BROWN. EVERYTHING ABOUT DOMOVO. RELATIONSHIPS WITH DOMOVOI.

Brownie, or as it is also called - Susedko, Boss, Himself, Dobrozhil, Dobrokhot, Breadwinner, Grandfather, Lizun, Posten (“along the wall” or from the “shadow”) or Batan (not in the sense of a bati (father), not that bro, that is, not a brother), is the most important part of the life of every person, because any person lives in some kind of house, which means that every day he encounters a brownie, because there is no house without a brownie, just like there is no brownie without a house.

It is worth even a non-specialist to delve a little into mythology, folklore - and it is impossible to break away. No fantasy can compare with the reality of the world: it was a different world, other people are almost aliens. No one in this world doubted the real existence of brownies. They were seen, they were spoken to, they were pleased - and this mythical, in our opinion, creature was an integral part of the world in which our ancestors lived.

Most of the peasants did not recognize brownies as evil spirits and considered them to be a separate good breed. Each village hut had one such invisible tenant, who was the guardian not only of the house, but, mainly, of all living people: people, cattle, and birds.

What does a brownie look like?

It is a kind of bundle of energy about a meter high. He becomes like the tenants when they are friends and live together for a long time. Some magicians believe that the age of the brownie can be estimated at 500-600 years. No one knows for sure, but one Altai sorceress claims that brownies are dying, since she once attended the funeral of a neighbor.

Domovoi have their own holiday. For them, it seems like New Year for us - from February 10 to 11, according to the old style, or from February 23 to 24, according to the new one. These days, you must definitely congratulate your brownie and his family on the holiday. In general, brownies sleep in the winter. But on this night they wake up and walk, have fun and make noise.

It is almost impossible to see a brownie, it is beyond human strength. For those who were curious to look at their Breadwinner, the belief offered very difficult trials. It was necessary on Easter night to put on a horse collar, cover yourself with a harrow with teeth towards you, and in this form sit until morning in the stable. However, if the brownie notices the one who is spying on him, he arranges it so that the horses begin to hit the harrow with their backs and can beat the inquisitive to death.

But you can hear the voice of the brownie, his quiet crying and muffled groans, his soft and affectionate, and sometimes deaf and abruptly short answering voice - if you have time to call out and ask about something on the right occasion. However, smart people have never tried to see this spirit or ask him: all this is not good and can even lead to serious illnesses.

The brownie can feel in advance the approach to the house of damage. For example, an unkind person, an envious person with bad intentions, entered your home. The brownie begins to worry and whisper to you about the evil intentions of the bad guest. If you can’t “catch” the brownie’s signals in any way, then he will do anything to get attention. In a dashing person, a cup can break out of his hands and break, clothes can suddenly be torn, something can spill on the tablecloth. This is all the work of a brownie. He seems to be signaling you - pay attention to this person, he intends to bring damage to you and your household!

The brownie is able to destroy all the small energy dirt in the house, but, unfortunately, he is not able to destroy serious damage.

If the brownie knocks, rustles, fiddles or rattles dishes at night, then he does it just out of boredom, he is amused. The brownie is generally a big joker: he can tickle the sleeping ones, hide the right thing in the most unexpected place, or drag and tangle a skein of threads like a kitten. At the same time, he does not cause significant harm to anyone, and if you kindly and respectfully ask him to return the thing to its place, he will not refuse to help. The humble, the poor and the hardworking can be helped to finish their work, again at night.

Settling for permanent residence in a warm hut, the brownie takes root in such a way that he protects his master's rights very jealously. As soon as he notices an attempt on his territory by "Nafanya" - a neighbor's brownie, for example, to convict him of stealing oats or hay from horses - he enters into a fight and leads it with such bitterness, which is characteristic only of a mighty invisible force, and not a weak one. human. People who are sensitive to hearing can hear this noise in barns and stables and will always be able to distinguish the fuss of brownies from horse stomping and sheep's shyness.

If your relationship with the brownie is well-established, if he is not offended by you, then it is in his power to protect both you and your house from a thief, from uninvited guests, and from evil spirits. But it is in the power of the brownie to let unkind energy “guests” into the house: evil spirits, tumbleweeds, etc. Although the brownie rarely resorts to such drastic measures. If only he gets really angry. Or if he has a disgusting character, or if another brownie is trying to move into your house, and drive your hostess away.

The brownie gets so used to his home that it is almost impossible to evict or survive, and it is extremely difficult to lure him to a new place. Here, conspiracies and ordinary tricks are not enough, one must have special attractive good properties of the soul so that he does not take affectionate conspiracies for a hypocritical trick, and the offered victims for mockery. And no amount of violence will help. If, when moving, you fail to lure the brownie to a new home, he will remain in his old place in sadness and longing. Left out of stubbornness or abandoned due to the forgetfulness of slow-witted people, the brownie prefers to suffer, languishing and bored, crying and moaning in an empty hut, as did, by the way, those brownies who forgot to invite with them in the second half of the 19th century settlers to Siberia.

You can call the brownie to a new place with a pot of porridge, and carry it in a bag (where he will climb when no one is looking). But the main thing is that all this must be done with a good heart, with all my heart, saying: “Domovoi, domovoi, come with me, bring the domovikha, mistress, as best I can, I will reward.” In the Russian North, it was believed that a brownie could have a family - a wife (Domanya or Domovikha) and children (Shushkanov or Shurshonchikov).

The second option is how to take the brownie with you to a new place. Before you move to a new apartment, kneel in the corridor of the former apartment at the front door, lay a towel on the floor and say a spell: “Owner-father, take your belongings, we will go together, we will live as before, we will be friends.” After that, carefully fold the towel in four and put it in your bosom. Arriving at a new apartment, first of all, entering the corridor, kneel down again, spread the towel on the floor and say: “My master, happy housewarming!”

