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Mavka – an old Slavic mythological female character, tall, long-haired, and sometimes naked. The nymphs known by this term represented the souls of girls who had died unnatural deaths. They were believed to live in groups in forests, mountain caves, or sheds, which they decorated with rugs. They made thread of stolen flax and wove thin transparent cloth for making clothes for themselves. They loved flowers, which they wore in their hair. In the spring they planted flowers in the mountains, to which they enticed young men, whom they tickled to death. From time to time they held games, dances and orgies. A demon accompanied them on a flute or pipes. They are depicted in Ukrainian literature, most notably in Lesya Ukrainla's Lisova pisnia (The Forest Song) and Mykhailo Kotsubynsky's Tini zabutykh predkiv (Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors).

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Mavka – an old Slavic mythological female character, tall, long-haired, and sometimes naked. The nymphs known by this term represented the souls of girls who had died unnatural deaths. They were believed to live in groups in forests, mountain caves, or sheds, which they decorated with rugs. They made thread of stolen flax and wove thin transparent cloth for making clothes for themselves. They loved flowers, which they wore in their hair. In the spring they planted flowers in the mountains, to which they enticed young men, whom they tickled to death. From time to time they held games, dances and orgies. A demon accompanied them on a flute or pipes. They are depicted in Ukrainian literature, most notably in Lesya Ukrainla's Lisova pisnia (The Forest Song) and Mykhailo Kotsubynsky's Tini zabutykh predkiv (Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors).