Charms and amulets from ancient times helped people protect themselves from negativity, attract love and well-being into life. They can be made with your own hands, and sometimes the words of a prayer or a conspiracy become a strong amulet.
Everyone wants to protect their family and loved ones. For these purposes, people use many different objects, rituals and conspiracies. Charms-prayers for children, husbands and wives were especially valued at all times. The word of a loved one who sincerely wants to protect loved ones has tremendous power that can create a protective cocoon through which no evil can break through.
Charm for daughter
Prayer protecting the native child is read by the mother on the day of the angel. Protective words are pronounced over a sleeping child.
“I protect my sleeping daughter. I turn with a prayer to the Lord Almighty, to the Mother of God-Defender. Protect my child both in a dream and in reality. Any day, any weather, at home or on the road. At a crossroads, at direct way Don't let evil enter her soul. Avert the eyes of wicked people, protect from acquaintances with dashing people. The mother's word is castle. God's grace- key. Amen".
At midnight on the birthday or the day of the daughter's Angel, the mother, standing at the feet of her sleeping daughter with a lit candle, pronounces amulets:
“Intercessor angel, follow my child relentlessly. Accompany her day and night, take care of my heart, my blood, my love. My daughter, flesh from flesh, blood from blood, I give you all protection, I pray for your Angel and Mother of God for protection. Do not back down, do not overlook, take care of my blood. Amen".
Charm for son
This prayer is read by the mother or father on the name day of the child.
“From birth, an angel over my child, covers with wings from grief and misfortune. Protects from any evil. Leads the road of light, does not turn into darkness. I pray to you, protector of my son. Keep him in good health, enlighten the foolish child. I give protection and my own, parental, there is no stronger general patronage. Amen".
“Angel, my son’s guardian, his soul is a bright guardian. Protect my child (name) from any evil, from offenders and evil slander, from damage and the evil eye. So be it, no evil will stick to my son. Water from a goose, thinness from a son. Amen".
Charms for grandchildren
These prayers should be read by the grandmother. The child is given an icon with his patron, named in his hands. A grandmother becomes behind her back, holds her hands above the head of her grandson or granddaughter, uttering defensive words:
“I am the guardian of the family, the ancestor of the grandson. With my will and strength, with unshakable faith, I call on the Guardian Angel, our patron child. Save the priceless blood (name), carry his life through the crowd of infidels. Fill his vessel with true faith, show the true path. Take my word to Heaven, tell all the Higher powers for our child. Amen".
« heavenly forces, look at us sinners, direct, give the strength to raise a child in love and protection. Protect my grandchildren from evil and godlessness, take away the devilish intrigues. With the light of the strength of a newborn, my senile experience and knowledge, with labored hands, I bless my grandson for a rich and sweet life, without grief and disappointment, without shame and tears. So that my grandson only grows in love and affection. Amen".
Charm for husband
“Guardian angels, God's helpers. Follow my betrothed, given by God. Protect him, my husband. From evil people, from evil animals, from death, catastrophe, infidelity and lies. Give reason to my beloved, but the strength of a man to protect the human. I, a wife, pray and repent, I repent of my sins. I give my word and will to protect the strong. May any evil against my husband (name) be powerless. Amen".
Charm for pregnant women
“The Most Holy Theotokos, Jesus Christ, Guardian Angel, I appeal to you, I ask for protection. Protect the child inside the mother's womb from human malice, from disease and misfortune. Protect his mother, promise an easy birth. Let God present the newborn child. Born in the cross, let him be baptized, he will not forget faith in God. Amen".
Amulet protecting the health of loved ones
Take a nail, sprinkle it with holy water, hammer it into the joint and at the same time say protective words:
“I’ll take a nail, I’ll drive it into the joint. Iron in the tree sits firmly, will not jump out, will not fly out. So my relatives will be strong and strong. Angels protect them, they do not allow them to turn off the right path. I pray to all the saints for their health, for their bright souls and immeasurable happiness. Until the nail is bent, it has not jumped out of its nest, all troubles will bypass (names of relatives).
Amulet for yourself
“My life is bright and righteous, like in Christ's bosom. The angel protects me, gives me protection. It does not allow me to turn off the path-road, no matter where my legs lead me. Evil takes away in the light of day, but at night dark. Save, Lord, the sinful servant (name), who sings of You, proclaims Your prayers and glory. Amen".
Take a church candle, stand in front of the holy image and focus on inner prayer. Then imagine how a transparent cocoon closes you. His strength is the stronger, the stronger your faith in the protection given from the Higher powers. Wait until the candle burns out, cross yourself three times and bow to the icon. When you leave, don't turn your back on her.
