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➞ Post Number 25,000 (Original Post)
Donkees
Feb 2022
OP
They are deeply rooted in the Neolithic Trypillia cultural artifacts of that region ...
Donkees
Feb 2022
#2
They were also considered as healing amulets. There is a legend about pysanky as healing symbols
Donkees
Mar 2022
#11
Congratulations! That pysanky art is beautiful. I have two of those types of eggs
LuckyCharms
Mar 2022
#13
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)1. Gorgeous pysanky! And congratulations!
I learned yesterday that some of the markings on these Ukrainian Easter eggs symbolize goddesses.
Donkees
(31,454 posts)2. They are deeply rooted in the Neolithic Trypillia cultural artifacts of that region ...
Human remains have mainly been recovered from Late CTC contexts6, and ancient DNA (aDNA) studies have so far only been performed on specimens from a Trypillian site called Verteba Cave in Ukraine (Fig. 1). A mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) study on eight Verteba individuals (37002900 cal. BCE) revealed in six cases maternal lineages typical of Anatolian and central European farmers. Two specimens had haplogroup U8b1 that may have been derived from European hunter-gatherers6,8. A subsequent genome-wide analysis in four males from Verteba (39003600 cal. BCE) confirmed the large Neolithic (~80%) and smaller hunter-gatherer (~20%) ancestry components9.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61190-0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61190-0
Wicked Blue
(5,851 posts)3. Pysanky goddess symbols
Donkees
(31,454 posts)5. Yes :)
Donkees
(31,454 posts)6. Virgin Mary Mosaic in Easter Eggs
Museum Complex Sofia Kyivska, Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev, Ukraine, Europe
This mosaic work called "Look into Eternity" is by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Mas. It is an enlarged replication of the upper half of the face of the Virgin Mary from the 17th century icon Virgin Eleusa. The mosaic panel, consisting of 15,000 wooden and in traditional Ukrainian style hand-painted Easter eggs weighting 2.5 tonnes, was exhibited at the Sofia Kyivska National Museum in Kiev, Ukraine.
IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)9. I never knew that some of the designs had meanings either.
And congratulations 🥳
Donkees
(31,454 posts)11. They were also considered as healing amulets. There is a legend about pysanky as healing symbols
being able to overcome hate in the world. That is why I chose them at this time for my 25,000th post.
Fla Dem
(23,745 posts)4. Congrats Donkee!
Beautiful artwork.
Donkees
(31,454 posts)7. Thank you, much appreciated :)
ironflange
(7,781 posts)8. My mom used to make pysanky
I have lots of them on prominent display.
Rhiannon12866
(206,016 posts)10. Congratulations!!!
Kudos on 25,000 and here's to 25,000 more!
Donkees
(31,454 posts)12. Thank you so much :)
LuckyCharms
(17,458 posts)13. Congratulations! That pysanky art is beautiful. I have two of those types of eggs
sitting on my desk right in front of me. They were given to us by a friend, years ago.
Donkees
(31,454 posts)14. Here is a 'Lucky Charm' egg with horseshoe design :)