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slavicafire · 9 months
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my dearest and strangest friends: may this longest day bring you something good and unexpected, and the shortest breathless night bring you wild thrills and unmatched excitement. raise a toast in my name and in yours - or kiss someone sweet, and have joy and mischief in your heart.
may your fires reach the skies - and may your songs reach the gods!
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toastedbuckwheat · 2 years
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zarya-zaryanitsa · 2 years
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Noc Świętojańska - St. John’s Eve
Gather your herbs on the Eve of St. John - it’s a long standing tradition that herbs gathered on this day possess greater potency, especially in matters of healing, magic and eroticism, and they are used in many other customs connected with Kupała. Herbs gathered after Eve of St. John were considered much less powerful (witches steal their power… or you know, piss and spit on them).
The herbs commonly harvested on that day vary by the region but some popular choices are mugwort, St. John’s wort, fern, nettle, plantago, mullein, branches of oak, ash, hazel, beech, black alder, maple and any thorns or spiky coniferous branches.
Many of those herbs (thorns, nettles, wormwood, mugwort, birch) would be used on the same evening to start a celebratory fire (sobótka) with protective properties. The remaining herbs and tree branches were used to decorate the house (usually walls and the roof) in order to shield it from evil forces and witches and ensure good luck. Wayside shrines and figures of Saints would also be decorated. Playing a defensive role, needly conifers, thistles and stinging nettle were favored in some areas. Nettle could be scattered by the windows.
Mugwort played a very significant role in most midsummer celebrations. In Polish folklore it’s viewed as one of the best remedies against witches and witchcraft. For this reason in some regions doors and fences were woven out of mugwort. During St. John’s Eve it was worn by women around their waist and placed above the doors or on the roofs (though not solely for protection - it’s supposed to draw the perfect husbands for the girls living in the house). Mugwort and burdock could be thrown into wells to protect and purify the water. Gathered on St. John’s Eve mugwort was to be carried in a pouch untill the next St. John’s Eve to protect the owner from any harmful magic. Fumigations of mugwort were thought to keep thunder strikes away from the house.
Plantago blessed on St. John’s Eve was believed to be an excellent remedy for countless ailments and was used in many forms in various treatments.
Wreaths commonly worn by girls during Saint John’s Eve could be made of periwinkle, rue, guelder-rose, buttercup, lemon thyme, tansy, lovage and many other; generally fragrant herbs with romantic and erotic associations. Ideally the herbs for the wreath were stolen from the fields belonging to the family of the boy the girl wanted to marry. In some regions they were also believed to protect the wearer from disease. Oskar Kolberg noted that at least in Lesser Poland the wreaths weren’t particularly big having roughly eight centimeters in diameter. They were tied to tiny planks on which a candle was placed and then floated on the water. The wreaths could also contain little pieces of paper containing short rhymes expressing girls’ wishes for love and matrimony.
In the region of Opoczno women used wreaths in another form of fortune-telling They'd stand in front of a linden tree, with their backs to it and threw their wreaths behind them. If a wreath was caught on a linden branch the woman was sure to get married that year.
Sources: Świat roślin w obrzędowości świętojańskiej na podstawie źródeł etnograficznych z przełomu XIX i XX wieku by Rafał Pilarek, Rośliny w wierzeniach i zwyczajach ludowych. Słownik Adama Fischera by Kujawska et. al
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an-undercover-bi · 9 months
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Happy Kupała to those who celebrate!!
It is officially summer despite all the rain and how unseasonably cool it is today where I am.
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fallenangelmuse · 9 months
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i plan to eat an inane amount of blueberries... some slathered with honey, perhaps
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thornvines · 9 months
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mam depresje
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onionblissom · 1 year
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One of the most magic nights in the year. Kupała night
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mikolaj-17 · 9 months
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If I can’t do it in person, I’ll do it in spirit
Feat Zaspa, my queen my wife my whole world
Been a long time since I finished something digital it feels good to get that ball rolling,,
Gonna let that crown float
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Some progress,, this mostly lives on my insta bc if I want any kinda art career or side thingy I actually need a post on there bleh
But anyways, I explained on there why it’s so dark but mostly relating to Zaspas story. On here I think I’ll show mine since my fam ain’t on here
What I wanted to capture was the last remaining shreds of any memory of my time in Poland, such as the dark forests at night, the countryside where I lived, the foggyness of my memories and just to hold on to any last bit of it just so I Dont lose myself
It’s dark bc it feels kinda like the murkiness I feel towards any bit of my culture, like I know some, obviously, but it doesn’t go any deeper than Christmas and Easter and I just feel a bit cheated out of something I could’ve actually enjoyed, something that could help plaster on some layers into my person. Because really, I Dont think I’ve ever left that countryside, that river and that road to my cousins house
And also, I may hate forests and any supernatural phenomena, but I also have a growing love for that darkness of the forest and freshness of the water, dark and ancient stories of those places draw me in… even if some of those monsters can go ahead and kiss my ass for keeping me up at night..