Your life in your house also depends on your relationship with the brownie: either it will be calm and happy, or you will be constantly haunted by all sorts of domestic troubles, and you don’t even know that the reason for this (whether you believe it or not) is offended or brownie angry with you.

And the Brownie can get angry with you for the following reasons:

1. Brownie is strongly irritated by tobacco smoke.
2. He just hates cheating spouses.
3. If the house is a constant mess.
4. If the brownie believes that you are not behaving in relation to household members as you should.
5. He doesn't like the food you cook.
6. If you forgot to feed the owner (and this must be done every month on the 1st).
7. Excessive extravagance of the owners of the house. The brownie can help in many everyday problems. Here are just a few ways to get help from a brownie.

If money began to disappear in the apartment
In my practice, there was a case when small amounts of money began to disappear for no reason in a prosperous family. Neither the husband, nor the wife, nor their ten-year-old daughter could understand what was happening. When I just started to perform the ritual, a fat fluffy cat immediately woke up, which ran to the corner of the kitchen and began to look at me expressively, as if he wanted to say something. Of course, I understood what was the matter, and after the ritual, the money stopped disappearing.

Here's what needs to be done. In the evening, as soon as the sun sets below the horizon, put a glass of wine in the corner of the room. Then take all the wallets and purses that are in the house, put a few bills and some change in them. Sit at the table facing the window, light three candles, cross your wallets with one and say 3 times: “Brownie, brownie, don’t touch me! Neither me, child of God (name), nor my money! I, the child of God (name), I do not whisper, I say, the heavenly forces speak with my mouth, they do their defense, they put an iron tyn, they cover it with fire arrows, they protect it from thieves, sorcerers, from black words. And now and forever, it will be so, then if it is so it will be.

After that, extinguish the candles, take the money out of your wallet and put it under the table for three days for the brownie. Then the money can be used, and they will not disappear anymore.

To avoid divorce
Put a small bench in the corner of the brownie, cover it with a napkin, put a saucer of milk, a piece of bun or candy on it and put some small thing under the bench (handkerchief, glasses or gloves) that belongs to the person with whom you want to keep relationship.

With the index finger of your right hand, lightly tap on the saucer and say these words: “Brownie, brownie, connect zealous hearts, souls of the child of God (name) and the child of God (name). Take away the cursed parting, protect our love, cover with a golden robe for one day, for one year, for the whole century.

Leave the thing overnight, and then hide it in a secluded place for three days and three nights. After three days, take it out and thank the gods and your ancestors. And then quietly place this thing on the person with whom you are going to maintain a relationship. Express your request to the brownie in such a way that no one is watching you. He doesn't like being treated for show.

So that the brownie does not survive the new household
Sometimes the Brownie does not accept some new family member into the home: well, he didn’t like that one and that’s it! It can be a baby, and a new son-in-law or daughter-in-law. In this case, you should “appease” the brownie for three days in a row - put him a treat, saying: “Grandfather-neighbor, my master brownie, let the child of God (name) into the house, accept him, drink, feed, don’t survive.”

If you got in trouble
Read the plot in the corner of the kitchen: “My master, brownie. Take the holy broom, put things in order. Drive trouble beyond the threshold, tie a charm for the family.

To improve memory and get rid of forgetfulness
Buy a small round mirror, sit at the table facing the window, consecrate the mirror with peruns 3 times with a lit candle, saying: “And now and forever, so be it, then if it will be so For the glory of the gods and our ancestors.” Then take the mirror in your left hand, and the candle in your right.

Attach a mirror to your body and, while holding it, say the words of an appeal to the brownie: “Brownie, brownie, help me! Forgive and take away, detach the child of God (name) from unconsciousness, from male, from female, from children, from old, from black, from white, from morning, from evening, from day, from night. As the sun rises in the morning, the memory of the child of God (name) will return.

And the mirror must be applied in a certain order (be careful!): first to the forehead, then to the chin, then to the chest, to the stomach, to the navel, below the stomach, to the left knee, to the right knee, to the right shoulder, to the left shoulder. There should be nine attachments in total, respectively, nine times you should contact the brownie with a request to return the memory. After the last time, wrap the mirror in a clean white cloth and place it in the corner next to the brownie. There you can also put a few coins and candy. After three days, take away the mirror (the brownie has already done what he needs) and bury it deep in a deserted place so that the mirror surface is facing down.

So that the brownie does not offend pets
If your pet is sad, does not eat well, then it is possible that he had trouble with the brownie. You can fix it like this. Prepare food that your four-legged friend especially loves, and speak to it 3 times: “I sing, caress, welcome, walk with you, no matter how afraid you are of me, not afraid, how clear the sun of mother earth does not shy away, how the river-river is not afraid of its banks, just as a bird of the blue sky does not seem to be, so you don’t go far from me, forever and ever. As it was, so it will be"

After that, you need to feed the food to your pet, and leave a small part in a saucer for the brownie (you can also put a glass of wine there and put a piece of sweet cheese). And then say the following words: “As I nurse you, I feed you, so you love my animal, forever and ever. As it was, so it will be."

And in conclusion, I will tell an entertaining story about the Scottish relative of our Brownie.
Once upon a time, a very mischievous brownie decided to live with a farmer. The farmer was an economic farmer: he had herds of cows and flocks of sheep, he had meadows and fields, and all this flourished. But the trouble is that the brownie did not give him rest: he made noise all night long, broke dishes, overturned bottles of milk and cream, threw freshly made pieces of butter at the walls of the oil mill and pinched the workers in their sleep, so much so that they woke up screaming.

The farmer could not get rid of the brownie in the house and decided to leave it himself, move with all the good things to another house that belonged to him - on the far side of his possessions.

Designed - done: the farmer and his wife are already packing, and the workers are loading the carts and transporting all the property to a new home. By the end of the week, the move was almost over, the old house looked empty and abandoned. And so, on a bright spring morning, the farmer and his wife got into a wagon loaded with all sorts of goods, including a butter churn, and drove away from their old house, and at that time he was blazing merrily, because the angry farmer set it on fire.

