{"id":95,"date":"2015-04-30T17:40:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T17:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ukrainealive.ualberta.ca\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2023-05-09T13:25:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T13:25:32","slug":"folktales-and-legends","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ukrainealive.ualberta.ca\/?page_id=95","title":{"rendered":"Folktales and Legends"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Domovyk<\/h2>\n<p>A village house often has just one or two rooms. The one below has many rooms. The PICH is a very big stove which heats the whole house.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n<p>The Domovyk is a house spirit. He lives in every house and guards it. He looks like a man but is small and very hairy.<br \/>\nThe people who live in the house try to be nice to him. They leave him food. He likes milk and sweet food.<br \/>\nHe lives where it is warm in the house.<br \/>\nWatch the video below where Nadiya describes when she saw him and what he looked like.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><source src=\"\/wp-content\/iframes\/Nadiyadom_sub\/Nadiyadom_sub.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/video><\/h2>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/iframes\/Nadiyadom_sub\/Nadiyadom_sub_player.html\" name=\"tsc_player\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h2>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Now go into the house below and find the Domovyk.<br \/>\nClick on the &#8220;?&#8221; in the kitchen.<br \/>\nWhere does he like to live?<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/iframes\/Domovyk_VR\/drN.htm\" name=\"tsc_player\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">More about the Domovyk<\/h3>\n<p>In Ukraine people believe that every house has a spirit.<br \/>\nThis spirit is called Domovyk.<br \/>\nThe Domovyk can have a name or he can have no name. You just call him Domovyk.<br \/>\nDo you want your Domovyk to have a name?<\/p>\n<p>The Domovyk is like a person, but not quite.<br \/>\nHe is asleep during the day and awake at night.<br \/>\nHe is short, probably as tall as you.<br \/>\nHe has hair ALL OVER, not just on his head. This is not like you.<br \/>\nHe has big, round eyes and pointy ears.<br \/>\nCan you draw a Domovyk ?<\/p>\n<p>The Domovyk likes to eat bread and milk.<br \/>\nHe likes to live near the stove where it is warm.<br \/>\nThe Domovyk loves his house.<br \/>\nHe likes the house to be neat and clean.<br \/>\nHe likes everything in its place.<br \/>\nHe does not like it when people in the family fight.<\/p>\n<p>The Domovyk helps the people who live in the house.<br \/>\nHe protects them.<br \/>\nPeople in Ukraine believe that there is a spirit in every house.<br \/>\nSometime two Domovyk who live near each other are friends.<br \/>\nSometime they are enemies and they fight.<br \/>\nIf a bad Domovyk wants to do bad things to your house, your own Domovyk will protect you.<br \/>\nHe will chase the other Domovyk away. He will scare him.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainians believe that there is a forest spirit, a spirit of the river, and a spirit of every place outside.<br \/>\nThey are BIG, much bigger than the Domovyk .<br \/>\nThey can be nice and they can be mean.<br \/>\nIf they attack the house, the Domovyk will protect the house and chase bad spirits away.<\/p>\n<p>The most important thing that the Domovyk does is keep out the Zlydni.<br \/>\nZlydni are BAD little things. They destroy everything they see.<br \/>\nThey can get into a house if it is dirty.<br \/>\nThey can get into a house if it is a mess.<br \/>\nThey can get into a house if people in the family fight with each other.<br \/>\nOnce they get in, it is very hard to get them out.<br \/>\nWatch this video about Zlydni.<\/p>\n<p>Now you know to make sure that your house is neat and clean.<br \/>\nMake sure you do not fight.<br \/>\nKeep your domovyk happy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Suggestions for teachers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On youtube.com there is a video called Zlydni about 12 minutes long. Some versions have English sub-titles.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Story Time<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Here we have a Ukrainian story called The Mitten<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><source src=\"\/wp-content\/iframes\/The MittenM\/The-MittenM.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/video><\/h2>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/iframes\/The MittenM\/The-MittenM_player.html\" name=\"tsc_player\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h2>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Domovyk A village house often has just one or two rooms. The one below has many rooms. The PICH is a very big stove which heats the whole house. The Domovyk is a house spirit. He lives in every house and guards it. He looks like a man but is small and very hairy. 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