🤗"Motanka"💙💛Ukrainian doll🧵HAND-MADE🧶

Hello everyone!😄🤗

Just do not think: "What a terrible doll?"😱
It is not terrible, it is traditional Ukrainian dolls. They are called Мotanka.😊

The motanka doll is a special kind of Slavic doll made of fabric with different fillers by the method of winding. Hence the name. Rag dolls became an important part of Slavic culture. They were made to protect themselves from visible and invisible evil, to become luckier, richer, happier. Dolls are associated with a huge variety of traditions that have come down to our days.😉

Each doll performed its function. In the photo you see Ten hands. There is a legend connected with this doll:

Once upon a time there was a woman with a lot to do. She got up before the sun, but did not have time to do all the work. She sat down one day and wept. Appeared to her, the goddess Makosh, who was the Protectress of women, female share and needlework. She gave the poor girl another pair of hands, but this gift did not help. So the woman did not keep up with the housework. Then Makosh gave still couple of, but and this uncanny ability not has brought good. The work was unfinished. Just Makosh presented ten hands, and Affairs so and remained unfinished. The goddess was angry with the woman, took away the gift pens, and instead of them gave a doll assistant with ten handles. With her, the woman began to succeed, she managed to do everything.🤲💛🤲💙🤲💛🤲💙🤲

In the modern world, the amulet has not lost its value and is necessary for every housewife to help around the house. If you spend a lot of time at work. You can make a doll and put it in the workplace, which will give strength to complete milestones.😏