So they set off, and when they were at the top of the hill, the farmer leaned out of the wagon to watch the old house burn, and shook his fist at the brownie, whom he, in truth, had never seen:
“Now you can have fun on these ruins!” You can throw firebrands all you want!
“Yes, I think it’s for the best,” agreed the farmer’s wife, wiping away a tear. “Still, it makes me sad to see it, it was a good house.

And they fell silent, looking at the fire, she - in tears, he - in a rage. And a neighbor was riding towards them and knocked on the wall of the wagon:
- Are you moving at all? - he asked.
- Yes, - answered a raspy voice from the churn ...

I. Popovich, healer, Krivoy Rog, Dnipropetrovsk region

Let's figure out who these brownies are. How they look. They are good entities or evil.

Brownie, Barabashka, Poltergeist- these words mean in general one thing, an energy essence, a small spirit. They say that the brownie still lives in every village house and in many city apartments, but not in every one. In ancient beliefs, from the souls of trees cut down to build a house, a house owner was born.

The brownie keeps the hearth, becomes his patron and soul. It is he who makes sure that there is always prosperity in the house, there are no quarrels, illnesses, and bad people and evil spirits cannot harm the owners. For this, people pay him with their love. Belief in the existence of the brownie has existed to this day - many are 100% convinced that the brownie exists, and some provide evidence that they met him personally.

Recent cases with brownies

The Russian singer Akula has been at war with her brownie for several months now. Slamming cabinet doors. The riot of the brownie is unpredictable. Mrs. World Alisa Krylova has the same problems. She is also terrorized by a brownie who moves furniture, things, moves car keys to different rooms.

The reasons why brownies begin to be aggressive towards the owners of houses and apartments are unknown. Maybe they just didn’t like the owner, or, as others say, the reason may be that there is an unfaithful spouse in the house. How to calm the violent brownie and what makes him angry? A district police officer from the Novosibirsk region helped an elderly war veteran get rid of a brownie. He managed to catch the brownie in a glass jar.

He lured him into a jar and closed the lid. The pensioner did not complain about strange sounds anymore. If you believe the specialists in brownies with the essence, you just need to make friends. It is known that brownies are very fond of milk, cookies, sweets, and if you throw them to different places where they, in your opinion, they go, then you can appease him and it is better to pour the milk in a saucer.

It is also known that they are not indifferent to shiny objects. But still, most brownies are very kind and love people and pets very much. But if the brownie sees that someone offended his beloved cat, for example kicked or beaten for something, then he will take revenge for this.

What does a brownie look like

It is believed that a brownie is born as an old grandfather and dies as a baby. Most often, the brownie looks like an old man - small, all covered with gray hair, including his palms. Sometimes, in order to divert the curious gaze from himself, he takes on the appearance of the owner of the house. But sometimes it can carry a bad sign - death or illness. In general, the brownie likes to wear the master's clothes, but always manages to put them back in place as soon as a person needs things.

In childhood, brownies are like balls, covered with long, rough to the touch hair. The hands are small, with soft fingers. Legs may be absent - then the brownies move through the air, hovering above the floor. At the sight of a person, they become almost transparent and hover motionlessly under the ceiling, sometimes they begin to fly very quickly around the room, leaving behind a grayish trail.

In adolescence, the brownie has no gender, but for a long time living next to a person, he gradually acquires the appearance, character and gender of his master. In different regions of Russia, the brownie takes on different images. In addition to the old man, village brownies pretend to be a hare, a bear, a lynx, or are shown as a shadow on the wall. City brownies often take the form of a mouse, snake, weasel or cat.

The brownie differs from demons in that he does not do evil, but only sometimes jokes or, as they say, "naughty" and even renders services if he loves the owner or mistress. The one he loves, he curls his hair and beards into braids, and the one he does not love, he pinches him to bruises at night. If the brownie fell in love with the household, then he warns of misfortune, guards the house and yard from thieves. But, what is most surprising, the characters of brownies are formed by the people themselves.

What does the brownie eat

Brownies feed on our emotions, they will never “eat” us by force, like vampires, they simply feed on the energy that we create around us. And he also feeds on energy from ordinary food, which products emit. If you are an evil and cruel person, your house does not have good energy and a heavy atmosphere, then your brownie in such an environment will not be able to be kind and affectionate in any way.

If he doesn’t run away from such an unkind house at all, then most likely he will manifest himself in this way: scare the owners with howls and screams, hide things, spoil furniture and utensils, push, scare, strangle people and other unpleasant actions. With such actions, we say that a poltergeist has wound up in the house, and we begin to expel him in every possible way, not at all thinking that our poor brownie is forced to defend himself, since he has already “brutalized” from constant scandals and negativity.

In this case, in the kitchen, in a secluded corner at sunset, leave a saucer with milk and a bun or cookie and sincerely ask for forgiveness from the house. But if his pranks are expressed in spontaneous combustion of objects, bad graffiti on the walls, and other things of that kind, then Domovoy should show who is the boss in the house. You need to take a belt in your hand and go around the house and quilting furniture, walls, floors and things to sentence in an authoritative and strong voice:

“Know your place, know your place.
You must guard the house, take care of the economy,
Yes, to please the mistress, and not to fight,
Know your place, know your place."

You can say any words, the main thing is that they be spoken by the owner of the house. If you are unable to negotiate with the brownie, take a broom and, saying: "I'm sweeping you out, a stranger, a harmful brownie, I'm kicking you out"- mark the floors, looking into every corner with a broom. And so every day, except Friday, all week. I want to warn you, it's worth trying all the methods of influencing your brownie.

And scold, and scold, and caress, and only if nothing comes of it, and he is really very angry, then kick him out, but remember, life is bad without a brownie. Calm, friendly, positive owners have the same calm and positive brownies in their houses, but a good brownie, unlike an angry one, is more difficult to track, since he does not manifest himself so clearly.

