Silk scarf "Maiden Mountains (Amazonia)"

The scarf is available for pre-order!
The discounted price applies to actual payment received by the end of March. We expect the finished print run to be delivered in May 2026.

Flowers, butterflies, Pasqueflowers on the border of snows and thaws, forget-me-nots and thistle on a precipice under a high sky... Within these shimmers lies the "enchantment" of a hallowed land, a tale of the entire universe and of one sacred place — the Zhiguli Mountains.

Until the mid-20th century, they were called Zheguli — after the reflections of the signal fires of river-farers and outlaws. Or perhaps other fires that burned during the solstices. But since the 15th century, maps and scrolls have guarded another name — the "Devyi Gory" (Maiden Mountains / Mons Virgineus).

Whether it is because the mountain slopes part as tenderly as a maiden, letting the Volga in. Or because it was here that the arrows of warrior-maidens, the legendary Amazons, once rang — on ancient maps, these lands were indeed called "Amazonia."

Another thing is possible: it is only one step from the "Devyi" (Maiden) to the "Divyi" mountains. Div is a mysterious spirit of nature, circling the peaks in the guise of a bird. Where there is a marvel (divo), there is a miracle, the ancient "kudo" (wonder-worker and sorcerer, a Teratological Style in its original sense: wondrous, alive).