#the rusalka

[arianwells]

The Dark eyed Rusalka is a river spirit that tempts the unwise into the waters of the River.

[ID: a digital image of the Rusalka, one of the Luminaries, from the waist up. She’s a brown skinned woman, with extremely long dark hair that go under the water where she’s standing. Her eyes are dark, she’s smiling lightly and looking slightly to the left, seemingly calling someone. There’s a red ribbon on her neck and it’s possible to see light scarring under the ribbon. She’s holding the end of the ribbon in her hand and the end of the ribbon drifts away from her. It’s possible to see the outlines of her wings behind her. She isn’t wearing anything. There are a few green leaves in her hair. The water she’s standing in is light blue and green. The background is light green and blurred. end ID]

#skyjacks #the rusalka #so yeah #what a reveal HUH #skyjacks spoilers #just in case

[alocalfrogart]

When you come to be sensibly touched, the scales will fall from your eyes; and by the penetrating eyes of love you will discern that which your other eyes will never see.

#campaign skyjacks #campaign skyjacks spoilers #the rusalka #the rusalka prefall #i had to call this done for my sanity #enjoy besties #the rusalka brainworms ate my grey matter and this is the result #i'm obsessed with the idea of who rusalka was before she fell and what she became #tw eyes #tw eyeballs

[chekhovs-marbles]

Of course it is the role of a man

To remind me that he has power

“The Rusalka: Temptation, desire, longing.”

#campaign skyjacks #skyjacks #digital art #rusalka #the rusalka #fallen

[potvvornosci]

#beni tsubaki #the rusalka

[inkyami]

I’ve made a deck for the slavic themed Mafia game — each character is from classic fairytales and epics. Part 1 of ? (Not really supposed to reveal the whole deck)

𖧷 Ivan Tsarevich 𖧷 Koshchei the Deathless 𖧷 Solovey (Nightingale) the bandit 𖧷 Rusalka

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#artists on tumblr #slavic #folklore #fairytale #card games #character design #rusalka #ivan tsarevitch #koshchei #is mafia a well-known game internationally? #feel free to ask about the characters — writing about each is too much but I am happy to rant about some #I did put some short summaries in the alt

[s-u-w-i]

Něma-li ústa tvá, Bůh to ví, vylíbám odpověď s nich! If mute are your lips, I swear to God, They will answer to my kiss! One more Rusalka illustration. This one isn't for the calendar but I thought it would be a pity not to make a drawing for this part of the libretto 💖

#my art #illustration #ink #traditional art #rusalka #opera #antonin dvorak #fairy tales #kisses

[chechula]

Some more Rusalka drawing for me and my sister calendar ♡

Also, preorders are now OPEN ✨

#rusalka #ink

[vyvilha]

rusalki are not mermaids. stop translating the word "rusalka" as "mermaid" and stop calling rusalki "slavic mermaids". it's confusing, it's misleading, and it's simply isn't true. the association of rusalka with a western mermaid and undine began in 19th century, when russian empire poets wanted to adapt a popular western motif of a sorrowful water maid that is unrequitedly in love with a mortal man. this literature character of rusalka has nothing to do with actual rusalki folklore and cult.

rusalki are natural undead spirits that are connected to slavic ancestral worship. they don't have tails. they are not in any way connected to the sea: only lakes, ponds, and rivers. often, they're not even connected to water at all: there are forest rusalki, field rusalki, meadow rusalki, etc. they are in close relationships with their human kin: during the spring and summer, they are used in agricultural rites and are believed to help with farming and raising crops. rusalki were sacred to slavic people. the "week of the rusalki" festival, when rusalki are believed to walk on earth and visit their relatives, is celebrated to this day. to call them "slavic mermaids" is very diminutive of their actual role in slavic cultures.

#slavic mythology #slavic paganism #slavic folklore #ancestral worship #ancestral veneration #ukrainian folklore #ukrainian culture #rusalky #rusalka

[forgetmenauts]

Wake up coven, new Forgetmenauts EP just dropped <3

#the forgetmenauts #til death #rusalka and the shepherd girl #cottonwood #i took a zombie to prom and all i got was this lousy t-shirt #Bandcamp

[mxmorel]

synchronized snoozing 😴

#temeraire and rusalka are obsessed w/ the new couch #cats #my babies

[alocalfrogart]

*wip* i’m thinking about miss the rusalka prefall. i’m thinking about angel of justice. i’m thinking about justice being blinded. i’m thinking about scales over eyes. i’m thinking about the loss of innocence. i’m thinking about giant women. i’m thinking about armored throats. i’m thinking about living a life of righteous flame and being reborn in cursed water. i’m thinking

#oop let me just uh post this real quickly #campaign skyjacks #campaign skyjacks spoilers #The Rusalka #the rusalka prefall specifically #the rusalka as the angel of justice #help im spiralling

[slaviclore]

explanations under the cut

Morana/Marzanna is the goddess of winter, death and rebirth -- you will freeze or starve if you have not prepared for her

Leshy is a forest spirit -- if your family has cursed you, he will come and take you away into the wilderness

Poludnica is the midday demon -- if you don't cease to work in the fields at high noon, she will make you answer riddles and, when you inevitably can't answer, kill you

Baba Yaga is a powerful witch and wastes no time on the useless

Kikimora is a domestic demon, and while she does not usually kill, she has little patience for a messy house...

Vodnik/vodyanoi is a water spirit -- he dislikes hubris and lack of awareness and respect for the power of the vast water

Liho is the ultimate evil -- when you are preoccupied with greed and the material, he will grab your hand or your neck and not let go

#no rusalka in this one because being seduced by beauty mystery and danger is a blessing not a sin #polls #folklore #mythology #pls forgive the regional inconsistency of my spellings... i went with what i commonly see #demons #spirits #witches #deities #monsters

[russianfolklore]

Oleg Gurenkov's painting "The Backwater".

Rusalka (s.) is a typically feminine entity, often malicious toward mankind and frequently associated with water. Rusalki (pl.) appear in a variety of media in modern popular culture, particularly in Slavic language-speaking countries, where they frequently resemble the concept of the mermaid.

#oleg gurenkov #олег гуренков #russian art #modern art #russian modern art #russian #slavic #rusalka #русалка

[upmala]

“It is ill-advised to dip your feet in the bog, no matter how hot the day has been… yet some do it anyway.”

slurp (2024)

#my art #i think going into the bog would fix me #bog man #i wanted something like the dream of the fisherman’s wife #but more eastern europe #swampcore #swamp thing #tw monsterfucking #monsterfucking cw #monster fucker #traditional art #rusalka

[s-u-w-i]

Kiss me, just kiss me, give me peace, Never shall I turn to the world, Kiss me if need be till I'm dead!

I kept feeling a bit unhappy with the last illustration for the 2024 calendar. More so because it's the most epic (and my favorite) part of the opera. So, here is a new version, hopefully, no one will be disappointed by that :')

#my art #illustration #traditional art #ink #rusalka #antonin dvorak #opera #calendar #2024 calendar

[chechula]

Me and my sister and our super-last-minute calendar: the first illustration is here ♥ We run out of themes this year, so it is just Rusalka illustrations for each month ♥ Again sketches are much better than the final piece x_x

#rusalka #vodník #water