Vyraj Cosmonaut and Cranes T-Shirt | The Slavic Paradise Beyond the Sky

In old Slavic belief, Vyraj, also called Iriy, was a paradise beyond the sky or across the sea, a warm green land where migrating birds flew each autumn and from which they returned in spring. Folk tradition held that the souls of the dead traveled there too, carried on the wings of birds, and cranes, storks and swallows were seen as its messengers.

This design follows a rocket of the early space age as it climbs away from a curved Earth of birch forests and plowed fields, its exhaust drawn like red folk embroidery. Beside it flies a flock of cranes patterned like painted folk art, heading for a golden paradise glowing in the clouds above, a garden of stylized trees and flowers under a rising sun. The cranes know the way to Vyraj, and the rocket follows them up.

Choose your shirt

• Heavyweight: Comfort Colors 1717, 6.1 oz (206 g/m²) ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed for a soft, lived-in feel. Relaxed unisex fit; size down for a closer fit.
• Classic: Gildan 5000, 5.3 oz (180 g/m²) 100% cotton. Regular unisex fit. The same print, for less.

Printed to order: in the EU (Riga) for European orders, in the US for American ones.

Care: wash cold inside out, tumble dry low or hang dry, do not iron the print.