Lecture "Mermaid in Ukrainian mythology and Shevchenko's work"

About the Event

Who was the mermaid in the folk ideas of Ukrainians - a mythical image, a warning or a symbol of the border between worlds? And how does this image appear in the work of Taras Shevchenko?
Anastasia Kryvenko's lecture will reveal a little-known dimension of Shevchenko - as a researcher of folklore, folk beliefs and the mythological world of Ukrainians.
The focus of the conversation is the image of the mermaid in the Ukrainian tradition, its symbolism and reinterpretation in Shevchenko's work.

About the lecturer: Anastasia Kryvenko - Candidate of Historical Sciences in Ethnology, Head of the Ethnography Department of the Klymentiy Sheptytsky Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Lviv, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnology of the NAS of Ukraine, Author of the ethnological blog folk.believes

Date: May 29, 19:00
Duration: 60 min.
Cost: 400 UAH.
The number of places is limited.

Guests of the event will have access to the gallery without a queue from 6:00 PM — you will also be able to visit the “HIM” exhibition before the lecture.