Your bone mother drawing is arresting, and it called up a question in me: is there a bone father? I'm suddenly reminded of some imagery I was experimenting with when I was younger, and I realized it might tie into that idea.
Yes, there is. I discovered that when someone commissioned me to make a personalised painting of the Bone Mother for her - and she insisted on being depicted in the embrace of the Bone Father. And the Russian Baba Yaga has a male counterpart:
"In East Slavic areas, Baba Yaga has a male counterpart, Koshchei Bessmertnyi, "Koshchei the Immortal." His name, from kost' ("bone"), bears the notion of a dying and rising god, that is, a deity who cyclically dies and is reborn. "
Dispite reading this from the beginning I read the words preparing to fly to Greenland and my heart jumped I felt like a toddler it's not fair she's going again!! I laughed. Greenland has well and truly stolen my heart. Thank you for sharing these beautiful drawings. My packing for our trip centre around what art materials I could fit in. ❄️🩵🥰
Same at my end! You may all have noticed I only had two functional outfits that I rotated. Greenland is no fashion walk, so roll on the art materials! And I hope that all the bones made it home safely, the chosen ones?! ; )
Your bone mother drawing is arresting, and it called up a question in me: is there a bone father? I'm suddenly reminded of some imagery I was experimenting with when I was younger, and I realized it might tie into that idea.
Yes, there is. I discovered that when someone commissioned me to make a personalised painting of the Bone Mother for her - and she insisted on being depicted in the embrace of the Bone Father. And the Russian Baba Yaga has a male counterpart:
"In East Slavic areas, Baba Yaga has a male counterpart, Koshchei Bessmertnyi, "Koshchei the Immortal." His name, from kost' ("bone"), bears the notion of a dying and rising god, that is, a deity who cyclically dies and is reborn. "
https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/baba-yaga#:~:text=In%20Russian%20tales%2C%20Baba%20Yaga%20eats%20humans%20by,a%20deity%20who%20cyclically%20dies%20and%20is%20reborn.
Hope that is helpful!
Thank you! It is.
Beautiful drawings! I haven't received my grimoire yet.
Any day now, I trust! : )
Dispite reading this from the beginning I read the words preparing to fly to Greenland and my heart jumped I felt like a toddler it's not fair she's going again!! I laughed. Greenland has well and truly stolen my heart. Thank you for sharing these beautiful drawings. My packing for our trip centre around what art materials I could fit in. ❄️🩵🥰
Same at my end! You may all have noticed I only had two functional outfits that I rotated. Greenland is no fashion walk, so roll on the art materials! And I hope that all the bones made it home safely, the chosen ones?! ; )
All bones safely home. Some on my altar dedicated to Greenland and others waiting to be cleaned and then be part of art