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latawiec

angielski translation: latawiec + explanation

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Termin lub wyrażenie (polski):  latawiec
Tłumaczenie (angielski):  latawiec + explanation
Autor wpisu: Michał Janowski

13:25 Nov 9, 2012
Tłumaczenia polski – angielski [PRO]
Art/Literary - Folklor / duchy i stworzenia fantastyczne
Termin lub wyrażenie (polski):   latawiec
Apparently this also is some sort of evil spirit/jakiś latający duch domowy
Michał Janowski
Local time: 10:35
latawiec + explanation
Objaśnienie:
Latawiec (female form - Latawica)
A male or female night/air demon. There was a connection between falling stars and Latawiec/Latawica. The demons excelled at seducing wives and husbands. Latawiec(-ica's) victim would quickly become obsessed with love, would avoid home and family, dance and singing. He/She would often visit the place of first meeting with Latawiec/Latawica, or wander around aimlessly. The love could drive victim insane, and he/she usually soon died.
Appearance: beautiful, young, charming men and women. No one would be able to reject them.
Defense: carry garlic with you.
Genesis: souls of young men and women.

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Note added at 21 mins (2012-11-09 13:46:43 GMT)
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Nav'
The Naw in Polish and Nav' in other Slavic languages are ghosts or the souls of persons that had met a tragic or premature death, particularly unchristened babies.

The term descends from PIE *navus ("corpse"), being cognate to Gothic naus ("dead"), Old Prussian nowis ("corpse"), and Tocharian naut ("to perish").
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Navi are Slavic demons, and in mythology they were the personification of death, kingdom of the dead and lord of Underground, or demons that were made from the souls of stillborn and unbaptized children. In the Bulgarian tradition imagined in the form of birds, with terrifying screams in the dark nights circling around the house and attacked pregnant women, nursing mothers and children. The Serbs and Croats called them nekrštenci or nevidinčići and imagined as a large bird with a children's heads. These are evil spirits that attack unbaptized children and nursing mothers. Farmers in particular are afraid of nekrštenci, who subtract milk from cows, sheep and goats. In Ukraine and Poland have imagined in a human or animal form, and called poterčuk or latawiec.

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Note added at 21 mins (2012-11-09 13:47:23 GMT)
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http://forum.slavorum.com/index.php?topic=2728.15
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latawiec + explanation


Objaśnienie:
Latawiec (female form - Latawica)
A male or female night/air demon. There was a connection between falling stars and Latawiec/Latawica. The demons excelled at seducing wives and husbands. Latawiec(-ica's) victim would quickly become obsessed with love, would avoid home and family, dance and singing. He/She would often visit the place of first meeting with Latawiec/Latawica, or wander around aimlessly. The love could drive victim insane, and he/she usually soon died.
Appearance: beautiful, young, charming men and women. No one would be able to reject them.
Defense: carry garlic with you.
Genesis: souls of young men and women.

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Note added at 21 mins (2012-11-09 13:46:43 GMT)
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Nav'
The Naw in Polish and Nav' in other Slavic languages are ghosts or the souls of persons that had met a tragic or premature death, particularly unchristened babies.

The term descends from PIE *navus ("corpse"), being cognate to Gothic naus ("dead"), Old Prussian nowis ("corpse"), and Tocharian naut ("to perish").
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Navi are Slavic demons, and in mythology they were the personification of death, kingdom of the dead and lord of Underground, or demons that were made from the souls of stillborn and unbaptized children. In the Bulgarian tradition imagined in the form of birds, with terrifying screams in the dark nights circling around the house and attacked pregnant women, nursing mothers and children. The Serbs and Croats called them nekrštenci or nevidinčići and imagined as a large bird with a children's heads. These are evil spirits that attack unbaptized children and nursing mothers. Farmers in particular are afraid of nekrštenci, who subtract milk from cows, sheep and goats. In Ukraine and Poland have imagined in a human or animal form, and called poterčuk or latawiec.

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Note added at 21 mins (2012-11-09 13:47:23 GMT)
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http://forum.slavorum.com/index.php?topic=2728.15

Darius Saczuk
USA
Local time: 04:35
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  -> Dzięki, Joanna. :-)
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  -> Znam z autopsji. ;-) Dzięki, Jacek. :-)
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