According to common belief, the brownie lives behind the stove, and if the owner has horses and a stable, then he is placed near the horses. In urban conditions, they settle under the stove, in the oven, under the bathroom, on the mezzanine or in the closet.

Kind brownie

Usually quietly dozing somewhere under the ceiling in the form of a bunch of energy, coming to the aid of the owners at the right time. In houses with such brownies, things are rarely lost, people swear less often, money is better stored, providing the owners with material wealth, and pets do not get sick. It is almost impossible to see a good brownie, unless you are endowed with a special gift that allows you to see the energy of everything around you, but his presence is felt in a sense of care and patronage.

However, pets and small children can see the brownie: for example, he sometimes even plays with the child and answers his questions.

Do not try to communicate with the brownie, to see him, it may be unsafe for your psyche. All magical creatures are not very fond of people intruding into their lives, and brownies are no exception. To get rid of your too intrusive attention, brownies can affect your psyche, so much so that you lose sleep and appetite, the whole rhythm of life is disrupted, serious mental and health problems can begin.

And if this doesn’t stop you, and you continue to impose your communication on the brownie, then he can turn into an angry poltergeist

Angry brownie, boogeyman or poltergeist

Ray O'Neill has gray hair, red eyes, a stooped figure and a haggard face of a tired man. He's 42, but he looks like he's sixty. He is a man who won in a long and cruel struggle with a mysterious, vile and ruthless otherworldly force. However, that victory did not bring him satisfaction, since it is impossible to restore the life of his children. For five years he has been unable to sleep indoors and usually sleeps in his limousine.

Ry O'Neal is the author of Brownie Killed My Children, which spent three weeks at number one on America's top ten bestsellers. This is a fully documentary book about the mysterious and almost unexplored phenomenon - the poltergeist and the only evidence of perhaps its most dangerous and cruel form, which in the United States is mistakenly called "brownie". The nature of the poltergeist is unknown to modern science. However, Roy O'Neill described it in detail and gave recommendations based on personal experience on how to resist this scourge.

He himself is a migrant from Northern Ireland, worked in the United States as a casino security guard and considered himself a tough guy. He was reckless and feared neither God nor the devil.

At the age of 26, he got married and dreamed of having an ordinary family, where there would be many children and his mother did not work, but did housework. His earnings allowed them to live quite well, better than most Irish people in the United States. Trouble began for him when his family moved into a new house.

Then his eldest son was four years old, his daughter was two and a half and his wife was pregnant with their third child. Rai worked at night and came home only in the morning. One day, his wife told him that the children did not sleep that night, they cried for a long time in their room, asked to turn on the light, and she was forced to take them to her bed. Rai was terribly furious at this and demanded that his wife never do this again, otherwise the children would continue to be afraid of the dark. Then he severely reprimanded his son and told him to never cry, otherwise he would not become a real man.

- But, dad, he lives in our closet, brownie. I saw him. He crawls out of there as soon as mom puts out the light. And I'm afraid of him.

Rai hit his son and forbade him to talk about such nonsense. However, the next night it happened again. This time, the children did not wait for their mother to pick them up, but ran into her room themselves. Enraged Rai, in front of the children, pulled out all the things from the closet, showing that there was nowhere for the brownie to hide, and then hung a large padlock on the closet.

The next night, the wife called her husband at work, saying that the children again ran into her room, but she herself was afraid to turn off the light and it seemed to her that something was really wrong in the nursery. She asked Ray to come home, and after his refusal, she called a neighbor who spent the night in their house.

Upon learning of this, Rai himself was in no small measure embarrassed that the lock on the cabinet was not latched, although he clearly remembered that he had closed it. After that incident, he was forced to allow his wife to take the children to her room for the night. So they calmed down. Five months have passed. Leaving for the hospital, as if anticipating something, the wife took an unusually long time saying goodbye to the children. At her request, Rai hired a young woman, also Irish, to take care of the children.

She again began to put the children to sleep in the nursery. Three nights went well. On the fourth day, the nurse woke up from a terrible scream from the nursery. Grabbing a poker, she rushed there, but turning on the light, she did not see anything suspicious. The children, trembling with fear, confusedly explained that there was some kind of noise in the closet. The nurse was a brave woman, and did not believe in any evil spirits.

She opened the closet and, finding a mouse there, tried to kill it with a poker, but the mouse was unusually agile and fled. The next day, the nurse brought into the house a charming fluffy cat. The children liked him very much. Rai, having learned about the night incident, also approved this idea.

Meanwhile, Ray's wife was about to give birth. Paradise was torn between work and home, so that he hardly saw his children these days. One morning, a nurse called at the casino and, through bouts of sobs, announced that both children were dead. He rushed home. His children lay side by side in the same bed. There was no blood on their body, their muscles were not cramped. But in the eyes forever frozen animal fear.

There was a dead cat under the bed. the hysterical nurse was not on duty that night, so she could not tell anything. Police doctors ascertained that the children died from a heart attack as a result of fright. No investigation has been opened in this case. Rai did not tell the police about the brownie.

A few days later, the wife gave birth to a son to Paradise. When the child was six days old, she was informed of the deaths of her two older children. The woman went crazy. Paradise brought his son to his house, hired a nurse and a wet nurse. He blocked the door to the children's room. Now for this he had clear motives.

One day the nurse asked Paradise to take time off after the baby was put to bed. The nurse only came at night when Rai was working at the casino. In the daytime, Paradise himself watched the child. He went out into the yard for a while. Returning to the room, he immediately noticed that the door to the nursery was open. He instinctively shifted his gaze to the cradle of the baby and saw an incomprehensible dark creature hugging the child.

