Slavic folklore vila

A creature that often appears in Slavic folklore and mythology are the Vila or Samodiva. But what exactly are these creatures?

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?

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?

Meet one of the most loved and respected beings in Slavic folklore. People believe in Domovoy and honor him. As a witch from Russia (living in Serbia), I’m happy to tell you more about this household spirit🤎 See my Slavic folklore highlights for more: goddesses, gods, and, of course, Baba Yaga🧙🏻‍♀️ With love for all magical beings, @lidapavlova_magic

Learn about Vila or Veela and other INTERESTING creatures and monsters from the Slavic fairies. Read this article and discover..

Probably the most ancient cult, along with the cult of the ancestors🌳 An important thing to be said about all my Slavic folklore and mythology posts: the names, the terms, the traditions strongly vary. There is no monolith canonical lore. There are a lot of places, peoples, cultures, local variations, etc. To summarize it I sometimes need to oversimplify things, and I am sorry for that. When I read anthropological research, I see that even two different families living in the same village…

It’s always more complicated and nuanced than could be squeezed into a post (see my Slavic folklore highlight by the way), but still… Also, a strange thing I noticed: one of my Baba Yaga posts got super-popular, on every platform. Am I missing something? is there a tv show about her or something? Why are people so excited? Maybe you know?

Rusalka (Konstantin Vasiliev, 1968)

Meet one of the most loved and respected beings in Slavic folklore. People believe in Domovoy and honor him. As a witch from Russia (living in Serbia), I’m happy to tell you more about this household spirit🤎 See my Slavic folklore highlights for more: goddesses, gods, and, of course, Baba Yaga🧙🏻‍♀️ With love for all magical beings, @lidapavlova_magic

Probably the most ancient cult, along with the cult of the ancestors🌳 An important thing to be said about all my Slavic folklore and mythology posts: the names, the terms, the traditions strongly vary. There is no monolith canonical lore. There are a lot of places, peoples, cultures, local variations, etc. To summarize it I sometimes need to oversimplify things, and I am sorry for that. When I read anthropological research, I see that even two different families living in the same village…

Vastagh György Vila Ravijojla.

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