Alicja
@oddtail@meow.social
I'm a non-binary trans girl from Poland. Used to be plural but from what I can tell, I'm not anymore. Into all sorts of geeky nonsense, including ttRPGs, game design, drawing, linguistics, martial arts. Grew up on the Internet and still kinda miss its early 2000s' iteration, despite remembering the many ways it could be awful. I post a lot about politics, my mental health, and transness. I try to approach people with kindness and compassion, but I'm also hopelessly autistic. If I screw up, just tell me. I will do my best to do better going forward. You may probably DM me about anything. If you have a question or a comment, if you want to make friends, if you just want to chat.
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fucking fascists ruining everything; Slavic symbology
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So I'm thinking about tattoo ideas on account of my 40th birthday coming up. I really really want my first tattoo for my 40th birthday.
I almost definitely want the tattoo related to my spirituality, my witchcraft and my Slavic heritage.
So obviously I looked for symbols representing Mara/Marzanna/Morena, the goddess I feel the most kinship towards.
And it came up with this cross symbol.
But, obviously there are Pagan religious symbols, including Eastern European ones, that have been coopted by fascists. The most famous is obviously the swastika, but there are very much others.
And I am not putting a symbol on my skin that is even loosely associated with people who claim to be "rodzimowiercy" (Polish for neopagans borrowing from Slavic mythology, basically) but who are just fascists.
So I kept looking. And wouldn't you know it. The cross is part of the symbol of the Latvian fascists, because of course it is.
Latvians aren't even Slavs!
Are there any symbols left that aren't dragged through shit by fascists? Sigh.
#neopagan #fedicoven