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Slavic Saturday returns to its proper day this week as we return with another deity: Mokosz (Mokosh), the Great Mother and the Slavic protector of women. (June 2021 Updated) Note: If you enjoy Slavic mythology, check out A Dagger in the Winds, the first book in my Slavic fantasy series called The Frostmarked Chronicles. You […]

After a couple unusual weeks in my Slavic Saturday series, I’m continuing the trend by doing this post on Sunday. An out of town wedding took up my Saturday, but I’m excited to be talking about another demon in Slavic mythology this week, the utopiec (or topielec). This creature plays an important role in the

After another week of work, I’m finally approaching the finish of my second draft/rewrite of book 1 in my Slavic fantasy series. It’s been a lot of work adding a second point-of-view and reworking it, but I’m confident the work will pay off. For this Slavic Saturday, though, I wanted to talk about the clothing

So, I’m going to be brutally honest here and start off by saying it’s been a long week. Between the continuing COVID-19 crisis, racial tensions in the US plus the riots of recent days, and the discovery that an alt-right anti-LGBTQ group on 4chan decided to use a name that happens to be the name

Another week of editing my first Slavic fantasy book and working from home had me thinking about a popular character from Slavic mythology for this week’s Slavic Saturday post. The Domowik (or Domovoy outside of Poland), is well-known and quite literally a household name in Slavic countries, so that’s our topic for today! (June 2021

As I’ve worked on my first Slavic fantasy book and this Slavic Saturday series, Harin, a friend of mine, made me promise I would do a post on probably the most well-known character in Slavic myth: Baba Jaga. I received my calendar reminder this morning, and a promise is a promise, so here we go!

It’s finally starting to feel like spring here in Illinois as I work on my Slavic fantasy book series, so on this Slavic Saturday, I thought it would be a great time to talk about another Slavic spring god: Jaryło. (June 2021 Updated) Note: If you enjoy Slavic mythology, check out A Dagger in the

It’s been a while since I’ve talked about a demon in my Slavic Saturday posts, but it’s time to fix that! So on this week’s post, we’ll be talking about one of the creatures that may have been one of the origins of vampires: the Polish strzyga. (June 2021 Updated) Note: If you enjoy Slavic

It’s another Saturday, so it’s time for another Slavic Saturday post! As I’ve been writing, I’ve also been helping my wife, who is a naturalist, during a competition this weekend called City Nature Challenge, and taking pictures of birds got me thinking about their role in Slavic folklore and mythology. (June 2021 Updated) Note: If

On this Slavic Saturday I can officially announce that the first draft of Book 1 in my Slavic fantasy series has been completed. I’m super excited to share more about that soon, but right now, I want to focus on an animal that plays a role both in modern society and Slavic folklore—the cat. While