Paša Mikušev

"Shaman Wheel": On the painting is depicted the Sun cross, the branches of which point to the four points of compass. Joined are the symbols of heavenly, earthly life and afterlife existence. A bird, flying into the heights, human figures on the wheel and broken human figures as the symbols of afterlife are behind crescents on lower sides of the picture. On the painting is depicted also the shaman himself, who is always painted in black colour and in a lying position, as if he has passed away somewhere between this and the other world. Three tall figures in the lower part of the painting are goddesses of the Earth, who by being painted white, red and black symbolize through these colours different life cycles of a woman from being a girl to becoming an old woman. As colours also white symbolizes morning, red and black accordingly day and evening.