Amulets-prayers or just protective words can be said at any time. The main thing is the desire and belief that this will help close and dear people. We wish you peace in the family, and do not forget to press the buttons and
Our article will talk about how to create and use amulets for home and family.
Each person considers his home a fortress that can protect from all troubles and troubles. But as practice shows, evil has more power than good, therefore it always tries to penetrate a person’s home and bring something bad to him.
If you do not want your family's life to be overshadowed by hardships and troubles, then try to protect your home with a hand-made amulet.
Why do we need amulets for the home, how do they work, their meaning?
The meaning of amulets and symbols in the houseA hand-made amulet has a fairly powerful energy that can neutralize all the worst. But for it to be so, a person must, during the manufacture of such a protector, have the purest thoughts and think exclusively about something good.
A positive atmosphere permeated with kindness, love and light will make a simple, at first glance, thing strong enough, and in the end it will take on all the bad things that they wish for the house and its household.
The value of the elements of the amulet:
- Needles and pins (protect against damage and the evil eye)
- Slavic symbols (will help to attract good luck)
- Icons (needed to attract heavenly patrons)
- Various seeds (needed for the health of loved ones)
- Herbs (help to scare away evil spirits)
- Coins and banknotes (capable of attracting good luck and wealth)
- Linen and burlap (needed to attract happiness and good luck)
- Round objects (are a symbol of continuous happiness)
What amulet for the house to do with your own hands at the entrance?
Dried flowers wreath If you want to protect your home from everything bad, then make a wreath amulet with your own hands. Such protective talisman can be placed either directly on front door, or somewhere near it. For its manufacture, it is best to use a maximum of natural materials and preferably hand-made.
Remember, your wreath must contain herbs, seeds, flowers and pins (the latter must be disguised so well that they cannot be seen by strangers). In addition, be sure to decorate the finished wreath with bright satin ribbons. The red ribbon will help to establish harmonious relations between households, the yellow one will contribute to the accumulation of financial wealth, and the white one will save all your relatives from anger and envy.
- To start, take a piece of vine and tie it into a circle
- Next, decorate the blank with herbs (they should cover it as tightly as possible)
- In the next step, attach flowers, corn seeds and beans
- When all the details are set, wrap the wreath with satin ribbons and hang it on the door or on the wall near the entrance.
Do-it-yourself Slavic amulet for the home
Making a Beregini doll The most popular Slavic amulet is the Bereginya doll. It is believed that it is she who is able to protect the family from the envy of strangers and from the actions that they are trying to take to harm all family members. In principle, you can make such a doll yourself. But it will be better if you make this amulet together with all family members.
If you wish, you can hide thistle, thyme and petals inside such a Beregini. garden roses. Our ancestors believed that this natural material protects very well from damage and the evil eye, and at the same time attracts positive energy nature. You can see how to make such a Bereginya doll in the figure located a little higher.
Charm for the bedroom, living room, children's room
Charm bottle If you want to make an amulet that looks like an ordinary decor, then make the so-called witch's bottle. To make it, you will need herbs, sharp objects, salt and cereals. All these items will need to be laid out in layers in a bottle, thereby creating a beautiful pattern.
If in the future you will drape the amulet with a bright cloth, then you can additionally fill its neck with wax church candle. By such actions, you will forever seal the negative inside the container and thereby prevent it from re-affecting your loved ones.
The value of bottle filling materials:
- Pins, pushpins and broken glass- scare away all the bad
- Salt - cleans energy from negativity
- Herbs - take away damage and the evil eye
- Cereals - attract good luck and health
Charm for the kitchen with their own hands
Wreath of garlic pepper 
Recommendations for making garlic The most ideal amulet for the kitchen is a wreath of garlic and pepper. If desired, you can make it from natural materials or make an imitation of these vegetable crops, and then make a charm out of them. When making such a protective amulet, you must remember that it is not friendly with coniferous trees, with reeds and plants that curl like creepers.
If you connect them together, then in the end you will get a talisman with dual energy. Garlic and pepper will try to protect you from everything bad, and reeds and coniferous branches On the contrary, they will attract trouble to you. Therefore, it will be better if you attach them to a piece of ordinary rope and decorate with mint and rosemary.
You can see how to make garlic a little higher, and as for the pepper, it is best to make it from salt dough, bake and paint in desired color. For those who do not know, the dough for making crafts is made in the following proportions: 200 g flour, 200 g salt and 50-70 ml water.
