Treasure - hidden in the earth or in a wall of the house riches. Happen "pure", i.e. not bewitched Treasures which any person without harm for itself can take away. But the majority of Treasures "dirty", bewitched, protected by evil spirit and accessible to volume who knows special magic ways of their finding and reception.
Hiding riches, its owner «puts pledge», i.e. says a spell where defines conditions at which can be seized the Treasure, for example to sustain a seven-day post, to make a sacrifice, etc. the Treasure happens is put «on someone's head» (for example, on goose, dog, bull). It means what take away the Treasure the one who will kill this animal on the Treasure location can only. The treasure can be zakljato on a head of the father or mother of the one who will try to take a treasure; on 40 human goals and then 40 persons should die, tried to seize the Treasure, and only forty first can take away it.
According to poverjam, there are the special demons protecting the Treasure: at Russian — kladenets, kopsha, pantries demons who on Ivan Kupalu are chosen by demons from the environment, at Byelorussians — kladnik, a demon dressed in boots with gold horseshoes, a gold belt and a cap, eating only the bread which has been picked up in the street, at Ukrainians and Poles — skarbnik, at Bulgarians — stopin (owner). Often treasures are guarded by devils, damned people, at the western Slavs — dwarfs, at Bulgarians and luzhichan — a dragon. Legendary robbers, atamans and kings happen keepers of Treasures.
Places in which Treasures are hidden, — wood, a field, caves, mountains, vaults of old locks. A treasure often buried under a stone, tree roots. The treasure can be hidden in a court yard and even within the house for example, in a wall, in a cellar, under an oven. According to the beliefs, the Treasures dug in the earth rise on a surface open or shone from under the earth then they can be seen and taken away. Such happens on the eve of Ivan Kupaly, in the Palm Sunday, at midnight before the big holidays: before the Christmas, New year, the Lady day, Jurevym in the afternoon, Easter.
The Treasure site can be defined to some signs: when treasures rise on an earth surface, on this place fire, light reflexions, pale sparks is visible. The treasure can seem in the form of the old man, the beautiful girl, any animal, a white birdie, and also a subject, for example a ball.
For mastering by the Treasure it is necessary to know conditions on which it is buried. For this purpose it is necessary to overhear said at concealment of the Treasure a paternoster. During this moment it is possible to change the plot condition, most having said another, easier since last paternoster is effective. For example, the tramp, having overheard the owner of the Treasure conjuring it «on three heads valiant», has changed a spell, having told «on three kola aspen», and when the owner has left, has cut down three aspen kola and has taken away the Treasure.
The one who tries to take away the Treasure, without knowing magic receptions, subjects itself and the relatives of danger: a serious illness and even death. The demons guarding the Treasure, frighten, drive away and kill the unaware person. The treasure "is not given" to it, and only leaves in the earth more deeply or from gold turns to crocks. If the Treasure is shown in the form of an animal, a bird or a subject, it is necessary to strike on it backhand and to tell: «Amin, amin, scatter!» Or to throw on it something from clothes.
On Czech poverjam, the one who will see a pale spark on the Treasure location, should put in it beads, a white rag or a bread piece then the Treasure leaves on a surface. Bulgarians believe that a place where there is a Treasure, it is necessary to strew ashes from badnjaka. Next day on ashes traces on which define will be visible, what victim needs to be brought to the Treasure. If traces of an animal or a bird are visible — pin up a lamb, a ram or a cock if — it is considered traces of the person that the demon — "owner" of the Treasure waits for a human victim. Before to dig out the Treasure, this place is necessary "zaaminit", and during Treasure getting it is necessary to keep silence whatever it was dreamt. A universal remedy for search and mastering by the Treasure the flower of a fern and a plakun-grass is considered. The fern shows that place where the Treasure is buried, and the plakun-grass banishes evil spirit guarding it.
Despite the accepted safety measures, the person who has found the Treasure, often happens is unhappy, has a serious illness and prematurely dies or goes mad, because this money is unhappy and zakljaty chertom. East Slavs and Bulgarians believed that often the damnation falls on a family kladoiskatelja and its descendants.
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