Original artwork description:

“Mara” pastel,sanguine, acrylic, 29x29cm
Mara is a female mythological character, the goddess of the underworld, associated with the seasonal rituals Maru cannot be called either evil or good goddess. On the one hand, it grants death, but at the same time, it also grants life. In the spring rituals of the Slavs, a straw effigy was called Marena - the embodiment of death (pestilence) and winter, which were drowned, paid during the celebration of the ancient Maslenitsa holiday at the time of the Spring Equinox, which function was a provide of the harvest.

Materials used:

Patel, sanguine, acrylic

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