Thistle, burdock, bay leaf, herbs, as a talisman for the home
Bouquet of dried flowers As mentioned above, herbs are the most powerful talisman for the home. They absorb negativity quite well and, most importantly, under no circumstances give it back. The only thing you should consider if you use them to protect your home is that they still need to be changed periodically.
As practice shows, after about six months they begin to gradually lose their strength and, as a result, part of the negative begins to fall on people living in the house. As for how to make amulets from such materials, then everything is simple. All that will be required of you is to collect a bouquet from them, tie it with a red thread and place it in the room closer to the windows or doors.
Herbs for home and family protection:
- Ivan da Marya
- Ararat grass
- Fern
- Clover
- Henbane
- Sagebrush
- Thistle
- Nettle
- Oregano
Indoor flowers, plants, as a talisman for the home
Indoor flowers amulets No matter how ridiculous it may sound, but ordinary indoor flowers also able to clean the energy of the house. No wonder our ancestors always put them on the windows, thereby blocking the path to the flow negative energy from the outside. If you also want to protect your home in this way, then check out the list indoor plants with strong protective energy.
So:
- Azalea (protects from envy)
- Scarlet (attracts health)
- Begonia (attracts positive energy)
- Geranium (cuts off aggression and quarrels)
- Callas (fill the house with calmness)
- Cacti (block the path of negativity)
- Violets (clear thoughts of everything bad)
Cross stitch: schemes with descriptions
pattern for love 
pattern for happiness 
health pattern 
Pattern for protection from the evil eye 
money pattern 
Pattern #1 Our great-grandmothers considered embroideries to be quite a strong amulet, so they never threw away things decorated with such man-made patterns, but tried to save them for future generations. If your family does not yet have such a talisman, then try to make it yourself. All you have to do is sew correct symbols and then simply frame them and hang them on the wall.
But remember, since you are making a protective amulet, it is undesirable to use standard flowers or figures to create it. It will be better if you draw on the canvas with threads Slavic symbols, which will attract health, luck and wealth to you and your family. Above you can see pictures that show which symbol will help you get what you want. If you wish, you can arrange them on one canvas and then happiness will always reign in your house.
What icons protect the house?
Icons of amulets for the home Probably not even worth talking about Orthodox icon, consecrated in the church, is a powerful amulet capable of not only protecting, but also healing. In view of this, if you want your house to have an amulet capable of conveying your requests to the Almighty, then be sure to hang several icons in the house. In case you want the protection to be as powerful as possible, then place them in every room.
So:
- Living room - Kazan and the Lord Almighty
- Hallway - Burning bush and the seven-shot icon of the Mother of God
- Kitchen - images of the Holy Trinity and Mother of God or Christ the Savior
- Bedroom - the image of the Guardian Angel, Holy Mother of God or Jesus
Pictures protecting the house
Painting amulet of flowers 
Painting amulet made of natural materials 
Picture of cereals and seeds The house is exactly the place where all household members most often spend time together. That is why you must do everything so that it has the purest energy. Help you to do this original painting. Such amulets are made exclusively from natural materials and always on some big church holiday.
Therefore, it will be better if you buy everything in advance. the right materials, spend preparatory work, and on the appointed day, just sit down and assemble the picture. Yes, and remember that it is best to do this after visiting the church, as it is during this period that your soul will be filled with warmth and light as much as possible.
Pictures can be made from:
- Colors
- Kamushkov
- wooden figurines
- Threads of red, green and yellow
Salt - a talisman for the home: how to apply?
Salt amulet We all know that salt has a fairly strong energy and if you know how to use it, then with its help you can get rid of many troubles. For example, if you do not want bad energy to enter your house, then simply make a strip of this product near the door (it should be parallel to the entrance), while reading the Our Father prayer.
In case you want to make an amulet from salt, then just sew from any natural material bag and put it in thursday salt(it is done before Easter). If you place such a talisman in the living room, then it will take away all the negativity that ill-wishers will bring to your house.
Bast shoes, figurines: where to put or hang a charm in the house?
Figurines amulets for home As for bast shoes, it is best to place them in the kitchen, or rather, hang them near a door or window. Since the negative will enter this room through them, in this way you can at least minimize it. negative impact. But figurines are best placed in the house, taking into account what you want to get from them in the end.
So:
- Eastern part of the house (helps attract wealth and success)
- The western part of the house (will help to ensure that your household does not get sick)
- The southern part of the house (attracts positive energy to the home)
- The northern part of the house (protects from damage and the evil eye)
How to make a homemade horseshoe amulet with your own hands?
Recommendations for making a horseshoe You can see how to make a horseshoe with your own hands in the master class posted a little higher, so now we will tell you in more detail how to properly place such a talisman.
