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Slavic holiday Rodogoshch. On September 24 (October 7, according to a new style), the Slavs celebrate a great holiday - Radogoshch, (Tausen), timed to coincide with the Autumn Equinox. This is a celebration of the glorification of the Family. Harvested, autumn sun - Dazhdbog no longer bakes, the trees are preparing for winter sleep, throwing off their beautiful outfits. Tausen is also the end of all peasant seasonal work of the outgoing year, the Harvest Festival and the Autumnal Equinox. This is the greatest autumn holiday harvest, during which the sorcerer or elder "hides" behind the dishes (in the old days behind a huge honey pie), stacked in a pile on a common table, and asks all those gathered: "Do you see me, kids?" If the answer is: “We don’t see, father (father),” then this means a rich harvest, and if: “We see,” then it’s thin, after which the sorcerer blesses the people with the words: “So God grant you that next year they don’t ripen !" or “So God forbid there will be more next year!”. After the beginning, on which fortune-telling for the next year and divination over a bowl of surya (a sacred drink) are obligatory, the “feast by the mountain” begins (food on festive table folds into a slide, which by the end of the feast is significantly reduced). According to Slavic beliefs, Svarga is “closed” now, where the Light Gods “leave” from Reveal until next spring, remaining, nevertheless, in the hearts of people living according to the Law. On this day, a fairy tale about the hero and the underworld is played out, designed to remind of the fading sun and the coming winter. Before dark, they kindle a fire and jump over it, clearing themselves. The Magi walk barefoot on hot coals, chanting: “Yazhe, Yazhe, trample!”. It is necessary to beware of walking on coals without preparation in order to avoid burns. Magi get rid of burns by introducing themselves into a special state with uniform blows to the tambourine. Tausen is like carols and carols, caroling, the boys walk around the village and sing tausen songs under the windows. In Russia, this deity, associated with the New Summer, with the change of seasons, with the beginning of the solar cycle and the increase in fertility, embodied the beginning - profit (harvest). The Slavs also had special gods associated with the souls of the dead, the so-called Radunits. Radunitsa were sacrificed in the form of feasts and they are directly connected with Rod, the root of Rad / Rod. Rainbow or Rodok, also associated with Rod. One end of the rainbow, according to popular belief, is placed in water (“drinks reservoirs”), and the other is thrown “to the next world”, and therefore the souls of the dead can enter our world through the bridge. The same root will be, and the word Radogosh, - the Day of the Family. In this case, the word Radogosh can be understood as a Treat of the Family, a Gift of the Family. But in this case, the verb Rejoice can be understood as Celebrating the Family, and Joy as the Holiday of the Family. The time of commemoration of the Forefathers, Glorification of the Gods, which is in Svarga. End time of harvest. The time of honoring the Sun at the moment of its transition to a new phase of development. Svarga closes, for the time being depriving the protection of the Light Gods and Forefathers, yielding the world to the Navi forces. In the land of the Luticians in the West Slavic Vendian lands, Radogost was revered as the highest god. The main temple - Retra - was decorated with numerous images of lions. On Radogoshchy, believers celebrate a wake for the departed ancestors. They arrange feasts, bring treats, flowers, carnations to the graves, talk with the spirits of ancestors, consult. Another form of the verb to visit is also known - to treat or treat, to treat someone with something, to receive at home, or on one's own, contenting with food and delivering all the conveniences of life, fun, delight. "The guest stays as long as he is treated, as long as he is not a burden." Based on the foregoing, we can deduce the following etymological essence of the Slavic holiday Radogoshch (Radogost): joy to the guests-guests (merchants), but also alertness to other guests, those who may come with the war, hoping to win back the harvest just harvested by the Slavs. So the semantics of the holiday is connected, on the one hand, with the harvest, on the other hand, with war and death. The military death motive is that on this day a fairy tale about a knight and the underworld is played out, which should remind you of the fading sun and the coming winter. On the day of the Autumnal Equinox, the time of the Zarevnitsa holiday also comes. The day got its name because of the glow from the steppe fires - they burned dry grass in the fields. Days quickly run away from Zarevnitsa, nights grow dark, and dawns turn crimson. "The day runs away not with chicken, but with horse steps." A feature of Zarevnitsa is not only a celebration with festivities and fun, but a gathering of people connected by a common cause, for a business council - Radu. There is a belief that on this day everything that you tie, do not untie, because. e. it will be strong happiness, and the wedding is good. In some traditions, the autumnal equinox is associated with New Kolo. Usually New Year coincides with one of the main turning points in Kolo Svarozhye. On the same day, there is a change of power in the entire world order, according to the law of harmony. The Navier Sun has gained strength and is gaining the upper hand. His time has come. Half-Colo, half-a-year... Until the Spring Equinox... Therefore, on this day we glorify Radogost, the personification of the Navier Sun! September is a fateful month .. The Stars in NEA (in the cosmic sky) formed in such a way that the New Summer at this time coincides with the beginning of the New Slavic era (epoch). New Year is a holiday of the whole Slavic Family and every Rus. Holiday of Lada and Rozhanitsy. Harvest Festival and Thanksgiving to Mother Earth. These are the Days of our Father - God Svarog. This is the Cosmic Day of the Autumn Equinox. The great holiday of the onset of the New 7521 Summer and the Onset of the New Space Age - the Age of the Wolf under the auspices of one of the Ancestors of the Rus - our Slavic God Veles. This is the onset of the Era of the Renaissance of the Rus and the exit from oblivion of the Slavic Vedic culture. This was the beginning of the revival of the Rus and all Slavic peoples. With the onset of the autumn equinox, the Slavs celebrate a great holiday - Radogoshch (Tausen). Sun-husband Dazhbog becomes the wise Sun-old man Svetovit. Svetovit (Grandfather-Vseved) is no longer so high, his rays do not warm, but he has seen a lot in the world, which is why the “old man” is especially honored. A little more and he will leave forever far away to be reborn again. So, the harvest is harvested, the autumn Sun-Svetovit no longer bakes, the trees are preparing for winter sleep, throwing off their beautiful outfits. By this day, a huge honey cake is baked (in the old days the cake was the height of a man), behind which, after the beginning, the priest hides and asks: “Do you see me?” If the audience answers