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an old book page with a drawing of a woman holding a broom in her hand

Description I’m excited to introduce my latest project, a collaboration between me and my wife, Sarah Staniec. This is a collection of illustrations of beasts from Slavic mythology - creatures from in and around the region where I grew up. Since I was a kid, these myths always sparked my imagination, and now I’m excited to be able to express my own interpretation of how these creatures, witches, and ghouls must appear. My wife got inspired by what I created, and decided to adapt the…

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a drawing of two people eating food with one woman looking at the man's face

BABA YAGA - Beauty and the Baba: Unmasking the Slavic Ancestress. January 8th is Babin Dan (Grandmothers Day) in the Slavic Balkans. It is a holiday that originates from pagan rites that date back to the Paleo-Lithic era. Paradoxically, this day falls just a few short weeks after the winter solstice and the rebirth of the Sun child. This babe is called Badjak, from old Slavic badar, meaning “to be awake”, and he is symbolized by the yule log that is ceremonially lit on solstice eve.

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