The Rusalka (plural Rusalky/Rusalki) is a generally feminine figure from Slavic mythology that has equivalents in various parts of Europe, such as the French Melusine and the Germanic Nixie. She is frequently cruel to humans and frequently associated with water. Folklorists have put out a number of origin theories for the being, including the possibility that it may have its roots in Slavic paganism, where it might also have been viewed as a beneficent spirit. Vladimir Propp claims that the Slavic pagans who first used the term Rusalka associated them with fertility and did not view Rusalki as bad before the nineteenth century. In the spring, they emerged from the water to assist the crops grow by bringing moisture that is necessary for life to the fields. Rusalki are shown in a wide range of mediums in modern culture, especially in Slavic-speaking nations where they typically mimic the idea of the mermaid. The rusalka was also referred to in northern Russia as the vodyanitsa, kupalka, shutovka, and loskotukha. The rusalka was referred to as a mavka in southern Ukraine and Russia. Such names were more prevalent up until the twentieth century, and the word rusalka was thought of by many as academic and erudite. According to nineteenth interpretations, a rusalka is an eerie, perilous entity that is no longer alive and is connected to the impure soul. Young women who have either committed suicide by drowning owing to an unpleasant marriage or who were forcibly drowned (particularly after falling pregnant with undesired children) shall spend the remainder of their allotted time on Earth as Rusalki, according to Dmitry Zelenin. The original Slavic tradition, however, indicates that not all Rusalki incidents were associated with drowning. [Information and Image Credit : Rusalka , Wikipedia] [Image : The Mermaids, 1871, by Ivan Kramskoi Rusalki] [[Image Availed Under Public Domain Work of Art (Please Relate to Individual Image URLs for More Usage Property)][Original Source Image URL : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iwan_Nikolajewitsch_Kramskoj_002.jpg ] #Mythology
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