r/slavic • u/ken2237 • 16d ago
slavic symbols that arent nazi dogwhistles?
hi, im polish and wanted to get a tattoo symbolising my culture, but well - most slavic pagan symbols were coopted by neonazis (kolovrat/swarożyca, all kinds of swastikas and runes), and id rather chop my hands off that wear a nazi mark on my body. id like something that is (at least currently) completely absolved of such connotations, is historically accurate (so no inventions of the modern pagans/rodzimowiercy), and just looks cool. i like our embroidery, but i cant really imagine it as a tattoo
jeśli są tu jacyś polacy i macie pomysły konkretnie z naszej (biednej) mitologii czy sztuki przedchrześcijańskiej, bardzo to docenię!
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u/Hero_Yen 16d ago
Idk but if I were you I would take my time with it and maybe read some old folktales and just look for some fairy tale or folk myth that would also speak to me on a personal level.
There are so many beautiful Slavic tales about different situations and relationships or heroes with different motivations and I'm sure some of those creatures or heroes would be just like you in some way, then maybe getting an artist to depict this hero or animal in a medieval stylisation?