Nauza

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

Nauses or knots are one of the most common and simple ways of charming our ancestors. The tradition of tying knots dates back to ancient times, when our ancestors only settled in Eurasia, settling from the drowned continent of Daaria, then even then they used the rituals of tying knots to influence the forces of the elements.

For example, the sciences are mentioned in the ritual songs of the Pomakov Slavs collected by S. Verkovich in Bulgaria. He writes that in ancient times in every village in the spring, when the swallows had just arrived, nine girls gathered, dressed up and walked from yard to yard, and tied one white and one red thread twisted together on the children’s right hand. After this ritual, the virgins raised their gum (right) hand up and gave praise to the Gods and ancestors. This thread was called madder (in honor of the Goddess Mary) and was worn on the arm until the end of Lent. After the madder was soaked in human energy, it was untied and carried under a sacred stone (for example, the Veles stone, the Throne of the Goddesses or the Dazhdbog stone, etc.). Also, these madders could be tied to the branches of sacred trees (oak, ash, birch). An energetic connection was established between a person wearing a madder and a sacred object or tree. Until now, in Russia, you can see trees entirely tied with colorful ribbons. And it should be noted that these trees stand in places of power (often near springs). So the ancient rituals of the Slavs, using the power of knots, have come down to our times.

“Nauses or knots were one of the most common ways of transmitting magical power,” writes the famous historian N. Kostomarov. Magi slandering certain images over the knots being tied, associated them with various forces (which were supposed to protect from various misfortunes), and then gave them to the one who wanted. Many came to the wise men and sages and took lessons from them to protect them from all kinds of dangers. As can be seen from the slanders that have come down to us, the nauses were given from getting rid of the influence of sorcerers and from the evil thoughts of enemies in general: "God tie up the evil sorcerer and sorceress and every villain and murderer cannot think of evil against the child of God (the name is spoken)."

From this ancient belief in the omnipotence of the nauses in our language, there are even expressions left: "I tied" in the sense of stopped, blocked, and such as "tie a knot for memory." This is especially evident in the Ukrainian language, in the expressions: “Tied retinue! Mini yak tied! " (i.e. fails).

From the above, it can be seen that the words were given mainly as a talisman, as a means of protection. Extensive practice and vast experience of traditional medicine and sorcery give us today confidence that the practical use of knots, ropes, threads and ribbons has not exhausted itself for use in everyday life and modern man, since the informational force in the knots is not small. Therefore, we will consider the use of nouns in more detail.

Nauzes were worn on the arms, legs, on the belt, on the head, on the chest. In addition to the actual nauses, amulets, amulets, and ornaments were hung on the neck. The circle that formed a chain with a nauz around the body symbolized the connection of a person with the absolute, the Most High God, and the round or oval links of the chain closed on each other contained the energy transmitted by the gods of the patrons of the clan and ancestors. In part, the power of nauz was also fueled by the energy of the sun, whose symbol is also a circle.

Not every thread is suitable for nouns. The material from which it is made is important. For a simple thread, they took wild hemp or nettle. Leather cords, metal chains, red woolen threads, silk threads, etc. were often used. The thread was spun with the left hand and it is better to spin it on the night of Kupala, standing on the threshold. Moreover, the thread must be made within one day.

Folk tradition holds that the nauz may have one or more attachments worn and worn around the neck. These pendants in the old days were mostly herbs, roots, pieces of wood, and metal figurines. In addition to these amulets, various drugs (coal-garun, salt, etc.) were tied into nauz, to which people attributed magical power, along with real effective amulets - wood, stones, roots and leaves of herbs, etc.

Amulets and amulets protected and cured from various diseases and troubles. The components used in the sciences changed, "according to the kind of infirmity." Nauz consists of two parts - a protective, or therapeutic component, and an external component, for example, a rag, into which a talisman is tied.

With the help of its knots, the nauz enhances the magical power of the amulet tied in it. We will look at three of the most common types of nouns. To make the first type of nausea, a leather strap or rope about 1 meter long is required. This will be the simplest nauz, consisting only of nodes. The middle of the strap is outlined and a knot of any configuration is tied - it is not the shape that is important, but the energy transmitted to the knot is important, the thoughtform is important.

