Origins of Martin's cult attribution emerge
the beginning of winter annual cycle, and the Celtic calendar year is divided into two dihotomijska annual cycle - summer and winter, in the winter period which begins on 1 November, when winter occurs Samain
(Celtic Samuhin), which is marked by a spiritual touch with the world of the dead from subterraneus. In the above context, the author reminds us that what the Irish Samain area, it's Hallowe'en in English and under the influence of Celtic tradition of worship of the dead, 8 century, Christianity accepts the first November as a memorial day to all the Saints (All Saints). Thus, vol. Martin leads the winter, a cold and dark time puts under its protection, symbolically spreading the mantle at the same time differentiating the world of the living from the dead, and the whiteness of the inner mantle of Martin evokes not only the whiteness of winter than to announce entry into the world of the dead.
The diversity of the wonders of St.. Martin - it is a healing power, power over nature, power over animals - keep the affection animalistic attributes - geese, and that customs took firm root in St Martin, unfortunately, as a roast. For example, as regards the Croatian Customs St Martin, Antonija Zaradija Kish indicates that even 1939th Milovan Gavazzi has failed to fully elucidate the fact why it was prescribed as a goose gastronomic sacrifice for St. Joseph's Day. Martin (11 November), a noted author illustrates the data according to which the goose as a symbol of the prophecy of St Martin legendary Germanic mythology refers to the sacrifice of geese, as well as the later legend of Martin preacher who became bishop of Tours. Namely, the aforementioned legends, a goose honk issued it moving up on the haystack in which Martin hid from the euphoric crowd that only wanted him for their bishop. A variant of these legends who recorded on the website of the customs of St. Martin in the municipalities of Zagreb County says something different. Namely, the above version says that when Martin was named bishop hid among geese, and one who discovered it had to pay a quack head. After all, the goose is proverbijalno associated with our patron saint of charity, and it is a famous saying Martinska especially in eastern France: "No potkivaju the geese on the St.. Martina ".
This is a proverbijalnoj memory on a bloody popular usage (Gansabhauet) Up to now, however, unfortunately, managed to remain in the Swiss town Surseeu. Specifically, the contestants drawn by lot, dressed in red robes with masks on their faces as the sun, will compete in the cut off the head with one swipe of the sword just killed geese hung an iron rope. Regardless of the fact that it is a saint who was gifted with the ethics of mercy, is the basic foundation of St Martin the blood rituals as a life and healing fluid, a ritual that is attributed to Martin's extremely bloody and spooky so that sometimes "the saint becomes the embodiment of a bloody saint."
Comma 166, 2005
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