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This sketch has been around since 2017 and I guess it will never be more finished than this.
A couple of samodivas, some things more true to traditional beliefs than others - I gave them different complexions to reflect Bulgarian women, whereas traditionally they are blonde-haired and black-eyed. Their powers are stored in their chemise, which is unornamented (embroidery is to protect mortals). The different sleeves are based on different 19th-century and medieval chemises from Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. In some beliefs they wear colourful (but mostly green) belts, and green zubuns (outer garments). They are also typically imagined to be archers, riding six-winged deers.
#bulgarian folklore#folklore#bulgarian mythology#balkan mythology#slavic mythology#slavic folklore#balkan folklore#balkan#slavic#samodivas#samodiva#самодиви#artists on tumblr#sketch
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❀ & ♡
♡ : which languages do you speak/have you learned in school?
I was taught English and German in school. (Besides Modern and Ancient Greek obvi). I am currently learning Spanish, Finnish and Latin through apps on my own time. And trying to practice my German again.
❀ : which language(s) would you like to speak fluently?
All the aforementioned ones hehe especially German because I once got two certificates but at this point I feel like I was taught this language in some dream… Wie schade!
In a world where I would have unlimited brain capacity, I would also like to know Icelandic, Albanian, Chinese and Māori or some other Polynesian language.
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if you still want to do the mini playlists, I'd love one for "Demonica" (the C can also be interpreted as a TZ, so it's your choice entirely)
playlist right here! 🫧💜
such a cool name 🫶🏻
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Честит имен ден!!! Ти ми беше първата асоциация и се появи първа на таблото като отворшх тъмблр. Съдба!
Благодаря ти много!! ❤️ Тъкмо и аз си мислех за теб. Съдба наистина!
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✮Samodiva x Winter Soldier
Her honey-brown eyes and her small knife – that’s how Winter remembers her every time. He is hoping that some memories of him would cross her mind just once, he doesn’t care if it’s with disdain.
She feels a throb within her heart, in which no emotion takes part ,it's a yearning growing – to destroy. So sweet it thrills her through and through while tapping the hilt of a knife, staring at Winter, stillness fills the air.
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#winter soldier x oc#winter soldier#fanart#original character#oc artwork#oc#winter soldier x snezana#Snezana Kabakov#bucky barnes x snezana kabakov#winter soldier x samodiva
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[Image above: Vila by Andy Paciorek]
Legends and myths about trees
Legendary tree deities (19)
Samodiva – ‘Wild alone’, the Slavic tree nymph
The samodiva, samovila or vila, are woodland fairies or nymphs found in South and West Slavic folklore.
Thought they are predominantly associated with Balkan, specifically Bulgarian, folklore. Yet as there still Slavic, they can't be even semi friendly to people. It's the Slavic way. Samodivas are humanlike creatures, usually wearing a white cloak or dress and armed with a bow and arrow used to catch their human prey. The name ‘samodiva’ is formed by combining two separate words, ‘samo’ and ‘diva’. The former means ‘alone’, whilst the latter ‘wild’, or ‘divine’, hence the name literally means ‘wild alone’. The first part of the creature’s name signifies its avoidance of human beings, whereas the second indicates their wild or divine nature.
Samodivas are commonly depicted as ethereal maidens with long, loose hair, and in some cases, wings. They are typically dressed in free-flowing, feathered white gowns, which give them the power of flight. Samodivas are often described as having blonde or red hair, tall, slender women with pale, glowing skin and fiery eyes.
Sometimes, they are described as having a veil which could hold all their power. If they get deprived of their veil, they lose all their power. If they get deprived of their veil, they lose all their power.
The samodivi dwell in mountainous areas, and their favorite haunts include the Pirin, Vitosha, Rila, and Stara Planina Mountains. They enjoy riding on deer and use twisted snakes as reins. They are extremely protective of their mounts and would cast a spell on anyone who killed their deer, even if it was by accident. The spell would result in the person’s death. Most thair stories involving them are like that, though they enjoy dancing they often entice mortals to dance with them until said mortal die of exhaustion.
But, they are not always the bad, and sometimes they appear like normal working women and help with the harvest. They would especially help women with children and if a man did something good for a samodiva, she becomes his patron or a sworn sister. Sometimes, a samodiva can fall in love with a human and bear him children, who grow up to be great heroes. As they are forest creatures they know a lot about herbs and forest plant yet as they are not so keen on sharing their knowledge, you have to eavesdrop on their gatherings.