So:
- Ends up (the amulet will help save money)
- Ends down (the amulet will take away negativity and envy from you)
- Tips to the right side (the amulet will give you health)
- Tips to the left side (the amulet will attract love)
How to make a home amulet from salt dough with your own hands?
Salt dough horseshoe 
Salt dough sunshine 
Figure #1 If you will be making a salt dough amulet for the first time in your life, then give preference to the simplest figures that you can simply cut out of dough and then color. At the beginning of our article, we already told you how to prepare the dough for such a talisman, so now we will teach you how to bake it correctly.
- Cut out the shape you want from the dough
- Apply special runes to it (see pic number 1)
- Put everything on a silicone mat and transfer to a baking sheet
- Preheat the oven to 120 degrees and place a baking sheet with blanks in it
- When they become firm, turn off the oven and wait for it to cool completely.
Figurines for amulets:
- The sun
- Birds
- Loaf
- Female
- The male
- Child
- Flowers
- Trees
- wreaths
- horseshoes
- coins
How to crochet a charm?
Crochet bast shoes 
crochet brownie If you know how to crochet, then you can try to make crafts from threads. But keep in mind, if you want such a talisman to have an extremely positive effect on you and your family members, then use red, white, green, yellow and blue threads to create it.
It is best not to use black yarn at all, as it will slightly weaken the positive energy of the finished product. Yes, and if you want to make such talismans more powerful, then be sure to put the right items inside them. These can be herbs, flowers, salt and various cereals or legumes.
How to draw a charm?
Draw an Angel 
Draw Brownie 
We draw Beregin 
Draw birds 
Draw trees As you probably already understood, any thing can become a talisman, the main thing is that during its manufacture a person thinks only about the good. That is why, if you wish, you can make a protective talisman even from your own drawing. If you depict a brownie, a Breginya doll, or even the same bast shoes in the drawing, and speak everything correctly, you can get a fairly strong amulet.
The best part is that you can quite easily hang such a picture even in a child’s room, without fear of unnecessary questions from your child. Above we bring to your attention a few sketches that you can use to create a painted amulet.
How to make a charm for the house from bad, evil and envious people?
Making a charm from evil people In our article, we have already introduced you to many different amulets that protect a person’s home very well from everything bad. The amulet, a master class for the manufacture of which you can see a little higher, is also able to cope with human problems no worse than the others. Moreover, it is the eye of God that can provide protection for decades.
According to people who know, the longer you use it, the more protective energy it begins to possess. As for where to place it, there are no surprises here. If desired, you can decorate doors, windows, walls and even furniture with it.
How to make a charm for the house from enemies?
Amulet pouch If you want to protect your home from enemies, then make a special protective amulet who won't give bad energy do your thing. So, sew a small bag out of white linen and fill it with mint, lavender, Easter salt and push pins.
Be sure to tie the bag with red woolen thread and mark it on the wall above the door with outside dwellings. But keep in mind, you need to place it in such a way that your enemies do not see it. Therefore, it would be better if you prudently hang in this place, for example, flower pot or some other decorative element.
How to make a talisman for the house from thieves?
Prayer for a conspiracy If you need to make a talisman against thieves, then go to church, pray to God, and then buy a church candle. Bring it home, pray again in front of the icons, and then light it and start going around your home.
Do it slowly and be sure to read the plot located a little higher. After going around the whole house, put a candle in the hallway and wait until it almost burns out. Then take all that is left of it, wrap it in red cloth and bury it at the threshold of the house.
How to make a charm for the house from adversity?
Pillow amulet 
Symbols for embroidery The simplest craft that protects against adversity is a small pillow amulet. As a rule, it is made of linen and necessarily decorated with Slavic embroidery. It is believed that it is these ancient symbols that endow simple material with the power to protect against everything bad. Such a pillow can have completely different sizes.
If you need such a charm to be taken with you, then make a palm-sized product and carry it with you in your bag. If you need a pillow amulet solely to protect your home, then it can have quite standard sizes.
Just so that she can protect you from all adversity, be sure to put thistle, mint, nettle and oregano in her filler. These herbs will enhance the action of the Slavic tower, thereby making your amulet almost omnipotent.
How to make a charm for the house from damage and the evil eye?
Amulet from Pochi If you want to protect the house from damage, then the same Easter salt and dried nettle will help you do this. The latter will need to be collected on a full moon, and then dried at daylight. After the nettle is ready, it will need to be transferred to a wooden chest and be sure to sprinkle it with salt.
After the chest is full, close it with a lock, the key from which you throw into the river. Thus, you will help to ensure that all the negativity that the nettle and salt will subsequently absorb will never break out.
