Pysanka Egg Decorating Dye – Poland

DescriptionThe Pysanka Egg Decorating Dye is imported from Poland and contains 7 vibrant and long-lasting colours. The word pysanka comes from the verb pysaty, “to write” or “to inscribe,” as the designs are not painted on, but written with beeswax. Many superstitions are attached to pysanky. Thought to protect households from evil spirits, catastrophe, lightning, and fires. Eggs with spirals were the most powerful, as unholy creatures would get trapped within the spirals forever. Blessed pysanky would be used to find demons hidden in the dark corners of the home.The eggs held powerful magic and had to be disposed of properly. If a witch got a hold of one she could use the shell to gather dew, and dry up a cow’s milk. The witch could also use bits of the shell to poke people and sicken them. Shells had to be ground up very fine or broken into pieces and tossed into running streams. The cloth used to dry them was powerful and offered its owner healing power. It was very bad luck to trample on a pysanka. God would punish anyone who did with illnesses.Girls would often gift pysanky with heart motifs to young men they fancied. But girls should never give one that had no design on the top and bottom. As this might make the boyfriend soon lose his hair. One Hutsul myth tells of the power of decorated eggs. They are a ward against a dragon of evil, that is chained to a cliff. If not enough pysanky are created the monster will escape and evil will take over the world.