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Spirits of the day - the holiday of Vil and Marena, the Earth's Moisture, begins with the honoring of ancestors, who are invited to stay in the house, scattering fresh birch branches in the corners of the house.
It is also a day of remembrance and communication with water, meadow and forest navages - mermaid spirits of a kind. According to the legends, mermaids and mermaids are those who died prematurely, without becoming an adult, or left the life voluntarily.
Women hold secret rites, leaving the economy for men sometimes for the whole week. And those who have children leave for the mermaids in the field or on the branches at the springs the old clothes of their children, towels, linens. It is necessary to appease the mermaids, so as not to molest children and other relatives to promote the fertility of our fields, meadows and forests, and give them the juices of the Earth.
According to legend, during the Mermaid Week, mermaids could be seen near rivers, in flowering fields, in groves and, of course, at the crossroads and cemeteries. It was said that during the dances the mermaids perform a rite connected with the protection of crops. They could also punish those who tried to work on the holiday: trample overgrown ears of corn, sow poor harvest, showers, storms or drought.
The meeting with the mermaid promised untold riches or turned into misfortune. The mermaids were to be feared by the girls, and also by the children. It was believed that mermaids could lead a child into his dance, tickle or dance to death. Therefore, during the Mermaid Week, children and girls were strictly forbidden to go out into the field or into the meadow. If during the Mermaid week (the week after the Trinity already during Christianity) children were killed or died, then they said that they were taken to the mermaids.
To protect himself from the mermaid spell, it was necessary to carry with it sharply smelling plants: wormwood, horse-radish and garlic.