in the affirmative, then the priest pronounces a wish for the next year to harvest a bountiful harvest and bake a larger pie. After the beginning, on which fortune-telling for the next year and divination over a cup of blessed wine are obligatory, a feast begins with a mountain (food on the table is placed in a slide, which decreases greatly by the end of the feast). On this day, a fairy tale about the underworld is played out, which should remind you of the fading Sun and the coming winter. Before dark, they kindle a small Fire and jump over it, purifying themselves. ends with games. This is how they are used to celebrating this day, with the already established clear opinion that Radogoshch is a holiday. However, God with that name was also widely known, in particular, in the book “The World of Slavic Gods” by V. S. Kazakov we read: 9 gates in the temple) (Balt. ), Sambaris (?) (lit.), Radun, ????????? / Ganymede (Greek)) - God of hospitality, trade, harvest. The face of Svetovit. Treba: honey pies, koloboks, pancakes, pancakes, beer, wreaths, honey, wine. That is, the idea is proposed that Radogoshch and Radegast are one and the same deity. We meet a similar thought in the book “The Pagan Gods of the Slavs” by D. Gavrilov and A. Nagovitsyn: “Radegast, Radigosh, Svarozhich are different variations of the names of the same thing. God of fertility and sunlight, life-giving force...” We find a similar comparison in the commentary on Vsevolod Ivanov’s painting “Temple of Radogoshcha. Leto.": "The cult of Radogoshch (Radegast), the God of hospitality, was widespread in the northwestern Slavic Lands." A fragment of this picture is published on the cover of this issue of the magazine, and gives us at least the image of the Slavic temple that the artist could imagine. As for the holiday Radogoshch, this is the day of the autumn equinox. Radogoshch is one of the four main solar holidays of the year, which is celebrated on a grand scale, this day is especially revered. It should be noted that this is by no means a 100 percent scenario that should be followed at all costs, this is an approximate scheme, the development of modern Rodnovers, if you like. Before the start of the holiday, the Koshun of the holiday is read to all who have gathered for understanding. Then they surround all those gathered in a circle with the Required bread. Each of those who come, who wishes, puts his hand (or both) on the future Requirement, putting his wishes to any Slavic God or Gods, or Ancestors, or other Slavs. Then a Mystery action takes place: a fairy tale about the underworld is played out, which should remind of the fading Sun and the coming winter. Those who are bolder - who are not afraid of mowing in Navi, together with the priests, go to the Kalinov Bridge, which connects Yav and Nav. Others support them from the mountain with cheerful songs and dances. Only the bravest cross the bridge and go to the Navia Mistress (or the "owner" as well) for a potion of dreams and eternal life, so that Dazhdbog (in this incarnation) will definitely return from Iriy next year. The hostess Navi asks uninvited guests a lot of tricky riddles (for example: the question is "what is more than trees in the forest?", the answer is "stars in the sky!"), Which, of course, the brave Slavs can easily solve. Encouraged by the correct answers and various gifts, Navia Mistress softens and gives the Potion, and joyful, everyone goes back, but it wasn’t there! Evil guards do not let them out of Navi, who again make riddles and require people to demand. Their will is this: one of the daredevils must stay with them forever! All the daredevils take turns roaming (throw lots) - the one who fell first remains in Navi along with the guards (or he himself is "thrown" by Navi's guard - a demon). The rest of the Slavic people, having paid off before the Navi in ​​this way, rise to the Temple, where by that time the Holy Fire was already burning with might and main. Gifts to Dazhdbog are reported to Trebu, with which we escort him to Iriy - Trebu is completely ready for the Rite. A Rite takes place on the Holy Temple: the Temple is "closed" from the Trebishche with axes, the Sacred (Trebny) Fire is spoken, the beginning is laid, the Requirement is illuminated over the Required Fire, After the Requirement is lit, the people begin to spin a round dance around the Temple. At this time, on the Temple, the priests read the conspiracy "Oh, you are a goy Sokol - Beloser ..." with the appropriate ending, explaining the farewell to Dazhdbog and the meeting of Svetovit. After that Treba Dazhdbog is placed in the Fire, together with it we see off Dazhdbog himself to Iriy. Each of the priests at the Temple recites his praises to the departing God. After the Treba is accepted by the Gods, the priests offer invocations to the newly-appeared Solar God - Svetovit. Then, at the Temple, they glorify all the Slavic Light Gods, or the priests simply recite the glorification of the All-God. The last word is spoken about Veles, about the Manifested God kind to people. Bratina goes salting first at the Temple, and then outside it. Every Slav is free to glorify the newly revealed Solar God, Veles, or any other Deity that the heart tells. This completes the ceremony and the games, fun, singing and fooling around begin. And then Pir-Bratchina (necessarily with the presence of a common dish, such as pies with cabbage) to the glory of the Ancestors - our Gods. Glory to the Svetovit! (c) RADOGOSCH Radogoshch. Twilight. The prophetic bonfire Proudly rises to the black sky, The flame is radiant, ardent and sharp - It is wondrous to the Gods that the treba is brought. Glorious warriors - hair to the shoulders, Hands raised to the throne of Svarog. The Volhva's wise speech is terrible, The starry road flickers in the sky, The Milky Way is holy and open on this night - the Brave Slavs Ancestral Abode, raise glory to the Gods, brother, and be the keeper of the Russian Family forever! Bratina with honey goes in a circle, Glory ascends to the Eternal Family, The luminiferous army sings sonorously, Echoes the girlish round dance after. Blood boils, raging and seething, Flame breaks to the heavenly chamber Glory forever, Native Earth! May the Eternal Gods sleep no more! LULLABY OF THE AUTUMN EQUINOX Festive evening. The fogs on the fields Lit up from the sunset fire. Bayu-bai... Sleep, dear Earth, - Winds sing a lullaby to You. Equinox comes to the threshold. Our letters in the groves are circling with leaves. Above the bends of the lost roads Good stars tell fortunes until the dawn. The moon flies like a rider, drove the horse, The aspen shiver hides its face In our fairy tale, where by the clear fire You sing soulful songs to me. The speeches are modest, but the eyes are hot, And the army will not hide them in the night of the trees ... Veles took out the keys from his bosom - Lock the blue Svarga for the winter. The nights will be deciduous and dark, But not a burden to us - autumn time. Above the expanses of the native side, the lullaby of the wind is sung. The sky is watching, hiding in lush clouds The first snow and a young, happy year, Like my soul in your dear hands Smiling, and crying, and singing... Slovodar Glory to the Family!

