Mavki ( Navka ; Ukrainian Mavka, T-shirt, Navyavka, Neyka ; Bulgarian. Skills, skills ; Slovin . Mavier, Navier , Movye ) - characters of Slavic mythology, evil spirits, mermaids [1] . According to a number of signs, they are close to mermaids, Carpathian-Ukrainian “forest pannas” or mountain women's spirits [2] . In the south of Russia, from the 20th century, the Mavka was called the book (“scientist”) word - “ mermaid ” [3] .
| Mavka | |
|---|---|
 Mavka on a coin of the Bank of Ukraine. Based on the work of Lesya Ukrainka "Forest Song" | |
| Mythical creature, evil spirit, mermaid | |
| Mythology | Slavic |
| In other cultures | mermaid , undine , pitchfork |
It was believed that stillbirths, dead unbaptized babies, or those who died in the Rusal Week become mawks . Less common are the beliefs that children cursed by their parents or abducted by unclean forces turn into mavok [2] .
They are an eponym for the plain of Navka on Venus .
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The word Mavka ( Navka ), apparently, is formed from the common Slavic “ nav ”, meaning “death”, “dead body” [2] .
According to popular beliefs, young children who die without baptism or are strangled by their mothers become mawks. Also, a child who died in the Rusal week can become a mavka [2] .
According to isolated Ukrainian beliefs, mavki appeared on the ground at the time “when the ground was covered with spring greenery” [4] .
In Ukrainian, the name Mavka is synonymous with the word mermaid [5] . Ukrainians called Thursday in the Rusal (green) week, when mermaids celebrate their Easter, Mavskoy or Navskoy Easter ( Ukrainian Mavsky, Navyvsky greatday ) [6] , which confirms the synonyms of the concepts “Mavka” and “Mermaid”.
See also
- Mortgaged dead
Notes
- ↑ Slavic mythology. Encyclopedic Dictionary. M .: Ellis Luck, 1995.S. 253. ISBN 5-7195-0057-X
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Vinogradova, 2004 , p. 165.
- ↑ Gudkova E. How did mermaids appear in Russian folklore? (culture.ru)
- ↑ Usacheva, 2008 , p. 152.
- ↑ Levkievskaya, 2000 , p. 234.
- ↑ Mavsky (present) great day // - T. 4. Book. 7: Le Me - Buenos Aires, 1950 .-- S. 882
Literature
- Afanasyev A.N. Poetic views of the Slavs on nature. In 3 volumes. - M .: Modern writer, 1995. - 416 p. - ISBN 5-265-03309-2 . (III, 241)
- Levkievskaya E. E. Mermaids // Myths of the Russian people . - M .: Astrel, Ast, 2000. - S. 233—256. - 527 p. - ISBN 5-271-00676-X .
- Mavka / L.N. Vinogradova // Slavic antiquities : Ethnolinguistic dictionary: in 5 volumes / under the general. ed. N. I. Tolstoy ; Institute of Slavic Studies RAS . - M .: Int. Relations , 2004. - T. 3: K (Circle) - P (Quail). - S. 165–166. - ISBN 5-7133-1207-0 .
- Matov D. A. Verziulovoto Kolo and Navite // “Bulgarian Pregled”, - Sofia: 1895, Prince. 9-10 (Bulgarian)
- Sumtsov N.F. Navier, in mythology // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Usacheva V.V. Semiotics of green color in folk culture // The Magic of Words and Actions in Folk Culture of the Slavs / Compiled and edited by S. M. Tolstaya. - M .: Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences , 2008. - S. 147-158 . - ISBN 978-5-7576-0221-9 .
- Chubinsky P.P. Proceedings of the ethnographic and statistical expedition to the Western Russian Territory equipped with the Emperor. Rus Geographical society. Materials and studies collected by d. P.P. Chubinsky. T. 1 - St. Petersburg. : Printing house of V. Bezobrazov, 1872 - S. 485 (I, 206);
- Hanuš Machal, “Nakres slovanskeho Bajeslovi” (Prague, 1891, pp. 119-121)