Russian Fairytale Socks
Description: The Mistress Of Copper Mountain is a popular Russian fairytale figure who controls the rich mineral deposits of the Ural Mountains. She wears a malachite dress and has lizard servants (sometimes appears as a lizard herself!). She has rooms of different stones - here she is pictured with her garden of copper flowers, bees of gold, and walls of lapis lazuli.
Description: Mishka is a bear, a character that frequently appears in Russian fairytales and folklore. He is generally portrayed as rather kindly, good-natured, but not always particularly smart. He is shown here playing the balalaika. The border of this illustration was inspired by the Russian folk art khokhloma.
Description: A mandala featuring the Slavic witch Baba Yaga, her hut on chicken legs surrounded by a fence of human skulls and bones, mushrooms, and her pets (cat, raven, owl). Autumn leaves swirl around her as she flies on her mortar and pestle. Two sayings associated with her and her hut are also written in Russian ("Foo, foo! I smell a a Russian smell!" and the poem to make the hut turn around so that you can enter it).
Description: Lisa Patrikeyevna is a fox, a character that frequently appears in Russian fairytales and folklore. She is usually something of a trickster, sly and cunning. Oftentimes she is at odds with a male wolf, who is the victim of her tricks. Other times, she is involved with (and sometimes getting married to) other creatures. The border of this illustration was inspired by a type of Russian folk art known as khokhloma.
Description: Scenes from the classic Russian fairy tale are depicted in this whimsical illustration. On the right, the wicked stepmother orders her husband to take his daughter to the forest and leave her there to die. In the center, the girl receives gifts from Morozko. Magical snowflakes from Morozko's staff dance around the borders.
