Slavic folk lullabies sometimes include themes of funerals, churchyards, and even wish children to die. Do you know why?
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Nope!Such lullabies were supposed to deceive the death. The Slavs believed that newborns existed on the border of our world and the afterworld. Children were vulnerable to supernatural power and mothers tried to deceive the death, telling it that their little ones are about to die anyway and there is no reason to hunt them.
Bye-bye, lyuli, Die finally today. Tomorrow will come the frost, We'll take you to the graveyard. We will cry, we will wail, And we'll bury you in the grave.
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Correct! The Slavs believed that newborns existed on the border of our world and the afterworld. Children were vulnerable to supernatural power and mothers tried to deceive the death, telling it that their little ones are about to die anyway and there is no reason to hunt them.
Bye-bye, lyuli, Die finally today. Tomorrow will come the frost, We'll take you to the graveyard. We will cry, we will wail, And we'll bury you in the grave.
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Nope! Such lullabies were supposed to deceive the death. The Slavs believed that newborns existed on the border of our world and the afterworld. Children were vulnerable to supernatural power and mothers tried to deceive the death, telling it that their little ones are about to die anyway and there is no reason to hunt them.
Bye-bye, lyuli, Die finally today. Tomorrow will come the frost, We'll take you to the graveyard. We will cry, we will wail, And we'll bury you in the grave.
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Nope! Such lullabies were supposed to deceive the death. The Slavs believed that newborns existed on the border of our world and the afterworld. Children were vulnerable to supernatural power and mothers tried to deceive the death, telling it that their little ones are about to die anyway and there is no reason to hunt them.
Bye-bye, lyuli, Die finally today. Tomorrow will come the frost, We'll take you to the graveyard. We will cry, we will wail, And we'll bury you in the grave.
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