At the same moment, it slithered down like a snake and rushed towards the nursery like an arrow. Ray rushed to the child and, touching him, felt with horror that the body was already cold. Mad with anger, he rushed into the nursery, but only had time to see how the door of the closet slammed shut, from behind the doors of which an unnatural light poured and instead of the usual shelves, some kind of staircase was visible in the closet. Rai flung open the door, intending to desperately give chase, but his hands stumbled upon ordinary shelves. Doctors again determined that his son had died of a heart attack.

This is of course a rare case and most often brownies do not show aggression towards a person, but simply play pranks.

Why are socks lost?

A sign from the brownie may be the constant loss of socks. This mainly concerns a man who leads a double life or leaves all the housework on his wife, while he himself is completely eliminated from this. This sign can also be a protest against the fact that general cleaning has not been done for a long time, since the brownie does not like mess. Clean up the house and then perhaps the socks will become paired. That is, if the brownie begins to "naughty", then something is wrong in the family.

How to communicate with Domov

Previously, people believed that if you talk to a brownie, you can either become numb or become a stutterer. Therefore, it is recommended to simply listen to what Brownie warns about. If the dishes rattle, a fire may occur. If it pours water, then to illness, and if it cries and groans, then I will burn. Well, if he starts howling and slamming doors - to death. If the family has only the appearance of well-being, but in fact the husband and wife do not get along, then knives often disappear in such a house.

It is necessary to determine the Domovoy place where he would sleep, hide. Although, usually, the brownie finds and equips such a place for himself, but sometimes he directly shows what he likes here - be indulgent. Brownie is a thinking being. Moreover, he easily reads your thoughts. First you need to know that you can talk with Domov both mentally and out loud. If your family perceives this normally, then it is possible in the presence of family members.

Of course, the brownie has a name, but since you do not know him, you can refer to him "Grandfather", "Grandfather-housewife", "Master-father", "House-father", "Sir-brownie", "Neighbor". Speaking about the brownie in the third person, respectfully call him “he”, “himself” - your brownie will appreciate the respectful attitude. Ask him to help with something, promise something tasty or toys. Usually Brownie speaks to you in his own language, which is not always easy to understand. He can be asked “Brownie, brownie, we don’t wish you harm, explain what you want". The answer can be felt with the palm of your hand: heat means yes, cold means no.

What does the brownie like to play with?

Old beads, jewelry, shiny buttons, old coins. Put all this in a beautiful box without a lid and tell Brownie that this is a gift for him, and put it in a secret place. No one should touch the box and its contents. The box can be sewn from postcards, glued together or taken ready-made and dressed up with all sorts of shiny pieces of paper, rain.

Give Domovoy some money. Usually it is five kopecks in one coin. It is placed in a hard-to-reach place in the house, often left between cracks in the floor. At this time they say: "Grandfather brownie! Here's some money for boots and seeds. I give from the bottom of my heart, I give you!”

If the Brownie is spoiled, then he should be scolded: “Such an adult grandfather and play pranks. Oh no no no!". He will be ashamed and he will try to make amends.

The best way to communicate with Domovoi is to treat him to delicious treats. The brownie will surely appreciate your care, and will try to thank you sooner or later.

All esoteric literature recommends pouring milk into a clean saucer, and putting the treat in a secluded warm corner. Also, you can add a few sweets, cookies to milk. Sometimes you need to pamper your Brownie with porridge - for example, on the first day of each month.

It is better to put goodies under the battery. If there are dogs, cats or other animals in the house, then put it on the refrigerator or in a corner so that the Brownie is comfortable, and away from human eyes, and so that the animals do not get it. Putting goodies, you should say: "This is for you, Grandfather Household." Then happiness in the house will increase, and peace between households.
On big holidays (Maundy Thursday, Easter, Christmas) in good families, after a festive dinner, they always left a house treat on the table.

Even the name day of Domovoy "housekeeper" was celebrated, they were celebrated on February 10, on Efrim Sirin. On this day, it was necessary to leave the “owner” of the hotel on the table. Usually it is bread with porridge. At the same time, they said: “Owner-father, take care of the economy”, “Host-father, take bread and salt, bring prosperity.” After the celebratory supper, the "susedko" was humble and obliging all year round. If this is not done, then the Brownie from a good creature could turn into an evil and harmful one, and after that all things in the household will go awry.

All the food that was given to the brownie is then given to pets or any animals on the street, birds. Porridge is removed the next day, and sweets are kept until the next first day.

Also, on family holidays, do not forget to put a glass of wine on Brownie (do not offer vodka) and something tasty. At the same time, say: "The owner-father, sir brownie, love me and perhaps accept my treat."

Everyone clinks glasses with a glass of Brownie. On the ninth of June, on the day of Fyodor, the brownie settles down to sleep on a broom, and it can be accidentally taken out of the house along with the garbage. Therefore, on this day, the peasants in Russia did not grind the floors at all, so that prosperity and comfort would not leave the house together with the brownie.

With whom is the brownie at enmity

The brownies have enemies, these are directly the spirits from the lower astral plane. Namely, these are the souls of suicides who were not punished according to all Christian customs, which neither heaven nor earth accepts. But since they also need to be somewhere, they are trying to force a good brownie out of the house. Spirits from the lower astral only settle in problem families. Therefore, when a scandal is brewing, think carefully before it can be fraught.

How to check if your house has a brownie

In such a simple way - leaving treats for the Brownie - you can check if he is, in general, in your house, using the pendulum technique in the morning.

Hang any object on a long thread - a ring, a large bead, any object that seems most suitable for this. The pendulum answers questions by swinging in different directions, yes or no. Leaving the offering for the night, check the energy of milk in the morning.

Yes, milk will be untouched at first glance, if cats do not lap it up, because brownies are energy entities, and they feed on energy, respectively. Your pendulum will not be able to answer the question whether milk is good or bad, it will simply stand still without swinging, because all the energy from milk will go away. This means you have a brownie, and he accepted your offering.

