#Russian Folklore

[shurikthereject]

Yesterday my mom bought a balalaika off of marketplace and I really wanted to draw it, and what better way to draw it if not with one of my favourite characters? My mom also suggested that i drew Arwen in an outfit inspired by Russian folklore. I kinda butched her face so she doesn't really look like Arwen but she did add a lot of colour to this spread. The words behind Bofur are the translation of the song he sang in Rivendell from the extended edition (please excuse my atrocious writing and the possible mistakes, i dont practice my native language as much as im supposed to 🥲)

[phantomrin]

Сирин (Sirin)

[russianfolklore]

Adrian Ermolayev's illustration for russian tale "Snegurochka".

Snegurochka (or The Snow Maiden) is a character in Russian fairy tales, a girl made of snow. Since the mid-20th century, Snegurochka has been depicted as the granddaughter and helper of Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) during New Year parties for children.

[eyeofthenewt1]

Laudna, Witch of the Woods

Here is a crispy autumnal piece I just had to paint when I thought of the paralells between Laudna and certain Slavic folklore elements.

[seab]

Volga illustrated by Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin, 1903

[lionofchaeronea]

The Snow Maiden, Viktor Vasnetsov, 1899

[vintage-russia]

"The Russian Story Book" illustrated by Frank C.Papé (1916)

[milanson]

the survey hasn't even come to an end yet, like literally not a day has passed, but I decided to draw an approximate sketch with Miku in a Russian folk costume of the Oryol region and ... fuck, I really liked it so I will definitely try to finish it! 🦅🦅🦅🦅

of course, I'm not a fan of Miku and vocaloids in general, but I really like this trend that Brazilian Miku started. People reprise their culture through creativity, what could be cooler?

(Right now I'm going to fix some more of her song, lol, I don't even know the translation. Well, it's a classic)))

[ternovye]

в далёких веках затеряться посреди догорающих снов

[inkyami]

Have you ever drawn Baba Yaga’s hut?

Surprisingly no! Something to consider, definitely.

Perhaps it’s because I’ve learned about what the actual “hut” meant too soon and chicken-legged one never sat right ever since. Even though it is a cool and iconic image.

[erebus0dora]

so, um, my friends and i do this podcast thing that might be useful if one wishes to create a story with weird elements of Russian folklore, but doesn't know where to look for legit tales/research/analysis

usually we ask a native English speaker to narrate a tale or a fragment of a tale; in this case, our narrator chose the tale himself

(i tried to talk him out of it, it's enormous compared to most tales, and it's i n s a n e)

so, yeah, now we have this tale about death, gambling, and a wildly unexpected Jesus

p.s. adding the artwork just for a good measure

[lepetitdragonvert]

Fleur de Neige / Snow Flower

Contes populaires russes en peinture sur laque

Éditions d’art Yarki Gorod

Saint Pétersbourg

2009

Artist : Nina Babarkina

[phantomrin]

Vasilisa

“She dragged Vasilisa from the upper room and pushed her through the gates, took one skull with burning eyes off the fence, impaled it on a stick, gave it to her and said, "Here’s the fire for the stepmother’s daughters, take it - that’s what they sent you for, after all.”“

("Vasilisa the Fair”. A.N. Afanasiev’s collection of Russian folk tales.)

Repainted my Inktober piece in colour.

[russianfolklore]

Nikolai Vorobyov's illustration for russian epic poem (bylina) about Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin Zmeyevich.

Alyosha Popovich is a bogatyr (a medieval knight-errant) and the youngest of the three main bogatyrs, the other two being Dobrynya Nikitich and Ilya Muromets.

In byliny (ballads), he is described as a clever-minded priest's son who wins by tricking and outsmarting his foes. He defeated the dragon Tugarin Zmeyevich by trickery.

[ilreleonewikiart]

Alysanne and Alaric in the crypt of Winterfell

for @targaryen_the on twitter

[belle-keys]

Gothic Fantasy/Folk Horror Books: 10 Recommendations

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid

The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft

Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft

Not Good For Maidens by Tori Bovalino

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror by Tori Bovalino and others