For another kind of nauza, a square piece of cloth was used - flax or leather was best suited. The length of the side of the square is from 15 to 20 cm. The chosen amulet was placed in the center of a cloth or piece of leather, and we thought about the tasks that it should perform. Then the corners of the patch were raised and tied with a rope or leather cord. The nauz was worn on the same strap with which it was tied, at the level of the heart.

The third type of nauz in Russia was called amulet. A bag of flax or leather was taken, and an amulet was tied into it. There weren't too many nodes on the nauza so as not to dissipate energy. When making nauza, various special slander was whispered. Conspiracy was only a verbal external form of charging the nause with energy, the main role was played by thoughts, biofield, faith. The knotted knots carried the information put into them by the sorcerer, they were symbols and therefore played an important role in various areas of human life. This is most clearly confirmed by the fact that for many peoples, nodes replaced writing.

The so-called nodular writing was quite widespread among the peoples, information was recorded using knots on a cord, which was then rolled into a ball.

Let us recall the famous "Songs of the Bird Gamayun" published by B. Kresen, where each chapter is a ball.

And in the Baltic States, the nodular letter was used back in the twentieth century. In Lithuanian museums, you can still see tangles with knots and bundles of multi-colored threads with recipes of traditional medicine. Hence the expression went to tie a knot for memory.

According to ancient beliefs, when a person just comes into our world, various forces immediately begin to fight for the possession of his body and soul, therefore, the Slavs have encountered science since childhood. Mothers took magic knots from the Magi and imposed them on their children, while pronouncing slander and spitting on the ground over their shoulders, thus driving away the dark forces. This ancient custom is described in our old chronicle in the story of the prince the sorcerer Vseslav, whom his mother even gave birth to with the help of sorcery.

After his birth, the Magi imposed a nauz on his head and he wore it all his life. The influence of this sorcerous knot was attributed to his luck, belligerence and invulnerability.

There were a number of rules that a woman must follow in order for the childbirth to be successful and the unborn child to be healthy. Pregnant women carried a clove of garlic, a twig of a nevesila or willow, suspended from their bodies. A sack with oak bark was often hung around the neck as a nausea, so that the child already in the womb would become strong as an oak tree. Also, amulets with salt or stone amulets were worn around the neck, a nut shell was used, which was tied in a knot in the corner of the first diaper. Such a diaper could last a lifetime.

When childbirth began, the woman's braids were undone, rings were removed, all knots on clothes and household items were untied, all fasteners were unbuttoned, doors were opened, all locks were unlocked, and lids were removed from pots. Facilitated childbirth, using various nauses that were placed on the belly of the woman in labor.

After the birth of the child, the midwife cut the umbilical cord and tied it in a knot. The navel was tied with a red thread, more often a woolen thread (sometimes the hair of the father and mother was additionally braided to the thread). Usually the umbilical cord was kept dry in the house, and when the child reached a certain age, he was given the umbilical cord to untie it (to untie his mind and abilities), then they hid it again.

If the child was often sick, then the mother would untie the knot on the umbilical cord, pour water through it, washing away all diseases and misfortunes. A red thread was tied to the crib to protect it from the evil eye. At the onset of the birth cramps, the child was tied up: a girl with a rope taken from a heifer; boy with a rope taken from a heifer.

If a child began to grow weak for some unknown reason, his legs were tied with a thread made in the same house, they went to the intersection and sat there with the child in their arms. The first passer-by was offered to free the child from the bonds, and with them from diseases. It is not for nothing that the expression "love bonds" has survived in our country, that is, spouses are bound by strong energy ties through various rituals.

The role of hair is also widely known, so the girl gave her chosen one her bead on a strap with which he tied his hair. When betrothed over a young couple, the sorcerer also tied a knot and the young were forced to step over it, and later this amulet was kept by their parents. That is why we have preserved the expression applied to couples who united without the blessing of their parents, and in which then family scandals occurred: "As you yourself got connected, now untie yourself." These are the simplest ways (and quite successfully) with the help of conspiracies and names, the Slavs influenced the world around them.