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Bolotnik's Daughter
🕑 Added 2023-05-16 19:14:28 +0000 UTCNorth Slavs treated the swamps as dangerous and "unclean" places where chorty, biesy and other demons live. The very origin of the swamps in the Vitebsk Governorate was associated with the earth, which, during the creation of land by God, the chort hid in his mouth, and then spat it out. The origin of bolotniki, according to popular legends, is the same as that of the rest of the evil spirits: they are fallen angels thrown down from heaven by God or the creations of Satan. It is unknown how swamp spirits were perceived in the pre-Christian era, but the Novgorod Kormchaia Book of the 13th century mentions that the Eastern pagan Slavs made sacrifices to the swamps.
Hope you liked this little explanation. Recently I really got into the slavic folklore so alot of my post will be in this theme :)
Love, Erinthul.
Comments
Erinthul
Thank you so much! It really means a lot to me <3
BlondBeard
What a wonderful Slavic tale! It really emphasizes the unnatural feeling that seems to come from swamps and bogs. The more I studied the photos the more uneasy I felt in the environment. I am extremely impressed with how willingly close you got to it for this composition when I don't think I could have been talked into it. Nice work as always and while there is definitely beauty to this scenery there is also a lot of unease.
