​Ukrainian Embroidery: Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test

All Ukrainian embroidery is covered with sacred signs of Water and the Sun. The Sun is often depicted by a rosette or a flower with eight (1) _________ , whilst the sign of Water brings to (2) _________ a coiled grass snake.

These are two elements which created earthly life and that is why they are to be (3) _________ as humid (or moist) material and fiery paternal energy. Symbols for the Earth and the Sun (4) _________ with Water (5) _________the life-giving trinity, were incorporated in the Ukrainian embroidery since ancient time. They are signs of those (6) _________ without which life itself is impossible.

The rhombus signs on the shoulders are symbols of the (7) _________ Mother-Earth, which are generously (8) _________ , warmed by the Sun (9) _________ our life to grow in abundance. But the Earth itself is a part of the Universe with its multitudinous star system and our young Sun which for our (10) _________ was the embodiment of sacred, cosmic fire.