Field - the owner of the fields, one of the characters.Slavic mythology. It is associated with many customs and beliefs that accompanied the sowing, cultivation and harvesting. The field, or field man, tried to appease, the diseases of grazing cattle and ripening ears were explained by his disfavor.
What is the spirit of Slavic mythology?Field was most often represented as a man in white clothes. Depending on the location, he acquired new features. Perhaps the most interesting image of the field was formed in the Oryol region. Here the master of the fields appears as a nude peasant with a black body and multi-colored eyes. Sometimes in legends he was drawn by an old man with ears and herbs instead of hair and beard.
Like some other Slavic charactersmythology, the field is often endowed with animal features. It was the horns, his eyes protruding or the tail-whisk, with which he raised a cloud of dust to hide from the curious.
Sometimes the field man was described as woolly colored.of fire. When he appeared on the field, a man could seem to have flashed a spark. And on a moonlit night or in the midday heat, he appeared in the form of a tall young man.
As described by mythology, the field very quicklyrunning around He belongs to the lower spirits, mostly hostile to man. If you do not cajole it, the field worker will torment the cattle in the pasture or dry the ears.
The master of the fields in the minds of our ancestors was similar toLeshy and other characters hostile to man, which is full of Slavic mythology. Field can lead astray wanderer, make him get lost. Sometimes he scares whistles and claps. And sometimes, luring children with flowers, and then they are looking for a long way back. Can he send and sunstroke or fever, especially if you fall asleep on the field on a hot afternoon.
Field (the mythology of our ancestors is full of instructionson it) represented the force of wind and fire. Attitudes attributed to the spirit to flash a spark, send a sunstroke and dry crops directly indicate the relationship between it and the daylight. Like the midday heat, the owner of the fields could warm up and fill them with force by force or destroy them.
In some areas it was common to believe that before a fire you can see a fieldman racing through the village on three horses. He was considered not only a harbinger of disaster, but also its cause.
It was very fast field.The mythology of all nations connects speed with the wind. Polevik runs very fast, and still likes to whistle. Often in the legends that have come down to us, the host of the crops blows with all his might, which makes the ears of corn bend to the ground.
If the spirit is located to the owner of the field, the spikes onit grows well, brings a rich harvest, the brute is healthy. To appease the polevik, he was carried food and money. Pieces of bread and coins with special sentences were thrown over the shoulder. Be sure to make an offering to the field carried on the Spirits day (51st day after Easter). Often on the field for him left eggs and a voiceless cock. Such a sacrifice, as our ancestors believed, liked the field. After that, he protected crops from disease and drought, did not torment the cattle.
Also after the harvest, a sheaf was left on the field.ears of corn. It was believed that in him the field crop could spend the winter. The seeds from the sheaf were then sown in the ground, thereby helping the spirit to be reborn with the arrival of spring. Sometimes the remaining ears were tied up, decorated, and carried to the village under merry singing.
In some areas, there are references torelated to the spirit of the characters. According to mythology, the field man had a wife, he had children and mezhaviki and meadow men. They were responsible for the land according to their name. Often, mezhaviki and lugoviki were considered independent spirits. Close to the field and the image of the afternoon. She made sure that no one worked at the hottest hour of the day. At noon, nature is resting, and you should not disturb it. A naughty person half a day could punish, sending a sunstroke.
In some regions of our country it is believedassociated with the field, still alive. Today, when interest in Slavic myths is being revived with a new force, such legends are becoming a valuable source of knowledge. In addition, the preserved myths of our ancestors help to understand their lives, the peculiarities of thinking and worldview, which is important both from the point of view of preserving history and for understanding the peculiarities of the mentality of the modern people of Russia.
