Old European culture

5th c. BC Etruscan fresco, Tarquinia, Tomb of the whipping...Depicting...Well you can all see the obvious bit that it is depicting... I will...

Willow whistles and flutes are made in the spring when willow sap rises and loosens the bark... Because they were easy to make, these flutes...

Excerpt from " Srpski mitološki rečnik " (Serbian mythological dictionary)  " Holy oak - In the recent past, Kuči (Tribe from...

Vlasi (mountain shepherds) from Eastern Serbia have a very interesting ritual from the cult of the dead, which is performed on Pentecost, fo...

Today I will talk about willow in Slavic spring fertility rituals, gardening and Cricket the cat 🙂  Here we go: Saturday before Palm Sunday...