Also, the presence of a brownie can be checked in the following way: in apartments, it is quite possible that the favorite place of housing for a brownie is a bathroom, namely a washing machine. If you put a mirror on a stand on it, then most likely, during the day this mirror will be overturned.

How not to offend the brownie

In the common people they have respect for the brownie, so that the peasant is afraid of offending him with something and is even careful not to pronounce his name without purpose. In conversations, they do not call him a brownie, but "grandfather, master, big or himself." It is believed that he does not like mirrors, also goats, as well as those who sleep near the threshold or under the threshold.

They say that Brownie does not like lazy people. You can’t whistle in the house, since the Brownie can’t stand the whistle, he can leave the house, and sometimes immediately and forever. Brownies also really dislike tobacco smoke, so it’s better never to smoke in your house, as this smoke settles on household utensils, furniture and does not disappear. According to popular beliefs, sharp objects (forks, knives, etc.) should not be left on the table at night, as well as salt, pepper, garlic, onions, because this prevents the brownie from protecting the house and resisting evil forces.

In addition, the Brownie does not tolerate dirty kitchen appliances and dishes standing in the kitchen for a long time, and when the owner is far from the kitchen, you can hear characteristic knocks and rattling of dishes. The brownie's anger can be subdued by placing a few coins on the hallway cabinet or on the roof of the bookcase in the hall. Do not forget to greet and say goodbye to Domov, calling him respectfully "Master". Sometimes Brownie can reveal his name to you - this is a very positive sign.

Brownie - a character of Slavic mythology, living in people's houses. Any person from young to old knows about the brownie. In terms of fame, he is on the same level with Baba Yaga and Koshchei the Immortal. Since ancient times, the Slavs considered him a good home spirit, providing a favorable life in the family. Time passes, but interest in this mythical creature does not cease to fade. People keep calling him when they move to a new house, looking for information on how to appease him and even summon him. In this article, we will try to disclose complete information about who is a brownie and why he does not cease to interest people.

Brownie is a character of Slavic mythology, which is a good spirit. Its main purpose was to protect the home and family.. He kept order in the household and protected family members from evil spirits. Each house had its own brownie. It was believed that these good spirits live up to 700 years. At the same time, their main feature was that their whole life flowed in the opposite direction from the human one. Brownies were born old, becoming younger and younger over time.

Home spirit is common among other peoples. So, for example, among the ancient Armenians, house spirits were called Shaapets, among the peoples of Northern Europe - Kobolds, in England - Brownies, in Japan - Zashiki-warashi, and in the Altai and Tuvan traditions - Kagyr-kan.

About, what a real brownie looks like is known to every child. He is described as a small old man with a height of 30-50 centimeters. Sometimes it is said that the household spirit has the image of one of the deceased family members. But most often he is described as a little grandfather. The brownie's face is adorned with a thick beard. And he is dressed in a white or red shirt, belted with a sash.

A lesser-known version of the brownie's appearance is pointed ears, long claws, and an entire body covered in hair. This appearance more defines the home patron as evil spirits. It is no coincidence that there is a legend that the brownie, along with mermaids, water and other creatures, were thrown from heaven by God along with the devil. Therefore, they are considered demonic beings. But it so happened that the Slavs preferred to trust the traditions of their ancestors. So today brownie is known to us as a kind old man who protects the family and ensures order in the house.

Many people today are asking questions do brownies exist and is there a brownie in a particular house. The questions are quite interesting. But each person is left with the choice to believe or not in the creatures of Slavic mythology. As for the brownies, there is currently a theory about the brownie, as a clot of energy that forms in the house. Therefore, a positive atmosphere in the house contributes to the formation of positive energy, and a negative one - negative. The resulting energy, in turn, is embodied in the image of this very brownie, who is considered either an assistant in the family, or, if negative energy accumulates in the house, an evil dirty trick.

Having answered the question of the existence of a brownie, next arises the question of the presence of a brownie in a particular house or even in an apartment. Having studied various sources, one may come across the fact that when mentioning brownies, they most often talk about private houses. Nothing is said about the apartments. Nevertheless, Slavic traditions speak of the brownie as the patron of the family and the protector of the home, therefore if the family lives in an apartment, then the brownie will calmly find a place for himself there. Our ancestors believed that the defender of the house could live on the stove behind the chimney, in the oven, at the threshold, in the attic, in the underground or on the golbets(the structure at the furnace for climbing onto it). Therefore, in some places, the brownie was called golbeshnik:

"The goater lives in a hut under the stove, in the wooden frame of the stove from the side of the underground"

It was believed that the place of the house spirit cannot be occupied. Otherwise, it is fraught with disease.

How to pick up a brownie when moving?

The Slavs believed that the brownie brings happiness to the house. Therefore, when moving to another house, the question arose of whether how to take your pet spirit with you. In this case, the Slavs had a special rite. On the last night or before leaving the old house, family members called the brownie with you. Each clan used its own words to invite the brownie to a new place of residence:

"My master, come with me"

"Grandfather brownie, come out. Let's go live with us!"

"Domovoyushka, housekeeper, father, get in the sleigh, let's go with us"

At the same time, some sources mention the need to prepare baskets of bread, salt and porridge for the brownie before leaving the old house. This is due to the fact that the brownie is free to choose. Go with family or not. The hotel also allows you to appease the spirit and help make the "right" decision.

After that, the underground or gate was opened and a bast shoe on a string was placed next to it. The brownie "sat" in it. And throughout the whole road to the new house, the domestic spirit rode in a lapta. Arriving in a new house, it is customary to first of all invite a brownie to the house:

"You are welcome, grandfather, to a new home"

In some regions, it was customary to bring burning coals from the stove of the old house, which were put into the stove in the new place of residence.