A long time ago, when oaks and birches whispered among themselves in the dense forests, the seas and rivers were filled with countless flocks of fish, and the stars shone brighter, our ancestors felt themselves an integral part of nature, lived with it in harmony and obeyed its laws. Stones, water, clouds, stars, herbs, trees, animals, birds, people, gods - everything was one and interconnected.

Ancient people knew the answer. At the heart of the universe lay the will and power of the Great Mother Goddess Sva, once she was our pagan alpha and omega.

Her father was Chaos, Timelessness, Nothing. Mother - Black Abyss, Mist, Darkness. The goddess Sva herself is troelika. Her full name is the Great Goddess Swa, Mother of Time and Eternity, Space and Order, Daughter of Chaos and Mother of Mist. That is, she was born from the Mist, and she also gives rise to the Mist. It is eternal and infinite, it is born, dies and is reborn again, it is unchanging and changeable. She is the essence of harmony. The famous videoma (looped line) by Andrey Voznesensky "Mothermothermother..." was not just an avant-garde pampering of an aging poet.

The image of Mother Swa goes back to the Indo-European goddess of love, family and marriage Matarishvan. In Sanskrit, "sva" ("shva") means "spirit". From this ancient root came the Russian words "one's own, brother-in-law", "light", "holiness" and the word "wedding" so beloved by all women.

Over the centuries, Sva has lengthened to Glory, Slavuni. And we, the Slavs, are mortal sons and daughters of the goddess Swa. We owe our self-name to the once dominant matriarchy. And to this day Russia is under invisible female patronage. And who came up with the idea that we should be controlled by a firm male hand?

The ancient inhabitants of Eastern Europe imagined Mother Swa as a huge bird with a female head and golden wings. She gave people heavenly fire, taught them how to store it in hearths, how to plow the land and raise cattle.

At the same time, Sva-Glory is the goddess of victory, a formidable warrior, she is bright and hot like the sun, she incinerates enemies and bathes the most brave and courageous defenders of the fatherland in her rays. Her later folklore incarnations are the female birds Gamayun, Alkonst, Sirin, the Phoenix borrowed from the Greeks and, of course, the primordially Russian Firebird.

The goddess Sva gave birth to numerous other Slavic gods and deities. Having taken away a piece of her soul from herself, she gave birth to Svarog, the supreme pagan god of the Russians. Here obvious analogies with the immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary arise, don't they? When Svarog grew up, he knew his mother - their connection was not criminal, but divine. They had sons Dazhdbog and Perun and daughters Dennitsa and Diva. And there the grandchildren and granddaughters went: Kupava, Kolyada, Lada, Lelya, Kostroma, Veles, Ovsen, Yarilo, Stribog, Mokosh ... Each god was "responsible" for a particular season, natural phenomenon, human occupation and craft. Old Russian women especially revered Mokosh - the goddess of water, rivers, streams, swamps, lakes and seas, the daughter of Perun the Thunderer and Diva the Earth. So it is not by chance that modern women bow to the water element - they often spend several hours in the bathroom, and during the summer holidays they tend to go to the sea and only to the sea.

The current inhabitants of Russia have not believed in pagan gods for a long time. From school history textbooks, we only remember that the wooden statue of Perun was symbolically let down the river when Russia adopted Christianity. In honor of Kostroma, a city is named, known for its shopping malls, a monumental fire tower and both legendary and anecdotal Ivan Susanin. In honor of Lada - an even more anecdotal "masterpiece" of the domestic auto industry.

The name of the Goddess Swa has completely disappeared from our memory, and we are increasingly using the word "glory" not only in relation to the true heroes of the nation, but also to all sorts of dubious people from the world of show business. Maybe that is why we are prone to disorder and slovenliness, have lost touch with nature, have ceased to admire and be inspired by the clear blue sky and the unhurried flow of majestic rivers, we do not feel the soul of stones and trees, we strive to trample, break, squander everything. We do not remember our roots and origins, we do not follow centuries-old customs and traditions, we are arrogant and argue with our parents, we do not always treat women with due care and respect.

But the kind and wise Mother Swa forgives us. With her magical golden wing, she shelters us from troubles and misfortunes, caresses and consoles, presses us to her chest, wipes away tears and showers us with kisses.

Her love is unconditional, her generosity is boundless. As a mighty and beautiful bird, Sva-Glory flies over the boundless Russian expanses, sings of the steadfastness and valor of the people subject to it, illuminates the path to the future for us.

The lapwing is a small but memorable bird. It belongs to the plover family, but some mistakenly confuse it with the passerine or pigeon family. In the common people, this species is known as a harbinger of spring, as it is the first to return home from wintering. For catchy appearance people called her a piglet.

In size, the lapwing is similar to a dove or jackdaw. Males are slightly larger than females, but this is not their main difference. During their life, individuals can grow up to 30 - 33 centimeters in length, while males are more massive and weigh 200 - 250 grams, females weigh 170 - 200 grams. The body is oval, a small head sits on a short neck. The beak is not massive, short, but looks strong, with a seal at the head, bent slightly down. The eyes are set clearly on the side, have a round shape, large, shiny, black-burgundy. The body stands on long legs, which are equipped with four long toes. Legs are red or crimson. The tail is long and very mobile. An expressive sign is a long, sharp black crest on the back of the head. The wing length of an adult is about 25 - 27 centimeters, which means the wingspan is about 55 centimeters. If you look at a bird while flying, you will notice that some have a more rounded wing at the tip, flat and wide. These are males. In females, the wing is thinner and sharper.