Ig I just can’t move on..? Idk
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evil-ocean-cryptid · 1 year
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i've been boycotting valentine's day so hard for so long i legit forgot the date and had to google it
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bookcalanthedaily · 2 years
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during the night of kupała, the night of the lovers, the witcher has gotten bold enough to sneak the lioness of cintra away from the palace. instead of the royal ball, the two of them spent that night celebrating with the townsfolk of cintra. 
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eatingyarn · 2 years
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kupała night ready.
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wszczebrzyszynie · 10 months
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i realized double life happened durning kupała 
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wiedzma · 9 months
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Kupała 2023, Krasnystaw
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zarya-zaryanitsa · 2 years
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I was wondering what sort of things I can do to celebrate Kupala at home? This will be my first time celebrating it and I want to do the most I can do to make it special
Hmmm, let me think.
Kupała is usually seen as a more outdoorsy celebration, but I gave your question some thought and tried to come up with things you can do at home that touch on the themes of purification by fire and water, love and passion, fortunetelling and protection from witchcraft.
Gather herbs on the Eve of St. John - it’s a long standing tradition since herbs gathered on that day (before St. John’s Day!) are believed to possess greater powers and are used in many other customs connected with Kupała. The herbs commonly gathered on that day vary by the region but some popular choices known to me are mugwort, St. John’s wort, fern, nettle, plantago, mullein, branches of oak, ash, hazel, beech, black alder, maple and any spiky coniferous tree. The tree branches are used to decorate the house (usually the roof) in order to protect it from evil forces and witches and ensure good luck. Since they play a defensive role in some areas needly conifers and stinging nettle are favored for that purpose. Nettle might be scattered by the windows too. Mugwort is also placed on the roofs though not solely for protection - it’s supposed to draw the perfect husbands for the girls living in the house. I suppose placing it by your ceiling is close enough. Mugwort gathered on St. John’s Eve can be carried in a pouch untill the next St. John’s Eve to protect the owner from any harmful magic. You might also gather any other herbs and flowers of your preference. Make a wreath. There is no rule says you have to throw it into the water or burn it.
Take a bath or a shower for purification. Pull out the half-forgotten bath bombs and bath salts saved up for a special occasion. Get a sheet mask. Whatever makes you feel pampered and relaxed. Give yourself a self care night.
Light some candles. Even better - make some candles! It may sound somewhat complicated on paper but once you have all the ingredients the process itself is quite simple. How do your own custom-made Kupała candles sound? Keep them simple or add colors, fragrances and small amount of herbs of your choosing.
Invite a friend or a lover over for the night. Alternatively hang out on discord together. Celebrate the joyous, communal aspect of the holiday.
Perform a protective ritual. Burns some herbs, follow instructions from point 1 or come up with your own, new charms.
Do some divination. A way of telling the future on Kupała was to gather one flower (or herb) for each family memeber (each of the same species!!) on St. John’s Eve and, having assigned specific family member to every plant, leave them on a window sill overnight. On the morning of 24th the flowers/herbs were examined and the ones best preserved predicted most luck and best fortune. The same thing could be done if a girl wanted to choose between multiple admirers - she’d assign flowers to specific boys and the state of the flowers in the morning would be a reflection of their potential relationship. You could also just do tarot or oracle of course - I know they’re quite popular right now. If you’re not in possession of either or any herbs try divining with regular playing cards or ceromancy.
Make some delicious food.
I hope this answer was satisfactory! Have a good day!
Sources: Rośliny w wierzeniach i zwyczajach ludowych, Słownik Adama Fischera (Kujawska et al); Społeczeństwo wobec przyrody, związki przyrody z człowiekiem w zwyczajach ludowych w Polsce i wybranych krajach Europy by Joanna Szmuc.
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an-undercover-bi · 2 years
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It’s Kupała and my covid-19 test is negative. Since I’m sick, I won’t be doing most of the festivities I normally do.
However, I can still reflect on how amazing it is a day can last so long, a night can be so short, and how everything is thriving where I am despite the oppressive heat. Summer always reminds me of decay with all its buzzing flies and stickiness, but that may just be because I live in a back-filled swamp.
Today is a day to celebrate and enjoy the liveliness of summer. Enjoy all the fresh berries, greenery, and sweet honey that summer brings. Watch and admire all the life just outside your door doing the same.
After today, our days will begin to slowly shorten again and our nights will become longer as we move away from the sun. In a few months, the heat will dissipate and maybe it will be bearable again.
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slavicafire · 9 months
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my white kupała dress is nowhere to be found. I’ve looked everywhere in our apartment, garage, car, I even looked through all the stuff we have at my grandparents’ place. and it’s just gone, can’t find it. how very fun and how very me, of course, to start looking for it june 19th
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