be closed on June 1st at 11:59 pm PST, and the winner will be announced the following day.

I really hope this brings some more attention to my shop, and I hope that these stones go to someone that needs their healing benefits, or appreciates the beauty that nature has created in these stones. Thank you for participating! I wish you the best of luck. Namasté.

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Use the code RECYCLE10 at checkout if you can pledge to reuse or recycle the shipping materials to receive 10% off your order

I know it is unlikely, but I would LOVE to win that amethyst... Your shop is beautiful, and prices are actually very friendly. I guess I will obtain something soon :)

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if you consider a woman less pure after you’ve touched her maybe you should take a look at your hands

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I will never not reblog this

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Nothing happened. :) Im in a distance relationship and idk if ill get to see my boyfriend till January.

Oh, I am glad that he is well, it nearly sounded that something happened :)You know, there is 6 000 miles between my man and me. I hope I will see him this summer...

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Alphonse Mucha. Song of Bohemia, 1918.

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Carl Larsson - Viking Woman

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