Interesting to know! Often hunters notice the lapwing because of its eye-catching color scheme. But catching a bird is not so easy, especially when it rises into the air. The lapwing is very fast, has excellent aerodynamics and can break away from any pursuit.

During the year, representatives of the species change color several times. This occurs before mating in spring and before leaving for wintering in autumn. Winter colors are calmer in both male and female. For mating, the male becomes colorful, attractive, defiant. The female simply saturates her coloring with color.

The outfit of males during the mating season is very beautiful. The top of the head, tuft, front face, goiter and breast are black, they play blue in the sun. The belly, up to the undertail and wings closer to the body are white. The upper tail feathers and underbelly feathers are rufous and brown, sometimes copper. The lower tail feathers are white. The underside of the feather on the wings is edged with red and brown. On the outermost, long feathers, the edges are white. The nape and side of the head are white. The back and top of the wings are very contrasting, multi-colored, the tones are cast in the sun, a beautiful overflow of scale is created. There is a blue tint, green, emerald, golden, black and purple.

Females from males during the current are distinguished by the presence in color scheme brown tones. Their colors are not so shimmery, dimmer. The crest is shorter. On the white parts of the head, nape and abdomen, a golden fluff appears. But in winter, these differences are practically invisible. Young people look like adults in winter guise. But their wings are duller, and some feathers have buffy stripes. Newly hatched and not yet fledged chicks flaunt brown, brown and black down on the top of the body. The bottom is dirty white. There is a noticeable white border around the neck.

Singing lapwing bird

Some believe that they named the bird in tune with its singing. In normal circumstances, individuals make beautiful sounds, but when danger approaches, they begin to shout out frantically the sounds of "chi bi, chi wee." The volume and tone are such that some predators decide to retreat. The courtship song performed by males in flight is similar in sounds, but has a different tone. It is accompanied by vibrating and buzzing sounds from wing feathers.

Range and habitats

The lapwing inhabited all of Europe and Asia in the middle and southern latitudes. The length of the range from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. Higher, to the north, flocks do not climb, preferring a temperate and warm climate. But sometimes representatives of the species can be found in taiga areas or near the Arctic Circle. It occupies almost all of Europe, except for the north and Greece, in Russia it prefers the southern sections. The flight for wintering begins towards the end of September. Then individuals gather in flocks of up to 20 pairs, fly in an elongated formation, not high. They prefer to travel during daylight hours. Wintering places are the southern coasts of Africa, the Mediterranean coasts, Persia, Asia Minor, China, India, and the southern parts of Japan.

Interesting to know! If during the period when the lapwing is in its native places, the weather deteriorates sharply, a cold cyclone comes, the flock can move away and spontaneously fly south. Overcoming long distances is not a problem for the species. The flock will stay there for several days and will return with warming.

The return home falls at the end of February - the beginning of April. This is a very early date for the rest of the family, so the lapwing is the first harbinger of warmth in this respect. Upon arrival, it inhabits places with a small number of trees and low vegetation. These can be areas near water bodies or dry, open meadows, lowlands, fields. They can even settle near places of human life, villages or villages, with adjacent pastures. AT northern regions chooses for habitat peat, wetlands with deciduous and herbal abundance.

What does a lapwing eat

The diet of the lapwing is exclusively animal food, berries, seeds or plants do not suit him. The menu is based on small invertebrates, insects, larvae. Individuals hunt and eat:

• Mosquitoes, midges, flies, their larvae.
• Grasshoppers, crickets, locusts.
• Worms, centipedes, snails.
• Beetles and their eggs.

Packs that settle near people if they are engaged agriculture are very helpful. Birds perfectly reduce the number of beetles and insects harmful to plants by catching and eating them. Birds hunt in sown and planted meadows, fields, looking for food in the ground, on plants, catching prey in the air. Thus, the harvest is preserved, because the lapwing not only destroys pests, but does not touch the plants itself. Farmers value these birds very much, but it is not safe for them to live near people, as hunters constantly harm them, reduce the population.

Reproduction and offspring

The mating season opens immediately upon arrival home. This can happen in early spring, or maybe later, it all depends on the weather. First, the male prepares. He chooses a place, a plot, a territory on which he prepares holes in advance - nests, several at once. Then he begins to fly actively, laying turns, demonstrating his prowess. He accompanies the females who pay attention to him to the nests, offering to choose the one they like. During the review, the male continues to actively demonstrate his beauty, straightening his chest and tail. It happens that several females decide to form a pair with him at once, then a small colony is formed in the birds, nesting apart.

[textbox id='info'] Interesting to know! Many observers who have witnessed the courtship of a lapwing note that this process looks both beautiful and comical. The feathered boyfriend in his attempts to conquer his partner is ready for any tricks and actions. But this approach brings positive results!

The nest is a hole dug in the soil, which is covered with leaves, grass and rags collected nearby. It lays from 2 to 5 eggs, but more often 3-4. The eggs are not large, slightly pointed at the top, wide below. They have a lot of black and brown blotches. The main background can be varied - disgraced, brown, blue, greenish. Both individuals are engaged in incubation, but this happens only at the very beginning. Then the female takes over this role, and the male is engaged in reconnaissance of the territory and the search for food. The whole colony is engaged in the protection of the settlement, in case of danger, everyone starts chasing the troublemaker until he is driven away. Young lapwings hatch after 30 days of incubation.

When five weeks pass, it is mid-July. By this time, the chicks already fly tolerably and, together with adults, go to roam. They circle in search of food over nearby wetlands and meadows. Food is mainly taken from the ground - these are grasshoppers, locusts, caterpillars, beetles and larvae.