木にまつわる伝説・神話
伝説の樹木の神々 (19)
サモディーヴァ 〜 「野生で一人」、スラブの木の精
サモディーヴァ、サモビラ、ビラは、南・西スラブ民話に登場する森の妖精またはニンフである。
バルカン半島、特にブルガリアの民話に多く登場する。しかし、スラブ人である以上、半端に人に好意的であるはずがない。それがスラブ人のやり方なのだ。サモディーヴァは人間に似た生き物で、通常は白いマントやドレスを身にまとい、人間の獲物を捕らえるための弓矢で武装している。「サモディーヴァ」という名前は、「サモ」と「ディーヴァ」という2つの別々の単語を組み合わせて作られたものである。前者は「一人」、後者は「野生の」「神聖な」という意味であり、文字通り「野生で一人」という意味である。前者は人間を避け、後者は野性的、あるいは神々しいという意味である。
サモディーヴァは、長く緩やかな髪と、場合によっては翼を持つ、幽玄な乙女として描かれるのが一般的だ。サモディーヴァは、しばしば金髪か赤毛で、背が高く細身の女性で、青白く輝く肌と燃えるような目を持っていると表現さ れる。
時には、彼女たちのすべての力を秘めたベールを持っていると表現されることもある。もし、そのベールを奪われたら、すべての力を失ってしまう。
サモディーヴァは山岳地帯に生息し、ピリン、ヴィトシャ、リラ、スタラプラニナなどの山々を好む。彼らは鹿に乗るのが好きで、ねじれた蛇を手綱として使う。馬を非常に大切にし、たとえそれが偶然であったとしても、鹿を殺した者には呪文を唱える。その結果、その人は死んでしまう。ダンスが好きで、人間を誘い、その人間が疲れ果てて死んでしまうまで一緒に踊ることもある。
しかし、彼らは常に悪者ではない。時には、普通の働く女性のように現れて、収穫を手伝うこともある。特に子供のいる女性を助けることが多く、もし男性がサモディーヴァに何か良いことをすれば、彼女は彼の支持者や誓いの妹になる。時には、サモディーヴァが人間と恋に落ち、子供を産み、その子供が偉大な英雄に成長することもある。森の生き物である彼らは、ハーブや森の植物について多くのことを知っているが、その知識を共有することにあまり熱心ではないので、彼らの集まりを盗み聞きする必要がある。
#trees#tree legend#tree myth#samodiva#vila#slavic mythology#slavs#mythology#legend#folklore#tree nymph#wild alone#mountains#nature#art#forest creature
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Hazbin Hotel oc? Kinda?
I just like the simple style of the show, and feel since there are like mummy and other kinds of monster-ish sinners it won't be far-fetched to say that a sinner could look like a monster from their culture. So, here is my samodiva design for the Hazbin Hotel vers! It would also work with the fact that every person there has a feature that they hate, so if someone was very afraid of water/lakes/drowning/mermaids/water spirits, it would be a great direction to go in
She isn't really perfected, but I'm working on my Genshin ocs and don't feel like working with them anymore, so for now, that's how she will look
(She/they pronounce if you refer to the character)
#hazbin hotel#hazbin oc#hazbin hotel oc#samodiva#bulgarian folklore#oc#oc design#water spirit#rusalka#???kinda#they are different#but also kinda the same#there is enough similarities for me#bulgaria#monster oc
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Yes I'm well aware I can't handle the muses already on this blog but exam season delirium and dash stuff has me thinking of unearthing my southern slav oc's. Seeing as that's my culture and all 👏👏
#𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐇 ‒ ooc ║#80 year old zmey shifter with anger issues#violinist mafia shithead#naturey samodiva-coded witchy gal who was once a tsaritsa long ago
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Samodiva
The samodiva (known also as samovila or vila; samodivi or samodivas in plural) is a creature found in Balkan, specifically Bulgarian, folklore. In general, these beings are forest spirits or wood nymphs who appear as beautiful young women. But things should not be taken by first appearances sometimes. Samodivi appear in many stories, in which they are harmful, or at least mischievous, creatures...
Samodiva: The Life-Sucking Temptress and Wood Nymph of Bulgarian Folklore
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Another long time WIP and another samodiva, this time with her faithful friend. Hopefully they'll be coloured someday.
#sketch#samodiva#samodivas#самодиви#bulgarian mythology#bulgarian folklore#balkan mythology#balkan folklore#slavic mythology#slavic folklore
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ❛ коль ты пʏтник молодой,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ оҕходи их стоᴘоной.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ сгинᴇшь тᴀм, гдᴇ их нᴀйдᴇшь,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ иль в зᴀҕвᴇньи пᴘопᴀдᴇшь! ❜
#mythology#folklore#slavic mythology#slavic folklore#mavka#samodiva#rusalka#aesthetic#moodboard#творческий блог#мифология#фольклор#славянская мифология#мавка#самодива#русалка#эстетика
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Женският архетип в българския фолклор: Герои и образи
Март дойде и е време за нова книга на месеца и ново събиране на клуб Самодива!
На 28 март от 19:00 часа, в Котка и Мишка Коуъркинг, включи се в едно изключително събитие, което ще те отведе в мистичния свят на "Женският архетип в българския фолклор: Герои и образи". В таза вечер ще се впуснем в дълбоките магически тайни на българския фолклор, вдъхновени от книгата "Светове и създания" на Лилия Старева.
