Western Podillia (Ternopil oblast) has preserved some truly ancient pysanka motifs; on their black pysanky you will find representations of the Berehynia

and of the Zmiya (Serpent god).

In eastern Podillia (Khmelnytskyi and Vinnytsia oblasts) the pysanky are more colorful; plant and archaic (hand of god, pavuky, tortoise) motifs are quite common. The sakvy division is popular here, and stripes are often used as color fill, as in this “Hand of God” pysanka:

Many hundreds of these pysanky and their designs have been preserved in manuscripts and museum collections, both in Ukraine and in Europe.