Dangers and enemies of the lapwing bird

The lapwing is very adaptable. While other families are forced to leave the area, which people begin to develop and ennoble, in order to create sowing areas, the lapwing has learned to get along there and even bring benefits to people. That's why human factor from this side it cannot be called a danger to the population of the species. But the neighborhood with people threatens the lapwing population by the fact that numerous hunters are not averse to shooting birds, especially when they know for sure that they live nearby. In addition, many nests, and with them clutches, are destroyed by large harvesting equipment engaged in harvesting and other work, and this is also a significant loss to the species. In some regions, the situation is different. There, a man abandons his land, and fields with meadows are overgrown with wild shrubs. The lapwing is forced to leave its favorite places, which also negatively affects its numbers.

Frequent attacks on nests, in order to steal eggs or recently hatched chicks, are carried out by large birds of prey - crows, hawks, gulls, rooks. Sometimes they succeed, but the lapwing constantly monitors and at the first sign of danger, the flock begins to actively attack the raiders, chasing them, trying to strike with their beak, creating a lot of noise. After such a raid, the predator usually retreats.

Species status and commercial value

In the ancient times of the Slavs, the lapwing was respected among people. It was believed that widows and mothers who lost their children are reborn into it. Catching and killing a bird was considered blasphemy. AT modern world such customs and beliefs have long been forgotten. Hunters specifically seek out bird habitats, trying to take maximum prey. There is no industrial breeding of the species, unless individual farms are engaged in its promotion for personal purposes. Therefore, hunters are the only earners and small fishermen.

Regular checks and observations of ornithologists do not note a critical reduction in the number of lapwings. Its adaptability and livability allows you to keep your population at the proper level. This is also positively affected by the long life of birds, from 15 to 20 years. During this time, they manage to give a lot of offspring, making a contribution to the survival of the population. Sometimes you can observe such phenomena, when flocks number up to several hundred heads, they circle over the area in a chaotic manner, forming an incredible spectacle.

nutritional value of lapwing

In European countries, eating dishes prepared from lapwing meat and eggs is a common thing. The inhabitants note that the meat is very tender, lends itself to any type of heat treatment and has an excellent taste. The eggs are even more valuable than the bird itself. During the roosting season in April and May, they are specially collected and eaten in large quantities. For example, in Poland, delicious omelettes are prepared from lapwing eggs for breakfast, and in Holland, stewed, fried or baked meat is served with all kinds of sauces. In Russia, as in other countries where this species is common, it is also readily used in cooking.

Interesting to know! The meat of adults acquires a red tint, which gives dishes from it or from whole bird carcasses a special aesthetic and mystery.

The meat is dietary, it is recommended for people who are on a diet and monitor their health. It is saturated with useful vitamins, minerals and other components, which is a big plus. These components exert a mass on the human body. positive effects, while taking into account what is eating regularly. The benefits include improving the condition of the skin, the condition of the hair, teeth, nails. Dietary meat relieves the burden on the stomach and intestinal tract, lowers cholesterol levels, the level of insulin release. The person gains energy and vitality, it fills up faster and needs less food. The positive effect extends to the cardiovascular and nervous system. Although the lapwing cannot be bought in the normal market, it can be obtained from people living in villages and villages. The value of its meat cannot be exaggerated, which means that it is worth spending time and money on buying it.

And it became in the night as in the day.

All the volume of the concepts and ideas of our ancestors about the Earth and the Cosmos was embodied in the images of the Slavic gods revered by them.

The image of MOTHER SVA - GLORY was still unknown, or rather, so forgotten that it was not mentioned in any of the existing ancient Slavic chronicles, or even in Slavic folklore and mythology. For the first time it is given by the Book of Veles and, to our happiness, not in a cursory mention in passing, but in multiple descriptions and repetitions, it gives a fairly complete picture of the essence, functions and even appearance of the named deity.

MOTHER-SVA-GLORY - Ancestor of all Slavs. Moreover, initially it was a very specific woman, mother Slava, who is described in the tablet. 9-A: “In ancient times there was Bogumir, the husband of Glory, and had three daughters and two sons ... And their mother, who was called Slavunya, took care of their needs.” Wanting to marry off his daughters, Bogumir went in search of husbands for them. In those days, people still closely communicated with the gods, and the gods often took part in their fate and life. And so Dazhdbog sent Bogumir three heavenly messengers - Matinee. Poludennik and Vechernik, whom the daughters of Bogumir married. From them came the tribes of the Drevlyans, Krivichs and Polyans, and from the sons of the northerners and Russ. As already noted, these were still the times of matriarchy (the era of its decline), since Bohumir was called “the husband of Slavun”, and not vice versa, and the names of the tribes came from the names of her daughters (Dreva, Skreva, Poleva), and not sons-in-law.

This period can be dated to the end of the 2nd millennium BC, since it is known that the Proto-Slavic clans lived “beyond the sea in the Green Land” “two darkness” before Dir (he lived in the 9th century AD). “Two darknesses” here means “two thousand years”, that is, events take place in the 11th century. BC e. The main occupation of the tribes living there is cattle breeding. Therefore, the seemingly figurative expression at first glance: “we are the descendants of Slavun and Dazhdbog, who gave birth to us through the Zemun cow, and we were Kravens (Korovichi), Scythians (from “skuf” - “cattle” - cattle breeders), Antes, Russ , boruses and surozhtsy ”(tablet 7-C), contains encrypted events of the past. The Slavs really descended from Slavun and to a certain extent from Dazhdbog, since it was he who sent husbands to her daughters, just as in his time he sent a boy to his father Tiverts, who had two unmarried daughters (dosh. 16). And the birth “through the Zemun cow” symbolizes the pastoral, shepherd's cult, again in its female incarnation - the Cow, and not the Bull, as it will happen in the coming times not far off.