Signs and amulets during the construction of a house, a project of a house from a log of the amulet type: reviews
Slavic amulet for home Alexei: My parents are very superstitious, so they started building our family nest in early spring because they believed that it would bring them happiness. As time has shown, our home really turned out to be very happy. Neither the parents, nor we, their children have experienced even a minimum of negativity during all this time.
Natalia: I'm still planning on building. own house, but I already know for sure that when laying the first crown, I will definitely put money under it for wealth and natural wool for warmth.
How to properly place the amulets-talismans in the house?
Brownie on the wall I would immediately like to say that in order for the amulets to protect you as effectively as possible, you need to stir them in such a way that the person who has just entered cannot see them directly from the threshold. If it is a hostile guest, then he will make your talisman weaker, which means that some of the negativity will still get into your home.
In addition, you must remember that there are amulets that, in general, need to be hidden from the eyes of your guests. These include talismans that protect against damage, the evil eye and thieves. This category also includes amulets made for the children's room. They are best hidden under the child's pillow or hung on the bed, so that only you know about its presence.
What items should not be in your home?
Broken dishes bring bad luck If you want your home to bypass all the troubles and troubles, then do general cleaning and throw out of it all the things that attract negativity.
These things include:
- climbing plants
- Dishes covered with cracks and chips
- torn clothes
- old shoes
- cracked mirrors
- Paintings depicting scary scenes
What to do with purchased, donated amulets?
Cleansing amulets with fire As a rule, purchased and donated amulets take over part of the energy of the one who made or donated them. Therefore, in no case should such a talisman be placed in your home without first cleaning the energy.
An ordinary church candle will help you do this. All you have to do is just light it and hold the gift or purchased item over it for 7 minutes. This procedure will need to be repeated 3 times and after that you can safely use the amulet for its intended purpose.
Video: Broom-amulet. Handmade/Charm
, Morena, Morana) in Slavic mythology- Goddess of death and winter. Her name comes from the root "mor", meaning death; in our language there are many words related to the name of this formidable deity: haze (gloom), zamerek (first winter), frosts (initial frosts), finally, pestilence (epidemic) and mara (evil spirit, ghost). Some researchers folk tradition they see Marena in a Russian familiar to each of us since childhood fairy tales- remember her gloomy abode, surrounded by human skulls impaled on stakes ... However, Makosh is also associated with the same character - the goddess of fate, harvest, female magic and needlework ... we will talk about her another time.
death in folk performances can take on different forms. Sometimes she is a monster that combines human and bestial features - we find such a description of Death, for example, in a verse about Anika the warrior:
“Anika is going through the field,
A miracle rides towards Anika:
He has a human head
The miracle has hair to the waist,
The body of the miracle is animal,
And the miracle has horse legs "
Often the goddess of Death is depicted as a skeleton with bared teeth or an old woman - this image is very common today: who among us does not know who the "old woman with a scythe" is? Speaking of the scythe, in addition to this tool, Marena seemed to our ancestors armed with a sickle, saw, spade and trident. A.N. Afanasiev, an outstanding Russian scientist of the century before last, writes about this: “Such a situation directly followed from the metaphorical expressions of the ancient language, which compared the destructive power of death with concepts that are closest and accessible to the farmer and carpenter: Death mows and rakes in human lives, like a scythe and a rake field grass; reaps the human race like a sickle of ears (“like unripe wheat”); she, as it were, takes out an invisible saw and, rubbing it over the bones and veins of the back, relaxes the person - and he falls like a sawn tree; Finally, Death, working with a spade, digs fresh graves for people. Our forefathers even spoke about the war in the language of peasant labor - the Tale of Igor's Campaign says:
“On Nemiz, sheaves lay their heads,
thresh the chains with haraluzhny,
they put the belly on the totse,
blow the soul from the body.
Another image of Death is also known: sometimes Marena comes in the guise of a bride. Classic example such a perception - "Black Raven", a folk song about a dying warrior:
"You tell my dear
I married another
Kalena arrow crowned
In the midst of the fatal battle"
Death is a force hostile to people, but our ancestors did not consider it some kind of “absolute evil”. What would the world be like if the obsolete did not go away? Death and Life, Winter and Summer, Darkness and Light are parts of a single whole, whose name is the Universe ... In one folk tale the cunning soldier put Death in a sack and hung it on the top of a tall aspen. “From this very time, the people ceased to die: to be born - is born, and does not die! Many years have passed, the soldier does not remove all the bags. It happened once that he entered the city; goes, and an ancient old woman meets him: in which direction the wind blows, she falls in that direction. “Look, what an old woman! - said the soldier, - tea, it's time to die! - Yes, father! - answers the old woman, - it's time for me to die; even at the time you put Death in a sack, there was only one hour left of my whole life in this world. I would be glad to rest, but without Death the earth does not accept, and you, servant, for this from God an unforgiven sin! after all, not one soul in the world is tormented in the same way!
