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Showing posts with label Traditions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Traditions. Show all posts
Domovoy - Домово́й I heard about Domovoi on a reality show, . As my nephew & niece speaks Russian it took my attention and I decided to search for it. So In traditional families, there's a belief that the elder of that home,...

Death Traditions

October 31, 2019
Writing up a post like this was on my mind for such a long time, but I always skipped it for some reason. Some of these rituals are just gross, so be prepared. ...

Telling the Bees

December 23, 2015
The telling of the bees is a traditional European custom, in which bees would be told of important events in their keeper's lives, such as births, marriages, or departures and returns in the household. If the custom was omitted or forgotten and the...

The Dybbuk Box

November 03, 2014
According to Jewish folklore, a dybbuk is a ghost or disturbed soul that possesses the body of a living being. In early biblical and Talmudic accounts they are called "ruchim," which means "spirits" in Hebrew. During the 16th century spirits became known as...

The Dybbuk Box

November 03, 2014
The dybbuk box, or dibbuk box (Hebrew: קופסאת דיבוק, Kufsat Dibbuk), is a wine cabinet which is said to be haunted by a dybbuk. A dybbuk is a restless, usually malicious, spirit believed to be able to haunt and even possess the living....