Mavka - Blog Posts

[УКР] Так раптом сталося, що Стефанія та Валеріан опинилися у світі казок!

Та й не тільки це... Волею долі вони зустріли інших казкових персонажів, і навіть потрапили у невеличку пригоду. Яку саме? Раджу завітати до АСКу і побачити це на власні очі 👀

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It suddenly happened that Stefania and Valerian found themselves in the world full of fairy tales!

Not only that... By the will of fate, they met other fairy tale characters, and even got involved in a small... situation, to say. What kind of situation? Well, you might find out soon 👀

Перша партія персонажів новели «Ліс» від MoonChaiStory

Тому прошу вашої уваги (зліва на право):

Єрем

Міла

Марена

Зеленоока

Давно мене так нічого не надихало. Ця історія так мені сподобалося, що я навіть вінок намалювала (а це для мене дуже складно) 🥲

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First four characters from the «Forest» novel, made by MoonChaiStory

Let me introduce you (from left to right):

Yerem

Mila

Marena

Zelenooka (Green-eyed)

Haven't had inspiration for a long time. I love this story so much that I even drew a wreath of flowers (it's herd for me to draw)🥲

Some of my drawings during this time.

Mavka and three angry mermaids

And some of my characters: Annie, Itty and Demi

Very brief information about them:

Annie loves perfection and change appearance

Itty is fast as the wind and doesn’t like to wait

Demi likes butterflies and she wants to be as beautiful as they are

Mavka 🌾

Mavka is a character in South Slavic demonology, an evil spirit, a mermaid. According to a number of signs, it is close to a mermaid, a Carpathian “forest lady” or a mountain female spirit. It was believed that young girls or young children who died on Trinity Week because of unhappy love or whose parents were killed this week became Mavkas.

The second photo is stills from a photoset on this topic inspired by the theme

Mavka

Day 5 of Annie Week on Twitter: Mythology In Ukrainian mythology, the mavka is a forest spirit, close to a mermaid, in the form of a beautiful naked girl or girls dressed in a long white shirt with green hair and pale skin, plant crown with plants as a fern (also magical plant in Ukr mythology). According to folk beliefs, the souls of drowned women turn into mavka. They also live not only in the forest but close to rivers, lakes, etc. The tales of mavka are popular in the West of Ukraine, Carpathians, Podilla, and Galicia regions. Each region of Ukraine has a unique embroidery style and the embroidery is used in traditional clothes in Ukraine. Patters are used primarily on the shirts and we call it "vyshyvanka"/"vyshyta sorochka" which is literally translated as "embroidery shirt". The pattern I used here is a mix of patterns from Galicia region. Each shirt is like a separate work of art.