Baltic mythology

The Lithuanian legend Jūratė and Kastytis tells the sad story of an impossible love between a goddess and a man in the Baltic Sea.

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Illustration, Watercolor paper, Adobe Photoshop, Brushes, acrylic gouache

Here is a list of (almost) all Slavic mythical creatures. Alkonost, who gets her name from the Greek demigod Alyclone, is a creature with the body of a bird and the head of a woman. Her voice is incredibly beautiful and alluring, causing people to forget everything and never be able to experience happiness like hearing the voice again. She lives in the underworld with her counterpart, who is named Sirin, who appears in an orchard during the morning to cry on the Apple Feast of the Savior…

'In the Indo-European religions, Gods of Thunder and Sky are among the most important. You can see Thor in Norse Mythology (which is indeed just another name for Donar in Germanic Mythology) Zeus and Jupiter in Greek and Roman Mythologies, Taranis in Celtic Mythology, Perun in Slavic Mythology, Perkūnas in Baltic Mythology, Indra in Vedic Mythology, Fereydun/ Thraetaona /Garshasp in Persian Mythology, or Teshub/Tarhunt in Hittite Mythology. All these figures are actually just one…

Baltic mythology.