Zhytsen

Жыцень

Zhytsen
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Ringkasan

Zhytsen adalah roh ladang gandum hitam dalam mitologi Belarus, kakek kecil bermata tiga yang menjaga panen dan memindahkan bulir yang tertinggal ke ladang petani rajin.

Zhytsen is the rye-field spirit of Belarusian mythology, a little three-eyed old man who guards the harvest and moves leftover grain to diligent farmers' fields.

Kisah dan tradisi

Zhytsen adalah makhluk baik dalam mitologi Belarus yang tinggal di ladang; namanya berarti "makhluk gandum hitam". Ia disebut roh kekayaan dan kesejahteraan yang membantu tanaman matang dan menjaga panen. Ia dibayangkan sebagai kakek kecil berjanggut panjang, "Kakek Gandum Hitam", dengan mata ketiga di tengkuk. Zhytsen berjalan melintasi ladang memastikan panen dituai dengan baik, dan bulir yang ditinggalkan petani ceroboh ia ikat menjadi berkas lalu bawa ke ladang petani yang lebih rajin. Sosoknya masih muncul dalam ungkapan "Zhytsen memberi roti". Namun sebagai dewa kesuburan Belarus kuno, ia digambarkan dan kemungkinan dikarang oleh folkloris Pavel Shpilevsky.

Zhytsen is a benevolent being of Belarusian mythology that lives in the fields; its name means "rye creature". It is called a spirit of wealth and wellbeing that helps crops ripen and cares for the harvest. It was imagined as a little long-bearded old man, the "Rye Grandfather", with a third eye on the back of its head. Zhytsen walks the fields making sure crops are well reaped, and the grain left by careless farmers it binds into sheaves and carries to the fields of more diligent ones. The figure still appears in the saying "Zhytsen gave bread". As an ancient Belarusian fertility god, however, it was described and probably invented by the folklorist Pavel Shpilevsky.

Fakta utama

Budaya / Culture
Folklor Slavia
Kawasan / Region
Eropa
Klasifikasi / Classification
Spirit
Habitat
Fields

Nama lain / Alternate names

Žycień, Жытні дзед

Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?

Zhytsen konon punya mata ketiga di tengkuk.

Zhytsen supposedly has a third eye on the back of its head.

Makhluk terkait / Related beings

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