Fog & Fern Myth & Mystery in Art, Words & Light

Stories, symbols, and soul — through myth, photography, and poetic art

Author: Marina Linnik

  • At some point, we all ask ourselves: “Is this really my life? Where am I going? Why do I feel the absence of depth or joy?”This project is created for those who are seeking answers to such questions. It was born not as a finished system, but as my personal path. I am still learning…

  • Sometimes I catch myself feeling that I’ve lost touch with something essential within.We live in a world overflowing with information, yet finding true answers has not become any easier. The noise of external voices is so loud that the quiet voice of the soul is almost drowned out. This very feeling became the starting point…

  • The quest for origins Across cultures, people have sought to understand where the world came from and what laws sustain it. They spoke in different mythologies, yet always circled the same mysteries: the void from which all things arise, the flow of time that holds them, and the duality through which life moves. 🌀 Chaos:…

  • The Primordial Gaping In the very beginning, before there was earth, sky, or gods, there was only Chaos (Χάος). Hesiod, in his Theogony, describes it as the first of all things. Yet Chaos was not disorder in the modern sense, but rather a yawning abyss — a primordial void, not empty, but pregnant with all…

  • The roots of duality: from chaos to harmony At the very heart of Chinese philosophy lies a symbol so simple, yet so profound, that almost anyone in the world would recognize it — a circle split by a flowing line into black and white halves, each holding a dot of the opposite color. Yin and…

  • Beyond Yin-Yang: another vision of duality If Chinese philosophy gives us the harmony of Yin and Yang, Zoroastrian tradition tells a different story. At its center stands Zerwan (also known as Zurvan) — the mysterious primordial god of Time, Fate, and Destiny. Through him, the world emerges not as a balance of opposites, but as…

  • Mara is the Slavic goddess of death, winter, and dreams. She rules over the stillness when the world sleeps under snow, holding the threshold between life and the afterlife. In her presence, time slows, and every sound is muffled by frost. 💀 Lady of the Last Sleep In ancient Slavic belief, Mara was not only…

  • Hecate is the Greek goddess of magic, the night, and the crossroads — the one who walks between the realms of the living and the dead. She is a guide for those who wander in darkness, carrying torches to light the way. 💀 Guardian Between Worlds Hecate is often depicted holding two torches and standing…

  • Morrigan is the Celtic goddess of war, battle, and the foretelling of victory or defeat. Her name is often translated as Great Queen or Phantom Queen. She appears in the moments when life and death stand side by side, and the mist hides the boundaries between worlds. 💀 Harbinger of Battle In legend, Morrigan often…

  • Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the goddess of fertility and the earth, and Zeus, the king of the gods. Originally, she was Kore — a young maiden, the embodiment of spring, blossoming, and innocence. 💀 The Abduction by Hades One day, while picking flowers in a meadow, Kore noticed a narcissus — a symbol…