The Invisible Axe

The axe played an large an interesting role among the foresters of the western Ukraine known as the Hutsuls or Trans-Carpathian Rusyns. One interesting piece of folklore is about the sound of a phantom axe. An icident of this myth can be seen in the classic Soviet era film “Shadows of our Forgotten Ancestors” where [...]

On Fighting

On Fighting On the High Uplands Sagas, Songs, Tales and Legends of the Carpathians by Stanislaw Vincenz pg 50 So far as free fights, duels, head splittings and bone breakings were concerned, we know that no one thought them particularly wicked. obduracy in a quarrel is evil, but not the quarrell itself. if the enemies [...]