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Wicked Blue

(5,767 posts)
1. Gorgeous pysanky! And congratulations!
Mon Feb 28, 2022, 10:37 AM
Feb 2022


I learned yesterday that some of the markings on these Ukrainian Easter eggs symbolize goddesses.

Donkees

(31,079 posts)
2. They are deeply rooted in the Neolithic Trypillia cultural artifacts of that region ...
Mon Feb 28, 2022, 11:17 AM
Feb 2022
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 (3700–2900?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 (3900–3600?cal. BCE) confirmed the large Neolithic (~80%) and smaller hunter-gatherer (~20%) ancestry components9.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61190-0

Donkees

(31,079 posts)
6. Virgin Mary Mosaic in Easter Eggs
Mon Feb 28, 2022, 11:45 AM
Feb 2022




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.

Donkees

(31,079 posts)
11. They were also considered as healing amulets. There is a legend about pysanky as healing symbols
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 06:17 AM
Mar 2022

being able to overcome hate in the world. That is why I chose them at this time for my 25,000th post.

LuckyCharms

(17,286 posts)
13. Congratulations! That pysanky art is beautiful. I have two of those types of eggs
Tue Mar 1, 2022, 08:08 AM
Mar 2022

sitting on my desk right in front of me. They were given to us by a friend, years ago.

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