The Slavs always honor and remember this genealogy: “We have the name of Glory, and we proved this glory to the enemies, going to their iron and swords” (table 8/2). “We are the descendants of Slavun, we can be proud and not take care of ourselves” (tablet 6-D). “We are the descendants of the Slavun clan, who came to the Ilmerians and settled before the arrival of the Goths, and was here for a thousand years” (table 8). / We honor "Dazhdbog as our father, and as our mother - Glory, who taught us to honor our gods, and led us by the hand along the path of Rule. So we walked and were not freeloaders, but only Slavs, Russ, who sing glory to the gods and therefore are the Slavs ”(Dash. 8/2).

Thus, the “Book of Veles” traces the very source of the ethnogenesis of the Slavs, reveals the meaning of this concept and refers the time of its occurrence to the end of the 2nd millennium BC. e.

Over the centuries, a specific prototype blurred, became poetic, perhaps merging with other images unknown to us, acquired new features, rising to the level of a deity.

Mother Glory became the MOTHER-SVA-GLORY - the Universal Mother, as indicated by the definitive pronoun "sva", that is, "all", "all-encompassing", "universal", just as SVA-ROG is the Universal God. Creator of all things. In the Rig Veda, "visva" also means "all", for example, Visva-Deva - the All-God. In addition, in the Rig-Veda, a phonetic analogy of the Mother-Sva, MATARISHVAN, was found. "The sages give many names to the One Being - these are Agni, Yama, Matarishvan." A certain Bird is also known, which is the messenger of Varuna, "flying in the sky on the Golden wing."

In the "Book of Veles" Mother Swa also appears in the form of a Bird. “Mother is that beautiful Bird who brought fire to our ancestors in their homes, and also gave a lamb,” says the tablet. 7-B. “And now Magura sings his song to the slaughter, and that Bird was sent by Indra. Indra, however, was and will forever remain the same Indra, who handed over to Perun all the swearing arrows ”(tablet 6-G).

Here Magura is another hypostasis of Mother Swa, her Indo-Aryan version. (In Iranian mythology she is a bird Simurgh). And just as Magura is the messenger of Indra or Varuna, so Mother Swa is the messenger of the Supreme or Pater Dyya-Ondra-Perun. Here, a common source of Indo-Iranian-Aryan images is revealed and a trend of their continuity can be traced. “Mother-Swa turns to the Most High ...” (tablet 37-A): “We pray to Pater Dyu, for he produces fire, which Mother-Sva-Glory brought on the wings of our forefathers” (board 19).

How caring mother, she brought heavenly fire on her wings for her Slavic children, taught to keep it in hearths, and also to breed livestock that serves as clothing and food.

When the Slavs left Semirechye in search of new lands. The mother “instructed the smart, strengthened the brave,” and she flew ahead, pointed out fertile lands, consecrating new lands with her wings, and the Slavs settled there, “as Mother-Sva-Glory ordered” (table 13).

At its core, MOTHER-SVA-GLORY IS A SYMBOL OF HONOR AND GLORY OF RUSSIA IMPLEMENTED IN THE IMAGE OF A BIRD. It contains the memory of the exploits of the fathers and ancestors, and the glory of every Russian who fell for his land, or glorified it with other good deeds, miraculously flows to Mother Glory and becomes eternal. “Mother-Swa shines with her face like the Sun, and portends us victories and death. But we are not afraid of that, for this is earthly life, and above is eternal life, and therefore we must take care of the Eternal, for earthly things are nothing against it. We are on the ground, like sparks, and we will perish in the darkness, as if we never existed. Only our glory will flow to Mother-Glory and will remain in her until the end of earthly and other lives ”(tablet 7-C).

There is nothing more beautiful than the glory of heroism, and the Russians at all times showed multiple examples of valor, which is why the Bird shines with its plumage, like the Sun, and shimmers with all the colors of the rainbow. “Mother Swa spreads her wings, beats herself on the sides, and everything shines on us with a fiery light. And each pen is different and beautiful - RED, BLUE, BLUE, YELLOW, SILVER, GOLD AND WHITE. And it shines like the Sun-king, and follows the Sun along the stake, and shines with seven colors, bequeathed from our gods ”(tablet 7-E). The Firebird from our fairy tales is an undoubted echo of the image of the Glory Bird.

Mother-Sva reminds the Russians of their heroic past and calls for new feats. In a difficult hour, she comes to the rescue, inspires the soldiers, portends them victory, and she herself pounces on the enemies, beats them with wings and strikes with her beak. “We saw the Great Bird flying towards us, which attacked the enemies” (tablet 14). And the Russian knights, having touched the glory of their ancestors, striving to be just as pure and strong in soul and body, go to fight for their land, for their wives, children, fathers, mothers, loved ones and, inspired by the words of Mother Swa, perform feats of arms, not sparing neither blood nor life itself. “As soon as the enemy comes at us, we take swords and, inspired by the words of Mother Swa, that our future is glorious, we go to death, as to a holiday” (table 14).

We believe that the image of the Mother Swa to some extent passed into many later images of Slavic mythology, in particular, the half-bird half-woman Things Gamayun, Alkonst and Sirin, whose unearthly singing makes you forget about everything in the world, and from the voice of Sirin a person may die. The wondrous singing of Mother Swa really inspired the warriors, so that death on the battlefield seemed to them a holiday, and their strength in battle increased tenfold.

In modern terms, the image of the Bird-Swa arose as a certain kind of energy field, a plasma clot, a living, pulsating egregore in space and time, “accumulating” the volitional and sensual-shaped impulses of individual people into a single substance of enormous power, shining like millions of candles, as if the Sun itself, from which everyone in turn receives an energy charge as a “feed”.

In the image of Mother Swa, the harmonious unity of the personal and the general, the glory of one person and the whole people is manifested. Here, the qualitative flows into the quantitative and vice versa, just as all the colors of the rainbow add up to a single color - white, which, shining with its original purity and whiteness, again crumbles into a bewitching seven-color.