The attitude towards death in the old days was completely different. Our ancestors did not have a panicky fear of it, which is so characteristic of modern people, brought up in the spirit of "scientific atheism" - after all, for them, death was not the end of existence, but a transition to the Other World. I.S. Turgenev wrote in his Notes of a Hunter: “The Russian peasant is dying amazingly! His state before death cannot be called either indifference or stupidity; he dies as if performing a ritual: cold and simple. Can still be found in Russian cemeteries headstones, which indicate that the deceased knew (!!!) the term own death, he made a stone himself and said goodbye to relatives and friends before leaving ... How far we are from such a vision of the World ...
In the old days, the pagans of many nations had their own goddesses of death in mythology. They were feared and worshiped in order to protect their home from illness and grief associated with the loss of loved ones. Our ancestors were no exception in this regard. The Slavic goddess of death bore the name Marena, which was abbreviated as Mara. In Sanskrit, the word "mara" means "destroying", "killing". The roots of this name stretch to the Indo-European "mar / pestilence", associated with pestilence and epidemic. Note that the goddess of death was related not only to the transition to the world of the dead, but also to the rituals of calling rain and to the seasonal periods of resurrection and dying of nature.
Genealogy
According to one of the myths, Mara is the daughter of the Black Snake, who guards the transition along the Kalinov Bridge from Yavi to Nav, and the granddaughter of the Lizard, the father of universal evil and the lord of the underworld. Her husband is Koschey (one of the images of Chernobog), who is her brother on her father's side. From him, the goddess of death gave birth to daughters: Ledyanitsa, Nemocha, Vodyanitsa, Zamora, Snezhana and others associated with crop failure, dying, pestilence, etc.
Image of Mary
In Slavic beliefs, the attitude towards this character is ambivalent. In some myths, the goddess of death appears in the form of a hunched old woman with loose and long hair or a shaggy tall woman dressed in rags and all black. In other legends, Marena is a beautiful dark-haired girl in white or red clothes, who sometimes appears among the ripening bread. From this we can conclude that for the Slavs the goddess of death was neither good nor evil. For the ancestors, she was the embodiment not so much as fate, on which the changes in the lives of the inhabitants of the house depended. On the one hand, it brings death, but at the same time it also bestows new life. Marena's favorite occupation is needlework. Moreover, it was believed that she uses the threads of fate of creatures living on earth in the yarn. Depending on how they are woven into the pattern created by the goddess, certain turning points in life will occur. And if the thread is cut, then a person or another creature will cease to exist.
Mara's abilities
Slavic goddess death is able to stop the passage of time, both locally and globally. Its possibilities are infinitely great: it controls the death and life of not only ordinary beings, but also the immortal gods. In addition, Mara is a beautiful sorceress, capable of changing the world beyond recognition, but only for a short time.
How the goddess of death was worshiped
It was not customary to erect temples in honor of Marena. The goddess of death had several permanent places in which she was honored. At the same time, the rituals took place not just like that, on open space, but at an idol carved from wood. In addition, for the same purposes, sometimes a straw image of Mary, surrounded by stones, was installed on the ground. After the ceremony was completed, all this was taken apart and either burned or thrown into the river. Marena was revered on February 15, and straw, flowers and various fruits were brought to her as a gift. Very rarely, only in the years of great epidemics, animals were sacrificed to the goddess of death, depriving them of their lives right at the altar itself.
Morena is the goddess of barren, painful decrepitude, the withering of life and its inevitable end - death.Everything falls into oblivion, life fades, nature falls asleep.
Other names of Morana are Maara, Marena, Morena, Mora, Pestilence, haze, darkness, haze, fool, death.
However, common concepts about Good and Evil, about Life and Death are not applicable to Nature.
In the Universe, Life and Death are one whole. If not for Moran, Nature-Makosh would not be able to rest, constantly bear fruit and sooner or later would become barren.
That is why the image of Mary was seen as a combination of birth, fertility and death, necessary for the renewal and continuation of Life on Earth. It gives you the opportunity to relax natural world, cleanses it, like a predator, from the weak and sick.
There is no death in nature - a grain dies as a grain in order to be reborn as an ear, the earth falls asleep for the winter in order to be reborn with new forces in the spring ...
