Index: General Information and Traditions

General Information and Traditions

1. Pysanka (main page)

What’s New On the Site?

NEWS from the World of Pysanky

Index 1-4: General Information

Index 5: Regional Pysanky

Index 5: Regional Pysanky: Zakerzonia

Index 5: Regional Pysanky: Western

Index 5: Regional Pysanky: Carpathian

Index 5: Regional Pysanky: Central

Index 5: Regional Pysanky: Eastern

Index 5: Regional Pysanky: South

Index 6-9: Pysankarstvo

Index 10-11: My Egg Collections

Index 12: My Modern Pysanky

Index 13: Pysanka Galleries

Index 14: Books

Types of decorated Ukrainian Easter eggs

Social Networking Links

Instruction and Technique Links

Miscellany/Pysankiana

Museum Exhibit 2013

Exhibit Gallery

Cherkasy region

Northern regions

Lviv and Sokal regions

Podillian pysanky

Hutsul pysanky from Kosmach

Bukovynian pysanky

Kursk region, Sumy and the South

Cherkasy region

Diasporan pysanky

Diasporan (including brown) pysanky

Large Diasporan pysanky

2. History, Traditions and Legends
            History
                Ancient
                Kyivan Rus‘
                The Christian Era
                Baturyn Pysanka
                Literary References
                Modern/Ethnographic
                Soviet Era
                Diaspora (North America)
                Diaspora (Brazil)
                Vegreville
                Independence
            Legends
                Pagan Legends
                Christian Legends
                Superstitions
            Pysanka Traditions

When were pysanky written?

Who wrote pysanky?

What preparations were made prior to writing pysanky?

How were pysanky written?

How were pysanky finished?

                         Why were pysanky written?
                Sharing Pysanky
                Talismanic Uses

Biographical Information

Ethnographic Writings (Translations)

Pysanka legends

Folk beliefs and talismanic uses

A history of egg decoration and its origins

3. Ukrainian Easter

Ukrainian Easter customs and traditions

Vintage and Foreign Gallery

Vintage Ukrainian Easter Cards

Czech Easter Cards

Polish Easter cards

Modern Ukrainian Easter Card Gallery

Easter traditions

More Easter traditions

Baskets and Flowers

Religious Cards

Pysanka Postcards

Ukrainian Gift Shop, Part 1

Ukrainian Gift Shop, Part 2

4. Symbolism
Traditional Symbolism

A History of Pysanka Symbols

Geometric Symbols

Geometric Gallery

Sorokoklyn (40 triangles)

Rhombs and Triangles

Scevomorphic Symbols (man-made objects)

Scevomorphic Gallery

Rakes and Combs

Phytomorphic Symbols (plants)

Phytomorphic Gallery

Vazon and the Tree of Life

Sosonka (Horsetail)

Zoomorphic Symbols (animals)

Zoomorphic Gallery

Pagan Religious Symbols

Berehynia/Goddess

Christian Religious Symbols

Christian Gallery

Cosmomorphic Symbols (stars, sun and moon)

Cosmomorphic Gallery

Meander Gallery

Serpiginous lines

The Symbolism of Color

Paganism (the gods of pre-christian Ukraine)

Elements of the Design

Alphabet (Letters)

Alphabet (Letters/table)

Alphabet (Letters/list)

Words: Creating motifs from letters

Temporal Symbols

Days of the Week

Months and Seasons

Phases of the Moon

Encoding the Pysanka

Encoding the Date

Encoding the Message

Trypillian Symbols

Symbols Gallery

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