When a family moves into a house where someone has already lived, then first of all, it was necessary to ask the old brownie to leave. After all, it is possible that the old owners did not take him with them, or he himself did not want to move home. To do this, before finally moving to a new house and bringing your brownie there, you had to come to the house and say:

"You already free us a house, a room. Your owners have left, and you leave with God"

After that, someone else's brownie left the home. Most often in the form of an animal.

Good brownie and evil brownie

Speaking about the nature of the brownie, it should be understood that everything depends on the atmosphere that develops in the family. If the houses are kept in order, family members live in harmony and do not swear, then the brownie will maintain an appropriate way of life.

Home Defender does not like quarrels and lack of cleanliness in the house. If there are constant strife in the family, they do not follow the household, they get angry at home and eventually begin to do harm, showing their discontent.

In order for the brownie to always be kind and not angry, he must be appeased. To do this, you need to constantly keep the house clean, take care of pets, communicate with brownies and, of course, feed them. What do brownies eat? What to feed them? They are very fond of milk, pastries and porridge. You can prepare treats for him and put them in some secluded place. At the same time, it is imperative to tell the home spirit that this is a treat for him. Otherwise, he will not touch someone else. It is possible that while conducting such a ritual in a private house, a cat, rodents or birds got to the delicacy. Therefore, in the apartment, it is unlikely that you will see an empty plate of treats. Unless, of course, there are pets in your house. Therefore, after some time, the "remnants" of the delicacy can be fed to the birds. Given the brownie's love for animals, he is unlikely to be against it. Such events will make it possible to make friends with the brownie, and he will always protect the family and keep order in the house. So, for example, feeling love for animals, a house spirit can look after cattle. He especially likes cats and horses. They say that the brownie can scratch the manes of horses and tie them with red ribbons. If he does not like the animal, then he can torture him to death. Therefore, the Slavs believed that an animal could be in the court or not. Someone got along only colored cats, someone only gray. And all this was connected with what the brownie liked.

The brownie could warn the family about the danger that threatened them. If a person came to the house with evil intentions, then the house spirit began to rage, warning his family. Incomprehensible knocks could appear in the house, a cup or plate could break at the guest. All this means that the brownie asks you to be on your guard. Before the death of one of the family members, the brownie cries and howls. Often he makes the dogs howl. Therefore, when someone dies, we hear the howl of a dog. If the brownie laughs - this is good.

Cases are known when brownie strangles in a dream. In science, this phenomenon is called sleep paralysis. Our ancestors believed that this happens when a brownie sits on a person and squeezes his chest. At this moment, it was necessary to ask the brownie for worse or for better. If he keeps silent or starts to cough - for worse. And this is logical, since such a symptom is a serious disease.

Brownie Day

The brownie has its own holiday. It is celebrated on February 10 (January 28, old style) and is called Kudesy or Velesichi.. This name is due to the fact that the brownie is subordinate to the Slavic god Veles. On this day, it is customary to feed the house spirit with a special treat. The Slavs cooked porridge for him, baked pastries and served with the words:

"Grandfather-neighbor! Eat porridge, but save our hut!"

How to make a brownie

Brownie lives in almost every home. Most often it can be found where several generations of the family have lived. It is not easy to detect his presence, but if something does not suit the brownie, he will definitely show his displeasure.

Brownie is a mystical entity that has been protecting people's homes from time immemorial. He is able to protect against many misfortunes: fires, scandals, theft, ill-wishers. However, if the family begins to disrespect their home, makes a mess, the brownie can get angry, and then you will know for sure that he lives with you.

Signs of the presence of a brownie

1. Loud noise. Sometimes at night the brownie can prove himself by rearranging the dishes in the kitchen, slamming doors, stomping loudly. He usually gets angry when the housewives stop carefully keeping order. In this case, the brownie is harmful, hiding things, thereby calling for cleaning.

2. Pets. The most common pets, cats and dogs, always see and hear more than humans. If you notice that your dog sometimes looks warily into the corner, starts wagging his tail and tries to play as if with himself, most likely he sees a brownie. Also, cats can suddenly freeze, and then begin to purr, arching their backs, as if an invisible hand is stroking them. However, if animals show concern, whine, hiss, hide under furniture, it is possible that in your house there is not a brownie at all, but an evil spirit. In this case, it is necessary to clean the house or apartment. Walk through all the rooms, spraying the space with holy water, put some salt in every corner, and then walk with a lit candle.

3. Missing sweets, small items. Often we forget that the brownie also feels our mood and is ready to help us in difficult times. Left without a treat, he can steal a few sweets, the wrappers from which will periodically catch your eye in the most unexpected places. Also, out of harm, he can shift keys, scissors and other objects. Pour milk into a small cup, put porridge with butter in a saucer and place in a corner. Ask the brownie for forgiveness for inattention and ask to protect your house with the same strength. Also ask to return the missing items in exchange, for example, for marmalade.

4. Sleep. Brownies who love their home and owners often help them. For example, in a dream, they can tell you a solution to a problem, indicate who from your inner circle is hostile. In rare cases, the brownie indicates the place where the treasure is hidden. This is how he shows respect, thanks for the care, but most often it is gratitude for the fact that when you moved you did not forget about him and offered to go to a new home.

5. Safety. Often we feel a state of anxiety, but when we return home, we notice that fears evaporate somewhere. There is a feeling of peace, warmth and comfort. And at night we are not tormented by nightmares, we easily fall asleep and wake up cheerful and rested. This is also an indirect sign of the presence of a brownie in the house, who cares about your safety and peace of mind.

6. Warning. Sometimes it also happens that in the middle of the night we suddenly wake up with a strong sense of anxiety, and in a dream we feel as if something has fallen on us and is pressing. So the brownie warns of imminent danger. He can also make a loud noise, slam the door, press the front door bell. In this case, you should take care of your safety and prevent leakage of gas, water or fire by double-checking all the important places in the house.