So the human soul is eternal, but the carnal shell is temporary, it wears out like clothes and needs to be changed.
After the death of the soul good man is released, and become the Spirit-Patron of his Family, in order to later incarnate again. And the bad - disappears, dissolves in space.
It is with these ideas that the oldest Slavic funeral rite is associated - the burning of the deceased on a special fire - Krade. Fire is sacred, it allows the soul to immediately free itself from bodily fetters and, together with smoke, ascend to Light Svarga, Iriy, Slavic Paradise to the Ancestors and Gods.
The Moranes were also grateful for the freshness that comes with frost, snowballs, patterns on the windows and all kinds of winter fun.
The Slavs did not forget about how Morana "sent a cold and froze the fierce enemies of Russia, protecting her possessions and her people."
March 22 (berezozola, whistle, dry according to the Slavic calendar) - on the day spring equinox when spring is gaining its highest power and strength, they arrange funny Games and fun, pancakes are baked (a symbol of the sun and the coming spring) and an effigy of Mary is burned. This ritual symbolizes the end of Morana's time and her farewell, along with frost, snow and blizzards. Since ancient times, this holiday has been called Komoyeditsa or Shrovetide (from the ancient "com" - a bear that wakes up in the spring).
The word "pestilence" means the total and sudden death of entire peoples and states, "starve" - to kill.
In these words, the memory of a cruel, implacable goddess is preserved, to whom no victims are pleasing, except for withered flowers, rotten fruits, fallen leaves and extinct human lives.
In Ukraine, a rite-amulet against this evil force has been preserved. On the eve of Ivan's Day, they make a straw idol Kupalg - sometimes the size of a child, and sometimes the real height of a person. They put on a women's shirt, a monista and wreaths of flowers. Then they cut down the tree, hung it with ribbons and wreaths and set it up in the place chosen for the game.
This tree is called Morena; a dressed-up doll is placed under it, and next to it is a table with various snacks and drinks.
Then ignite big bonfire and begin to jump over it in pairs (well done with the girls), holding a Kupala doll in their hands. Games and songs continue until dawn.
The next day, the doll and Morena are brought to the river, their decorations are torn off and they are thrown into the water, hoping to save themselves from illness, death, and, of course, other worldly troubles in the near future.
Akin to Morena and Martsana - the goddess of death of all living beings except humans: it is with her help that hunters, fishermen and trappers get prey.
Slavic mythology
Morana (Mara, Morena) - a powerful and formidable Deity, the Goddess of Winter and Death, Koshchei's wife and Lada's daughter, Zhiva and Lely's sister.
Marana among the Slavs in ancient times was considered the embodiment of unclean forces. She had no family and wandered in the snow, visiting people from time to time to do her dirty work. The name Morana (Morena) is indeed related to such words as "pestilence", "haze", "gloom", "haze", "fool", "death".
Legends tell how Morana, with evil henchmen, every morning tries to lie in wait and destroy the Sun, but every time she retreats in horror before his radiant power and beauty.
Her symbols are the Black Moon, piles of broken skulls, and a sickle with which she cuts the Threads of Life.
The possessions of Morena, according to Ancient Tales, lie behind the Black Currant River, which separates Yav and Nav, across which the Kalinov Bridge is thrown, guarded by the Three-Headed Serpent ...
In contrast to Zhiva and Yarila, Marena embodies the triumph of Mari - "Dead Water" (Will to Death), that is, the Force opposite to the Life-Giving Solar Yari. But the Death bestowed by Marena is not a complete interruption of the Currents of Life as such, but is only a transition to Another Life, to a new Beginning, for it is so laid down by the Almighty Sort that after Winter, which takes away everything that has become obsolete, a new Spring always comes .. .
The straw effigy, which to this day is still burned in some places during the feast of the ancient Maslenitsa at the time of the vernal equinox, undoubtedly belongs to Morena, the Goddess of death and cold. And every winter she takes over.
But even after the departure of Winter-Death, her numerous servants, maras, remained with people.
According to the legends of the ancient Slavs, these are evil spirits of diseases, they carry their heads under their arms, wander at night under the windows of houses and whisper the names of household members: whoever responds to the voice of mara will die.
The Germans are sure that the Maruts are the spirits of fierce warriors. The Swedes and Danes consider them to be the souls of the dead, the Bulgarians are sure that the Marys are the souls of babies who died unbaptized. The Belarusians believed that Morana conveys the dead to Baba Yaga, who feeds on the souls of the dead.
In Sanskrit, the word "ahi" means serpent, snake.
