Slavs believed that evil has many faces. In their mythology, there was an interesting character - a fiery serpent. In Western countries there is a similar creature - an incubus. He seduces widows and maidens, taking away their vitality. They say that the fiery serpent can still penetrate the dwellings of careless beauties, doing its dirty work. How to deal with it without falling for tricks? Let's figure it out.
Description
This mythological creature received different names in the villages. Some called him "a serpent-lubaka", others - "fiery raid", others called him more simply - "maniac", the fourth - "charm". However, everyone described the purpose of his appearance in the same way. The essence came only to widows and unmarried girls and seduced with wonderful gifts. Having surrendered to the tempter, the woman withered from a strange passion, perished.
The fiery serpent did not appear to everyone. On the paths and roads in the evenings, he scattered the bait - all kinds of gifts. either the ring orput a beautiful handkerchief, then hang shiny beads on the bushes. A fiery serpent appeared at night to that girl who lifts an object without blessing. With a luminous rocker or a fiery broom, he flies up to the chimney of the hut and penetrates inside. And before the beauty, he appears in the guise of a man whom she misses. If a widow is chosen as a victim, then the spirit looks like her late husband, the maiden is an absent friend.
It is easy to recognize a charmer, to distinguish from a real young man: he, as they say, has no backbone. Like any other evil spirits, the fiery serpent cannot correctly pronounce the names of the saints. For example, in his mouth the Lord is "Sus Christ", and his mother is "Wonderful".
Why does the charmer come to his victim?
The evil spirit of the Slavs appears as a punishment for sins. The fact is that pious people were forbidden to grieve for the dead, to yearn for the absent. This was considered an unworthy, bad deed. Such feelings arose only among those who did not believe enough, and this is already a serious sin. In addition, the tempter could be interested in a girl who lost her innocence before the wedding. The fiery serpent felt that the woman was sinful and tried to seduce her.
At first, the snake tossed her gifts, testing her. If she showed unreasonable greed, then he himself appeared. This mythological creature, as the legends say, had sexual intercourse with a sinner. The woman suffered from it. She transferred her feeling to the absent (or deceased) loved one to the evil spirit, that is, she gave him vital energy. From thisher he alth, both physical and spiritual, suffered. The girl gradually fell into dependence on the caresses of the demon, suffered when he was gone. Communication could lead to a false pregnancy. According to legend, the fetus was in the body for an abnormally long time - up to several years. When childbirth came, instead of a baby, sand or a firebrand came out of the womb. Sometimes the child was still born. It was black, cold, with hooves instead of legs. Such a fruit of devilish passion did not live long.
How the fiery serpent was cast out
Slavic mythology contains several recipes for fighting evil forces. The sick woman was given a decoction of herbs or burdock. The same plants were hung on the walls of the room as a talisman. It was desirable that the woman told a stranger about her nightly guest. Among the Eastern Slavs, this condition was considered mandatory. If a woman can open up, understand that something bad is happening to her, then there is hope for salvation. In addition, widows often stayed up alone and put a child in bed. Then the charmer did not appear. It was recommended to read over the girl a prayer from the prodigal demon, which was contained in the breviary of Peter the Grave. And doors, windows and chimneys were consecrated with the sign of the cross, saying the word "Amen!". If these methods did not help, then people respected in the village talked to the sick woman. They urged to put a cross on the being being. Naturally, the fiery serpent did not agree to this. If the girl persisted, he would disappear forever.
Original protection method
There is a belief that you can get rid of the charmer in a special way. You need to dress yourself and dress your children in the bride and groom. To the question of the devilish creature about why she does this, you need to answer that the brother takes the sister. The charmer will say that it is not right. This should be answered: “Does the dead go to the living?” In the Carpathian villages, they assured that the fiery serpent was no longer unfortunate.
The danger of this creature lies in the fact that under its influence a woman not only got sick, but went crazy, became inadequate. After a while, she laid hands on herself. Sin fell on all her offspring up to the seventh generation, so they tried to rescue the unfortunate woman from the clutches of evil spirits with all their might.
Unclean power in Slavic mythology
Many nations have legends about the fiery serpent. It is found in Russian epics and Serbian epic songs. The stories overlap a lot. For example, there is a story about how this creature seduced a woman who subsequently gave birth to a son. The child grew up and defeated his evil father in a fair fight.
In the tales of the eternal struggle between light and darkness, the charmer is also mentioned. There he appears as an assistant to the devil, who inspires passion in an unprotected woman.
There are legends in the Right-Bank Ukraine, in which this creature is called "obayasnyk". This is a dead groom who appears to a sinner. To prevent his visits, it is forbidden to look at the stars in Vlasievday.
Conclusion
It is interesting that many peoples in mythology have evil creatures with similar characteristics. Surely they were not just invented, something was the basis for the appearance of such legends among people who did not communicate with each other in any way. Or maybe, as conspiracy theorists say, they were specially introduced into folk art by those who wanted to accustom people to obedience? What do you think?