7. Guests. Often before you drop in on a visit without warning, you have a premonition. This may be intuition, but most often the brownie warns about all uninvited guests in advance. A soft knock or ringing phone warns of people with good intentions. A feeling of anxiety, a suddenly broken glass and worried pets signal that ill-wishers want to visit your house.

8. Children. If there are children in the house, carefully look at them while playing. Brownies treat the younger members of the family with special attention and respect, play with them and protect them. Often you can see that the child puts an extra device for puppet tea drinking, laughs loudly, tells something into the void. Young mothers often notice that a child suddenly crying out in a dream falls silent, his blanket is straightened, and the cradle is gently rocking.

9. Feelings. When moving to a new home, you should carefully listen to your feelings, especially if someone lived in the house before you. Often the owners leave their apartments and houses without taking their spirit with them. In this case, the brownie is unlikely to treat you kindly. His trust must be earned. If you feel anxious, then leave the little spirit a treat and offer friendship. As a gift, you can give him a piece of cloth, old clothes, hay, a shoe. If this is a private house, then the brownie will definitely choose a secluded corner for himself, where he will settle down with great comfort. In apartments, the brownie is more difficult because of the small space, however, even here he can choose a place for himself under the bathroom, on the mezzanine or in an old suitcase. If, after a while, your life has improved, you feel peace and quiet, it means that the brownie has taken you for new owners and is ready to serve. If the feeling of anxiety grows, things disappear in the house, scandals become more frequent, it is worth thinking about how to drive away the evil spirit.

10. Appearance. In rare cases, the brownie shows himself. If a small gray or smoky kitten is insistently asking at your door, let him in. Brownies are often embodied in these animals. It also happens that the brownie warns of something significant so much that he dares to appear before us. It can be a small vague silhouette, a cat, a gray-haired old man. It is important at this moment to focus and ask what news your home defender brought. Feel the warmth - happy news awaits you; cold, chills, trembling or a sense of danger - expect trouble.

If you find the presence of a brownie in your house, try to make friends with him. This little helper is able to improve your life, help you and protect you from any evil. However, if he is aggressive, haunts you, perform a ritual to expel the essence, because it may turn out that this is not a brownie, but an evil spirit. We wish you good luck and don't forget to press the buttons and

I remembered.

First, a brief summary of the mast:
Brownie is a Slavic pagan meme, symbolizing the spirit - the guardian of the house.
Brownie is generated by the collective consciousness of people and animals living in the house.
Since, in pagan times, the Slavs did not have apartment buildings, it turned out that the brownie was a companion of the same family (clan) in several generations. He was "transported" when moving from a previous home to a new home, or "invited" to somehow materialize from nothingness.
What kind of people lived in the house - such was the brownie.
It was believed that the brownie protects good owners, and punishes bad ones, up to fire and death.
It was considered a special sign that if the brownie removed the doors from the house, then it was impossible to stay in the house. This brownie either warns good owners of impending misfortune, or kicks out bad tenants. You have to leave the house, otherwise it's a disaster.

So here it is:

In the late 90s, my cousin got married. Together with her husband, they bought a room in a large St. Petersburg communal apartment on Petrogradka.
In Soviet times, this area was one continuous communal cesspool, but since the beginning of the 90s, they began to actively resettle it.
In their house, the communal apartments were already completely settled, there was only one left. My sister and her husband were tempted by the low price and the prospect of a quick resettlement. And came across a surprise.
As it turned out, this communal apartment could not be resettled because of one inadequate family - a divorced woman with two sons. The aunt was an insane bitch, embittered by the whole world, and her eldest, adult son was the same aggressive gopnik with a suspended conviction. Both drank everything that burns. The younger son, on the contrary, was strikingly distinguished by his cleanliness, courtesy and good studies at school.
As the settlement proceeded, the house was gradually filled with prosperous people, it was equipped externally and internally. The entrance was repaired, pipes and electrical wiring were laid anew, parking was organized in the yard, video surveillance was installed, a concierge was brought in, etc.
The house has been transformed. And only one communal apartment with broken windows and a filthy stairwell looked like a rotting tooth in the middle of a Hollywood smile.
All the residents of the house really wanted to end this torment. Especially - to the rest of the residents of the communal apartment. Already they got the most from the defeat, unsanitary conditions, gop companies, permanent brawls, nightly concerts, scandals, fights and theft. But they did not have money for separate housing, and real estate agencies, after talking with the family, frowned and left.
So 2 years passed.
And then one day, the eldest son distinguished himself - he raped some girl. He was first raked into a pre-trial detention center, but then, before the trial, he was released on bail. And, of course, he returned home.
Further, in the words of the sister:
“It was quiet that day. No companies, no drinking, no noise. The youngest (who is normal) left somewhere, the mother remained with the elder. These primates were generally neither seen nor heard.
They went to sleep peacefully. But at about 4 a.m. there was a crash in the corridor, as if something had collapsed. It was the door to the room where the primates lived that suddenly fell off. The inhabitants of the room were asleep at that moment, and were themselves surprised when they woke up and climbed out to the noise.
It is not clear how the massive doors of pre-revolutionary manufacture could break. After all, it seemed that you couldn’t knock them out with a ram - they endured so much from their inhabitants.
The inhabitants cursed, hung a sheet on the doorway and went to sleep on.
And a few days later - the eldest son, with a hangover, fell on the stairs in the entrance and smashed his head to death. The entrance was empty and the stairs were dry and clean. How he fell out of the blue is a mystery.
Mom, after a couple of weeks, suddenly something got sick and she suddenly ditched. She had health before - there was more than enough, despite drunkenness.
So, in an unknown way, the door was removed, then - in half a month an entire family died out, poisoning the life of the whole house. Both died in the house. Only the youngest son remained, who was a normal person.

Who knows - maybe the brownie's cup of patience overflowed?
It may well be that now, with the weakening of the alien Christian religion, the long-forgotten spirits and gods of the Slavic lands are awakening from a thousand-year oblivion.
And who knows how it will go on.