At the same time, Mother Glory represents a direct and continuous flow of Time from the Past through the Present to the Future, arguing that, only remembering the glory of the fathers and ancestors and increasing it now, the Slavs will continue to remain just as glorious and strong. “And Mother-Sva-Glory beats with her wings, and tells her descendants about those who did not succumb to either the Varangians or the Greeks. That Bird is talking about the Borusinian heroes who fell from the Romans when Trajan fought a battle on the Danube, and they fell right at Trizna ... But we, their sons and descendants, will also not give our land to either the Varangians or the Greeks! (tablet 7-F).

Even in the most difficult times, when Russia was surrounded on all sides by enemies, and the Slavs became “orphans and beggars” and did not have the strength to defend themselves, Mother Swa supported them and called for deeds. “Only the Mother-Glory Bird predicted glory for us and urged us to learn from the glory of our fathers” (table 21).

In the form of the Bird of Things, she warns of impending troubles: “Mother-Sva-Glory beats her wings and portends us the difficult times of drought and cow pestilence” (tablet 28). Also, in difficult times, she prompts important decisions. “Captured by the Romans and overtaken by the Goths, we had to smolder and burn between two fires .... Then the Bird of God flew to us and said: “depart by midnight and attack them when they go to our villages and pastures.” We did just that - we retreated by midnight, and then attacked them and defeated them ”(tablet 6-A). “Germanarekh supported the Huns, and we had two enemies at both ends of our land. And Bolorev was in great difficulty: on whom to go?. Then the Mother Swa flew in and told him to attack the Huns first, smash them and turn on the Goths. And he did so (table 27).

On the battlefield, the Russians also often lined up the cavalry with a "bird" - this was a type of military formation, which was patronized by Mother-Sva-Glory herself. “We are built in the image of Mother-Sva, our Sun: we extend the“ wings ”in both directions, and the“ body ”in the middle, and at the head is Yasun, and on its sides are glorious governors ... (tablet 7-3) . “And we also followed Sva, lining up the cavalry with a “bird”, and she covered the enemies with her “wings”, and beat her with her “head” (tablet 20).

At the very hour when Perunitsa flies from heaven to the warriors who heroically fell on the battlefield, carrying a horn filled with “living water of eternal life”, Mother Sva sings to them the majestic Song of Glory, sings so that the gods of death Mor, Mara and Yama retreat before the dead, and their souls fly straight to Svarga and find eternal life there together with the gods and ancestors. “Mother Swa beats her wings and praises the warriors who drank living water from Perunitsa in a cruel slaughter” (tablet 7-D).

After the great Slavic power Ruskolan, which had existed for a thousand years, collapsed in the wars with the Goths and Huns (it was formed during the time of Orius in the 6th century BC and collapsed in the 4th century AD), the Rus had a prediction that Ruskolan will be reborn, “when Kolo Svarogye turns to us, and those times, according to the word of the Bird-Sva, will come to us” (tablet 36-A).

Who is she - Mother-Sva-Glory? A formidable warrior or a caring mother? A beautiful girl or a wise wife? Advisor or pointer? And who is she at all a Woman, a Bird, or simply - Radiance? She is everything! Most often, she appears as a Bird with a female appearance in shining plumage, but all of her is many-sided and multidimensional, she changes and lives like Fire, Wind, Water, Stars, Flowers, Trees, Animals, Birds and People.

Functionally, the image of Mother-Sva-Glory in some way echoes the images of the Greek goddess Athena and the Etruscan-Roman Minerva - powerful warriors, formidable and beautiful, who were usually depicted in shiny helmets and sparkling armor, with a shield and a spear. However, they act as guardians and patrons in the broadest sense. So Mother-Sva-Glory was sometimes depicted dressed in protective armor with a shield-shaped wing. However, she does not have a spear, a sword, or any other weapon. The power of its influence is in something else - in the penetrating word of Prophecy, Praise and Invocation.

On the other hand, Mother-Sva-Glory acts as the goddess of Victory: “Look around - and you will see that Bird in front of you, and it will lead you to victories over enemies, for where Swa leads us, victories are won” (tablet 18-A ). And in this she is related to the Greek Nike and the Roman Victoria.

As we can see, the image of Mother-Sva is very diverse, and such polyfunctionality brings it closer to the Great Mother (Ma-Diva) of the Crete-Mycenaean world, whose cult has developed, as Academician B.A. Rybakov, in the middle of the II millennium BC. Ma-Divya (or simply Ma) is regarded as the goddess of nature and the mother of all living things. However, in contrast to her, mother-Sva acts not as the “goddess of all life”, but as the Ancestor of only the Slavic people, performing the functions of a caring mother, the custodian of the glory and memory of the Slavic Kin-Tribe. This is precisely our Russian Great Mother, in the image of which, despite the similarity of features with many other deities, there are features of uniqueness. There is no similar deity in any mythology of the world. There are goddesses of the Earth, Fertility, the Hunt, the Warrior and Protector goddesses, the Mother Goddesses, but no one has the Goddess of Glory.

This indicates the originality of the worldview of the ancient Proto-Slavs, their unique, completely independent philosophy, which, organically coexisting with other religious and philosophical views, did not dissolve in them, but retained a special, only characteristic way of thinking and views on the world around them.

“Our gods are the essence of images,” the ancestors said, and most often they installed only the symbols of their gods in the form of idols, and even then not always. The most sacred icon for them was the Living Springs, Sacred Oaks, Heavenly Stones, and the whole Nature was the temple. The images of Slavic deities were too complex and multifaceted to capture them in crude forms of statics in at least one of the many-sided manifestations. How to express, for example, the soul of the Tree, capture the wisdom of the Stone, convey the divine radiance of Glory? The whole gamut of sensory-figurative concepts was passed on live - from generation to generation through the Magi and magicians, and lived among the Slavic people as an integral part of their philosophical and religious existence.

Surprisingly, many of these images live in us to this day! In every city and village there are monuments, obelisks or monuments of Glory. Mother Glory still looks at us from high mounds in the guise of a Woman-Defender, Victor, Sovereign. She has always been, is and will be the Patron of Russia. Her marvelous song can be heard even now by everyone who honors their Gods, Ancestors and their Fatherland.

