#slavic mermaid

[alien-aze]

I thought about slavic mythology. So, here are a sorceress and a slavic mermaid.

While drawing them, I imagined their backstory: how they lived around the lake, how they saw each other often, the unique connection they have had. They are impish and playful, so sometimes people around are worried, but not in a bad way.

[mango-8]

Mermay day 4 I forgot to post here so sorry.

Here’s a wip of before

Bam! She’s inspired by Olga of Kiev, she’s as lethal as she is beautiful.

[horrible-device]

Rusalka.

Reference used.

[the-evil-clergyman]

Rusalki by Konstantin Makovsky (1879)

[goblins-and-gloves]

Hey don’t cry, in Slavic folklore mermaid’s breasts are so big and heavy they sling them over the shoulder so they are out of the way, okay?

[thebloodgroove]

What’s a funerary practice to the damned?

His flesh finally mine, though not in the way I wanted.

What’s a prayer through the lips of the cursed?

I moved in human ways once. 

[vintage-russia]

Sketch of Natasha's costume for the opera "The Mermaid" (1884)

Viktor Vasnetsov (1848-1926)

[midnightfire830]

What would your sona/main oc look like in one of your aus?

Well it depends on the AU. Mostly he’d look like his normal design in IM if the AU is like just a change in the plot (say for example Ghost, Angel blood, and Villainous Inc) but in ones where there’s a change in world building or set in a different time period it’d change a bit. I’ve put a few down below for you to check out!

For Vampire, Royalty, and Cyberpunk its just a change in costume because of the different time periods

In Merman I’ve made him a flying fish

The one listed under Inky Mystery is like a secondary outfit in that universe. It’s his costume. His normal design is street wear for when he’s not performing.

And for Lost Toys I’ve designed him to be based off of a Slavic faceless doll. It felt fitting with its origins, use, and his backstory in mind.

Hope that answers your question!

Thanks for the ask!

[burningpinkcandle]

Фильм: Русалочка, 1976

[pannamara]

Mermaid from a new Ukrainian animation film “Mavka: Forest song” 💖 This girl stole my heart from the first scene✨

[uvanym]

on the last day i took her where the wild roses grow and she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief

[jerkyvulture]

Mermay: Croatian Mermaid

I always do one mermaid for mermay and then give up or get too busy so here's the one :o) might color her later. Kinda wish I had done a Lil nasty rusalki

[mango-8]

Day 2 and

Day 3 of Mermay!

I fixed up the Rusałka from previous post and also added the Vodynoy ( don’t remember if I typed it right.)

Basically the Female water spirit and the male one,

Both drown people, specifically men.

[lunoceros]

Mermay promt - horror. Not all mermaids have tail. In slavic tales you can find rusalka, young girls, who drown, and since they live as daughters, brides and wives of vodanoy, spirit of water. Rusalkas have mischevious and sometimes malicious and can be dangerous, especially during some holidays.

[foxssie]

Rusalka may 2023