How to make a motanka doll yourself

The motanka doll is a special type of Slavic doll that people make with their own hands using various fillers. The amulet got its name due to the manufacturing method – motaniya. Since ancient times, such products have been used to protect against visible and invisible evil forces, to attract luck, happiness, and wealth.

Amulet-motanka: how to "wind up" happiness

To make a motanka doll with your own hands, you will need a minimum amount of materials without much expense. Many people love this amulet for its kind and strong energy, as well as for the ease of manufacture. If a motanka doll is made with love in the heart, it will certainly bring happiness to every person who takes it in their hands. Children can play with the doll, both girls and boys love it.

Before creating an unusual toy step by step, it is worth familiarizing yourself with some of the secrets of motanka:

• The doll does not have a face as such; it is usually replaced by a cross, which symbolizes the manifestation of solar energy, complete solitude of soul and body.
• The clothes should also be made with meaning, since all the elements of clothing contribute to the expression of a certain idea. To create a connection with the earth, it is customary to put a skirt on the doll-monatka. To create a connection between the past, present and future of a person, it is recommended to make a shirt with long sleeves. For the energy of infinite space, it is necessary to dress the doll in a kerchief or scarf.

Popular motanka charms and their meaning

There are many types of dolls, each of which has its own purpose.

Swaddle

The swaddling doll is considered the first motanka that should be made for a small child. It was placed in the baby's cradle as a talisman against evil forces, the evil eye and illness.

Ten-handed

This doll with ten arms instead of two was made to make life easier for both young and experienced housewives. It helps to cope with women's duties, gives vigor in household chores and inspires women to do needlework.

Lovebirds

This type of doll has great significance for the Slavs, as it is a wedding doll. It helps protect the young family from bad looks. The toy symbolizes the unification of the male and female principles, which are an inseparable whole.

The Wish Doll

This talisman is designed to provide life experience, consisting of a certain number of acquisitions and losses, taking into account one's mistakes in youth. If the owner of the Wish-maker correctly expresses the wish, the doll will help to fulfill it.

Herbalist

It is necessary to tie 6 knots to the toy in different parts, filling each with herbs. The herbalist must ensure that diseases do not penetrate into the doll owner's house. It is necessary to knead it in your hands, then the herbal spirit spreads around the room, driving away all ailments.

Bereginya doll

The motanka should be hung at the head of the bed or placed in another place above the level of a person's head. With the help of the bereginya, you can protect the house from quarrels, adversity and illness.

Important rules for making a magic toy

To make a motanka doll truly energetically filled, you should read the recommendations.

What is important to know when creating a motanka doll

Tips for creating a talisman:

• One of the main conditions for creating a doll is that it must be knitted by a craftswoman on any day except Friday, Sunday and holidays.
• The amulet must be created in one day.
• The mood and well-being during the process of making the product should be good.
• Before starting work, it is recommended to tune in and imagine the future amulet, filling the image with goodness and love.
• It is important to work wearing a scarf so that no hair from your head accidentally gets into the amulet.
• It is better to sew the clothing elements in advance; they are not allowed to be sewn to the doll itself. They should be fastened together with strong natural thread.
• In order for the amulet to receive the correct charge, it should be made from scraps of clothing worn by the person - the future owner of the amulet. If the doll is intended for a child, it is worth using the parents' things. Do not use pieces of fabric from things in which you had to endure illnesses and a bad state of mind.
• The doll should be filled by the master with straw, cones, dried flowers, flax, twigs, seeds, nuts, grain. If there is no straw, it is recommended to replace it with cotton wool. Synthetic types of materials should not be used.

How to make a talisman magical

To make a motanka magical, before starting work you should decide on the purpose of its creation. It is important not to confuse thoughts, since the result will not be effective. Most often, it is customary to create a product:

• from the evil eye;
• to help treat diseases;
• to protect the family hearth.

Each amulet has its own moon phase:

• full moon is the optimal time to protect the family hearth;
• waning moon – promotes rapid recovery;
• waxing moon – brings a good harvest.

The right choice of colors for a home amulet:

• the use of green and golden shades helps to attract wealth, health and prosperity;
• red color – for happiness and love in the family;
• blue tones will help you achieve career success, adding self-confidence;
• white color is a symbol of purification and healing, as well as the beginning of a new path;
• the use of black will help get rid of damage, evil eye, failures, diseases.

Since ancient times, Masters have sought to enhance the energy of the amulet through the secret meanings of the embroidery elements:

• to attract wealth and prosperity you need to embroider a rhombus;
• with the help of an embroidered cornflower on clothes you can cure eye diseases;
• when making a motanka for a male person, as a gift, you can embroider oak leaves, which symbolize physical and spiritual endurance;
• to avoid colds, you should embroider hops;
• selfish, impure thoughts and the evil eye will pass you by if there is a fiery spinning cross on the doll's clothes.

Experienced craftswomen make talismans so that they are filled with a special magical meaning, adhering to the following rules:

• It is recommended to carry out the winding process on your knees, not on the table;
• winding of threads should be done in the direction of the spiral solar movement, with the help of which rebirth and growth follow;
• the number of thread windings must be odd;
• It is forbidden to cut the thread, it must be as long as possible;
• It is permissible to make only one knot in the navel area, which symbolizes the beginning of a new life; when tying it, you should say a wish;
• The thread for creating the amulet should be red, since it is the color that helps protect a person from evil spirits and has a large charge of vital energy.

How to make a classic motanka-bereginya with your own hands

Step-by-step creation of a talisman that even novice craftswomen can do:

1. The doll should be given a lush shape by winding two rags, the structure should resemble a candy. In the center, one part should be wound with a thread again.
2. Then you need to place the bark tube vertically and glue the divided candy to it on top, creating the image of a chest. Attach the second piece at the bottom.
3. Roll a ball out of the filling and place it on top where the future head will be.
4. By applying fabric, it is necessary to form all parts of the doll's body, rewinding and separating with threads. For this, it is worth using fabric measuring 20 by 20 cm.
5. Around the bottom of the tube you need to wrap fabric in the form of a skirt and fix it with a thread on the belt.
6. A square piece of fabric for creating a shirt should be put on the head, making a cut in the center. Near each palm, it is also worth wrapping the fabric with a thread, forming sleeves.
7. The belt can be made from braided threads.
8. At the last stage, you need to attach a scarf to the doll’s head, wrapping the ends so that they are not visible.

Such a doll has protected every home of Slavic people since ancient times. No less popular talisman for many years was the motanka in the form of an angel, which is usually placed in the most honorable place in the house in order to attract all the benefits and good luck.

With the help of a unique heritage from ancestors, sacred knowledge is preserved in the motanka, helping to protect the house from misfortune. The doll created according to the description of the master class will serve as a talisman for several generations.