“Here she flew to us, sat on a tree and the Bird sings,
And every feather of Her is different, and shines with different colors,
And it became in the night as in the day.
And she sings songs, calling for struggle and battles...
Hear, son. Song of Glory and keep Russia in your heart,
Which is and will be our land!” (tablet 8/2).

How the Soul sings from the Heavenly Light...
Irrigated with living dew.
Clean morning ... spring morning
Fair-haired children under the cover of Heaven,
Collecting...

How to fly in the worlds of boundless
Bird Sva - flew in Eternity,
Yes, with a beam of bright light, she dropped a marvelous feather
In the morning fog to Earth - Mother.
Where the feather falls
The silver spring is beating,
On the ground, a stream of crystal, flowing.
Who gives life to everyone,
Filled with light of joy.
The sun is bright and reflective.

Oh my soul asks with jealousy
To Berezen - my Light Russia.
It beats with a white wing, the Sva bird from Heaven
Eternal Light above me - the Light of the glow.
Call me or punish me
I will give you a faithful heart.

Divine bird. According to the tablets of Veles, the Vyshen or Vishny (Most High) transmits the Knowledge (Vedas), or the Fire of Faith, to the Russian people through his messenger Bird Mother Sva. Mother Sva sings glory and these words come from the Bird Vyshnya, from Svarga flying over Russia. And his fire is given by Mother Swa, and She brings glory on her wings to our forefathers. And Mother Sva calls to the Almighty, who sends fire through the forests to our hearths, then He comes to the rescue.
Bird Sva (Svarog). Gamayun. Sirin. Bird. She says, when fire and death rushes towards us, turning Golun into a burning place: “Gods, water and rain! And Sva spoke in our field, and beat her wings, and sang songs to the slaughter, and that bird is not the Sun, it is the one because of which everything became. The Sva bird sings about the day when the Slavs united and created Ruskolan near Golun. And we were waiting for that time, when Svarog's wheels are spinning with us. That time will come after Mother Swa's song. There is a bird that remembers and sings about the battles and civil strife of the exodus of Russians from Semirechye. She will sit on a tree and begin to sing, and every pen of hers is different, and shines with different colors. And it will become in the night as during the day, and she sings songs about the battles and civil strife of the Russians. Look around - see that bird on your forehead! That bird will lead you to victories over enemies, for you are her sons and therefore you will win! She, showing off in front of us, attracted us to her light. And so it was in other times, when the Russians went with the Wends and they wanted to take their gods to the sea.
The name of Mother Swa is also found in the Vedas of India. In the Mahabharata, she (Matarisvan) is called a descendant of Garuda "a glorious, all-praised, long-lived" Bird, whose genus comes from Vishnu, who for Her is the Highest. She is the messenger of the sun god Vivasvan, in the Russian tradition the sun god Vyshen-Dazhbog, the face of the Almighty for our solar system. The Mother Bird (Materishvan), as well as Mother Sva, carries fire to the ancestors of the Aryans. In translations from Sanskrit, it is quite possible to write not as it is now Matarishvan, but simply Mother Sva (Slavic myths). Mother Swa - Mother Russian. Steppe. Mother of the Sun. Bird, incarnation of the Great Mother - Lada. The patroness of Russia. In the Book of Veles, the image of the Sva bird combines the images of many folklore birds, primarily the Gamayun bird. Mother Sva beats with her wings on her sides from two sides, as if on fire, all shining with light and rushes at enemies - Goths and Huns. And all Her feathers are different: red, blue, red-brown, yellow, and silver, gold, and white. And she shines just as the Sun is a king, and She goes near Yasun, and she also shines with the seventh beauty, bequeathed from the gods. And Perun, seeing Her, thunders in that clear sky. And this is our happiness, and we must make every effort to see how they cut off our old life from the new, just as they cut firewood in firewood houses. Mother Swa calls to us to go for our land and fight for the hearths of our tribe, for we are Russians. Every time the enemy came against us, we ourselves took swords and won victories. It was proclaimed from Mother Swa that our future is glorious. And we flowed to death, as to a holiday. We said to Mother Swa when we were in trouble: "Defend our land well!" Vende, those had a shaky faith in Mother Swa, because they were often defeated by enemies. We sing songs to Mother Swa near the evening bonfires, where we tell in old words about our glory, about our holy Semirechye, where we had cities, where our fathers fought. And we left this land, going to another land, where we must now hold on. Mother Sva predicted glory to us, that we would take Golun, put cities and villages there, and begged us to save the glory of our fathers. But for a thousand and three hundred years, although we have been keeping our holy things, and now our wives say that we are blessed, that we have lost our reason and we stand like lambs before enemies, that we do not dare to go to battle and smash our enemies with a sword. Mother Sva sings glory to us so that we sing of campaigns against enemies, and we believe her, since this glory comes from a bird from above, flying across the Russian sky from us. The song of praise is sung by Mother Swa. She is a beautiful bird that brought fire to our ancestors at home, and also accepted a lamb. We were waiting for that time, when the Svarog wheels are spinning with us. That time will come after Mother Swa's song. She sings about the labors of her soldiers. And we must listen to her and wish for a severe battle for our Russia and our shrines. Mother Swa shines in the clouds like the Sun and heralds victories and doom to us. But we must take care of the eternal, because the earthly is nothing against it. We ourselves are on the ground, like a spark, and we will perish in the darkness, as if we never existed. The glory of our fathers will come to Mother Swa, and will remain in her until the end of the earthly centuries and other life. And with this we are not afraid of death, for we are the descendants of Dazhbog, who gave birth to us through the Zemun cow. That bird Mother Swa is not the Sun, she is the one who made everything happen. Mother Sva guards, guards us and spreads her wings in all directions, and our bodies are in the middle, and the head of the yasuni is on her shoulders in a glorious crown, she cannot lose it in a cut. The head of Mother Swa is yasun, and it has been preserved until this day.

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