How often in oral folklore mentions this kind of reed, like lake reeds.Examples are the magic flute and pipes in the Russian folk tales.And how often their main characters miraculously turn into bulrush to know the enemy plans, or expose the attacker.Or, conversely, he suddenly began to whisper advice to man in distress, and then transformed into a living host, ruined treacherous enemy.
bulrush Indians tied to the loss of freshness, youth and the beginning of the dry season.The Greeks in ancient times, on the contrary, obtained from Prometheus start in life - a fire in the hollow reed stems.Residents of the Eastern Mediterranean revered bulrush as a symbol of the monarchy.The rulers of Palestine, as well as Egyptian pharaohs used a reed scepter.Each new member to the throne of the ruler had during the ritual to release a bow at all points of the compass arrow, which was based on a cane.Photos cane surrounding the lake, passes its beauty, which is always appreciated by people of different nations.
Even in the Sea of Azov there are places where still live the descendants of "reed Aryan" people of Indo-Aryan origin.After all the rulers of many Indian peoples bulrush served as material for a scepter.The priests of the Celts used the cane flute, not only for the dedication in the numbers of new priests, but also for protection from the forces of hell.While this sounds a reed flute, the evil guards the underworld remain inactive.This belief was based on the similarity of deep roots under the water leaving the reed with their idea of the mansions of the lower worlds.Their underground god Pluto had a connection with the earth reality through this plant.
This belief has its own response and other nations.Even the ancient Slavs in their tales and epics are turning to The Magic Flute, which opens all the secrets to someone who will play in it.It enhances communication with other worlds.Ritual means connecting residents of homes with patron saints throughout the ages at the majority of people living in vast areas from northern Irish land and to the heat of India, is the reed roof.
successor pagans to Christianity did not remain on the sidelines and also became actively use the symbolism of this plant.At the same time, attention was drawn to the fact that it has overgrown fen position that symbolizes humility.A coastal wetlands and ponds, occupied by them, they prefigure modesty and life-giving source, extracting the true pure water out of the quagmire.This occupies an important place the biblical tale of Moses.After Pharaoh's sister found him in the rushes in a reed basket.That's where salvation come to God's people.
In the eastern lands the reed is credited symbol of human weakness and unreliability.Even well-known to all the romance of the rustling reeds and trees bendable warns young lady that her lover should not be trusted.
