Slavic mythology is diverse and rich. It involves remarkable creatures—from river mermaids to prophetic birds and snakes disguised as old ladies.

Natalia Alexandrova

Side notes on Slavic gods: 1 Slavic culture isn’t like, for example, Greek one. The pantheon is underdeveloped, a lot of mythology is lost, and the names, attributes and myths strongly vary throughout different regions. All this is richly compensated by intricate and detailed folklore about spirits and creatures (and I’ve got a whole highlight ‘Slavic folklore’ about that). 2 ‘But where is Yarilo?’ I’m sorry, but all the credible research I’ve seen stands on the point that he was almost…

Russian Folk Negative Characters

I want to show other people my vision of slavic mythology in comic story. This will be my first big comics project, and have hope, I do it to the end. Slavic mythology is very interesting and I'm really surprised that in polish school any theachers

Here is a list of (almost) all Slavic mythical creatures. Alkonost, who gets her name from the Greek demigod Alyclone, is a creature with the body of a bird and the head of a woman. Her voice is incredibly beautiful and alluring, causing people to forget everything and never be able to experience happiness like hearing the voice again. She lives in the underworld with her counterpart, who is named Sirin, who appears in an orchard during the morning to cry on the Apple Feast of the Savior…

Ever since I started telling you about my native Slavic folklore, I feel a bit like Baba Yaga’s ambassador🦉 So, now I’ve decided to invite you in her hut on chicken legs on a brink of Smorodina fire river… The pictures we’ve created with @khvost.art are here to be a helpful visual, they may be not 100% historically accurate, but we’ve tried our best🐔 What else would you love to know about Baba Yaga? Or, maybe, some other Slavic folklore or mythological characters?