Another link to my multicultural heritage that I am intermittently fascinated with...It seems to appear out of nowhere. The adoration of a Russian Mother icon or a sudden lust for royal Russian drama stories from the past. Endless days of looking through Culinaria Russia. And then I am entranced, looking for the thread that connects me.
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| Kupala |
I named it 'the blood calling' when I was sixteen and looking for my birth father.
The illustration I found on the
Pinterest page of
Andrea Ferrante "In Slavonic neo-paganism, Kupała is the goddess of herbs, sorcery, sex, and midsummer. She is also the Water Mother, associated with trees, herbs, and flowers"
More about this particular myth/story from Gods &
Godesses and here a bit about how they celebrate in the
Ukraine.
