Romanian Christmas Legend

SF. ANDREI SCHOOLBRAILAROMANIA

Archaic myth of a shepherd-godmyth-old man is transfigured into ademonic shepherd who refuses toaccept the Virgin Mary to give birth in his barn.

Wife of Christmas (Christmas or Craciuneasa, receives moşeşte hidden in Jesus, for which hecut his hands but Christmas Mary and stickthem back. Wonder Christmas converts toChristianity (religion that had not yet appeared). The joy that his wife escaped the punishment of reckless, Christmas light a bonfire of tree stumpsin his yard and play dance with all his servants.

After the game divided Mary pastoral gifts (milk, curd, curd, cream) for her son them. "Santa Clausis a transfiguration of the Magi who brought giftsto Jesus at his birth and that is the symbol of thecreative type. the phrase" old man "in his namemeans" founder "," builder "," beginner ".

The meaning of Christmas is the feast current specific Dacians. The same day is celebrated Roman Saturnalia, then death and rebirth of the sun god of Iranian origin, Mithra, and, after three centuries after the advent of Christianity, began to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Determinant "Santa (Christmas)" means the age of the godwho had to die and be born New Year. Its existence last 365 or 366 days, aging, dying and resurrected early next year. In folk traditions, Christmas appears as a deity or supernatural powers or as an ordinary man (an old, bearded pastor of snow, Christmas Eve neighbor, etc.). His clothing consisted of costume, suggested the springseason. Age name is evidenced by the existence of theword, the variations in Aromanian and Megleno-Romanian.

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