Kikimora Day (01/03)

The last holiday of the evil Navi Gods before the arrival of Spring — Kikimora Day — of the co-worker Marena and Makoshi.

Mara-Marena — is a powerful and formidable Deity, Goddess of Winter and Death, wife of Koshchei, sister of Alive and Lelya. Her assistant — Maremyana-Kikimora, was also popularly called Kikimora one-eye.

The saying remembered on this day has been preserved: «On Maremyana Yarilo — with pitchforks». For, according to legend, at that time Yarilo Velesic « raised the winter to pitchfork».

The folk signs for this day are:

If the sun is visible on this day at noon, spring will be early if a blizzard sweeps — the whole week is snowy.

The more snow falls, the higher the grain harvest.

If windows and frames sweat in the cold — wait for warming.

Up climbing glass «snow plants» — frost continue, their shoots tilted — towards the thaw.

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