April 22, 2024 | History, Research
Folk Religion: Vampires
The ancient beliefs help us understand how our ancestors explained the world around them. Let me tell you some facts about the mountain people discovered recently.We......
Tag Archive: mysticism
March 4, 2021 | History
The Stories of a Boyko Gazda
“A serious Gazda (host) from Sambir, contemptuously named a Boyko, sits in his house that looks more like a smokehouse for human bodies rather than......
February 20, 2019 | History
Choosing the Place to Build
Dear friends, we decided to take a closer look at the homes of Ukrainians living in the end of 19-th and beginning of 20-th century......
February 11, 2019 | History
The Phenomenon of a Ukrainian Pich (stove)
Would you like to know where the umbilical cord of your grandfather is buried and what kind of function the oven in his house performed......
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