a question about an old Russian Tradition

[Yelena]

Dear Marlow,

You have asked a very complicated question. All three superstitions you have
mentioned before is a tiny drop in the whole sea of superstitions about
trees in Russian folklore tradition. I may offer to your attention an
article about tree in the third volume of "Slavic Antiquities" edition. Do
you have it? In my collection there are more then 100 magic spells from
different illnesses when a healer ties a ribbon around birch, oak, aspen and
other trees while pronouncing of a magic spell . To be more concrete I need
to send you articles about this traditions. Do you read Russian?

Thank you, sincerely yours,
Dr. Yelena Minyonok
www.russianexpedition.net



----- Original Message -----
From: "Marlow Shami" <MShami at AOL.COM>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 1:54 AM
Subject: [SEELANGS] a question about an old Russian Tradition


Dear SEELANGers,

Greetings--

I am doing some research on old Russian Traditions and hope some of you
might have additional information or resources that could help deepen my
understanding of the traditions (more details) for my project.

The old tradition states trees gain protection
from storms if one ties red ribbons around them.  Another Old Russian custom
imparts that one should tie a red ribbon from a birch tree to repel the evil
eye.
The third Russian legend tells how a birch showed its gratitude to a young
girl who
tied a red string around it by saving her from parental abuse.

Any help you can provide in my learning more about these traditions is
deeply
appreciated.

Marlow Shami


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