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DEAD MOUNTAIN
In the year 1200 after the birth of Christ, a great and terrible miracle happened in the village of Diveevo. On the 26th day of the month of senozornik, in other words, on the 26th day, the youth Ash, baptized by Bartholomew, collected medicinal herbs on Curly Mountain at sunset.
And suddenly he sees: walking past an oak burned by lightning, a woman in a white robe, some sewn with gold, and in a golden crown. In one hand she held outlandish, pale flowers, as if made of wax, and in the other, a scythe with a silver knob.
And the youth Yasenya became so scared that for a short time he fainted and lost his mind, and when he came to himself, he rushed with all his might to his native Diveevo, told his father-mother about what he saw.
You, Ash, are a well-known master of scary tales to weave, - said the father. - Know lie, but do not lie.
Yes, the kid is not lying, do you hear? Trouble has come. What year is it?
Leap year, in addition, say the astrologers, the end of the century-century. So the evil Morena is coming to us - it will wipe everyone out overnight. This has already happened when I myself was in adolescence.
Oh, oh, all-merciful Svarog and you, the Lord-Savior, what are you punishing for ?! howled the mother.
Come on, get me off the stove! - commanded the great-grandfather, and when they put him on the bench, he said: - You, granddaughters, take the brown horse out of the stable. You will put me on horseback, you will tie your legs to the stirrups so that you do not fall, you will give me a battle bow and a quiver of arrows. You, a woman, run around the village, tell people to jump out of their houses and fall on the grass in a layer, like the dead, struck down overnight by lightning. And you, Ash, when you see Morena again, start sobbing and reproaching Perun for killing innocent people. Alive! No time to hesitate!
After some time, seeing Morena at the end of the village, the youth Ash burst into bitter tears, began to wail loudly and threaten heaven with his fist:
The omnipotent Perun! Why did he punish innocent people with fierce death from his arrows? Why are you messing around?!
Morena looked in bewilderment at the defeated people, approached the youth, looked into his eyes with her dead eyes - and walked to the river, and then hid behind the river in an aspen forest, making her way to no one knows where.
After some more time, people began to rise from the grass, thanks to Svarog, Svarozhich and Christ the Savior, who did not allow the untimely death of the entire village. And the peasants, together with the lad Yasen, went to Curly Mountain.
And what? At its foot, near the spring, they saw a great and terrible miracle. Two skeletons rested on the grass: a rider and a horse. The horseman's legs were tied to the stirrups, and he held a combat bow in his hands, but there was not a single arrow in the quiver.
The peasants were silent for a long time, and the lad Yasen shed tears over his great-grandfather Rodomysl, in baptism Antip, and over the bulan horse.
The next day, right there, on Mount Kudryavaya, they buried the bones in the ground, hoisting a wooden cross. Only since that time this mountain, near the village of Diveeva, has been called Dead.
"DO YOU SLEEP, GOOD PEOPLE?"
Morena either flies like a butterfly at night and suffocates people while they sleep, or roams the earth. He will dress up in his best clothes, put a crown on his head, pick up a bouquet of flowers that bloom only on grave hills and are called, as if in mockery, immortals - and walks through cities and villages, stealthily peeks into houses. Sometimes he knocks on the window and asks:
What you are doing? Do you sleep, good people?
If they answer:
Sleep! - Morena whispers:
Sleep forever! - and after that, someone living in this house will get sick, or even die.
A. REMIZOV. MARA MORENA
He walks through the meadows, along the field of Mara Morena, cuckoos softly and sadly, exhausts the road with melancholy The leaves are noisy on the staggering aspen without wind. Boiling boiling-key combustible.
Mara Morena walks, does not trample grass, does not break flowers. Halfway along, she looked back - her sad eyes looked, - she shone a star in the distance ... Mara Morena will look, she will enlighten - she will brighten up the whole world and destroy her. Everything will follow her.
Everything will die Mara Morena - in one hand a sickle, in the other a green wreath. It will dry up the heart, knock down the age-old, break the inseparable, blow the winds, cover the warm sun with loose snow, wave the warm oaks.
And the day will be eclipsed with joy.
And the darling will not know about the darling, they will forget: am I you, are you me ...
Mara-Morena goes, muddied the Currant River, opens the water lilies and goes further, ascends the mountains - the mountains jostle, and further along the valley, across a large field.
And an unfavorable cloud with heavy rain rose up after her, unbearable.
The Mogul bird rushes like a stone to the stars, and happiness-feather, boiling with resin, falls to the happy one.
Stop! Do not humiliate, do not tame the innocent heart, overflowing.
There the wolf, sensing his death, howled.
And the sky merges with the earth.