В "Светове и създания" Лилия Старева пресъздава вълшебния свят на българските митове, легенди и приказки, разкривайки ни богатия калейдоскоп на прастари духове и чудновати същества, които са обитавали нашите земи. Сред тях са и самодивите, прелестни и магически същества, които са вдъхновили толкова много от нашите народни разкази.
Чрез интерактивни разкази и дискусии, те каним да разгадаем тайните на женския архетип в българския фолклор. Ще се потопим в мистичните истории на самодивите и другите героини от нашите митове, разглеждайки тяхната роля и значение в нашата културна идентичност.
Така че, ако искаш да се изгубиш в магията на старите български приказки и да се запознаеш с богатия народен фолклор, присъедине се към нас на 28 март.
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How he is with the boys VS when he’s with his girl
(enemies to lovers gang fr)
#me and my asset obsessed ass#asset au#bucky x oc#oc artwork#winter soldier#bucky barnes art#oc x canon#digital art#love my babies#oc character#mcu#bucky barnes#enemies to lovers#winter soldier x samodiva
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I hope you had an amazing wonderful birthday!!! Wishing you the best year ever ahead <333
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Song of the Samodiva (Annika Brisby: Book 5) by Emigh Cannaday
Song of the Samodiva (Annika Brisby: Book 5) by Emigh Cannaday
Publisher: Black Feather Publishing
Date of publication: March 29th, 2022
Series: Annika Brisby
The Flame and the Arrow—Book 1 (review here)
The Silver Thread—Book 2 (review here)
The Scarlet Tanager—Book 3 (review here)
The Darkest of Dreams—Book 4 (review here)
Song of the Samodiva—Book 5
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Fae
Purchase Links: Amazon
Goodreads synopsis:
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Fan splatband based on my culture!
The band's name is "7/8 Craze"
They're called like this because Bulgarian folk music, dances and singing are characterized by unevenly divided (irregular) time signatures, also called Bulgarian Rhythms (7/8, 9/8, 11/8 and so on). The most unusual Bulgarian dance is in the 25/16 [7/8 7/8 11/8] time signature.
More about the characters below cause it's a lot. (Appreciate it if you read it)
The first man is called Stamen, 21y.o. He's from the Shopluk region (Western Bulgaria). The Shopi people are said to be very stubborn and selfish people who refuse to change, have good sense of humor and are not that smart. For example, Once upon a time three Shopi climbed on top of the Vitosha Mountain. There was a thick fog in the valley so they thought it was cotton. They jumped down and perished. Or another one about a Shop buying a soap thinking it's something to eat, he began to eat it but soon his mouth was filled with foam. He said: "Foam or not, it cost money, I shall eat it."
Stamen thinks his region's dances and music are superior because the Shopluk has the most complex and fast dances. He also refuses to go to Inkopolis plaza, Inkopolis square or Splatsville. He prefers to live in his small village. Stamen plays the instrument kaval.
The second woman is my splatsona, she decided to join the group cause she was bored. The rest of the members forget that she exists, they can't remember that she's a girl and mistake her for a boy, nor does anyone in the group know her name. She's rarely hanging out with the band and spends her time alone or walking around with her Smallfry. She's from Thrace and plays the gadulka.
The third woman is Galya (21y.o). She's also from the Shopluk region and is married to Stamen. She's as stubborn and not very smart as Stamen, but more goofy. She plays the tambura and does the choir singing. Galya tries to talk to the nameless girl once in a blue moon or just tells her to keep her hair safe.
Fourth man is Momchil, 23 y.o., he plays the kaba gaida (a bagpipe from the Rhodope mountains). He gets easily distracted and he's often staring at Zornitsa. His friends from his village warn him about the woman because there's something suspicious about her but he doesn't listen*. Momchil is calm, disciplined, quiet guy and a fish (but idk what type yet)
Fifth woman is Zornitsa(unknown age, but is an adult). She's yuda-samovila (similar to a Samodiva), an evil female mythical creature in a human (or should I say inkling here) form in Bulgarian folklore/mythology. Sometimes these women appear in front of young men, bewitch them with their beauty and trick them into marrying them, then take the man's soul. Zornitsa also can choir sing. She's from the Rhodopes.
The sixth man - Bai Chavdar [Ol' uncle Chavdar] is the oldest of all, 60 years old man. He's the founder and leader of the group, he plays the tupan and can sing. Bai Chavdar gets in arguments with Stamen pretty often. He is a sprat fish and he's from Thrace.
The band got known to the public when the unknown girl played 7/8 Craze's music in the waiting lobby, getting the other inklings/octolings' attention then spreading to everyone and even the salmonids.
*Momchil and Zornitsa are inspired from this video with similar designs, 11:13 time stamp. To understand them better.
#splatoon#splatbands#splatband#Fan splatband#Splatoon oc#I was wondering if embroidery in Splatoon universe is mix of those tiny squid/octo drawings and actual embroidery?#Didn't do it for the frame sorry but Stamen has it#7/8 Craze
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