Lucien Night
While the Lucia festival has been a widespread custom in Sweden since the middle of the 19th century , customs have been preserved in other areas, especially on Lucien Night : In the Franconian Jura it was not allowed to bake, spin or sew on the night of December 13th. The Luzia and the bloody Thamerl (allusion to Pope Damasus I ?) Served as cruel guardians of this tradition. In tradition, these two figures were probably associated with hayberries . One could therefore maliciously refer to women as Heiluze (Heu-Luzia).
The day was considered a lottery day , on which signs could predict the weather, but also luck or death. Young boys waited at night for the Lucien light , while girls willing to marry cut a Lucien cross into tree bark to receive an oracle about the future man. Various customs are also known from the Lechrain region. Lent was suspended on the festival of "Lussibrud" or "Lutzelfrau". At the same time, shortly after St. Nicholas Day , it served as a useful scare figure for children. The customs around Lucien Day stand in clear contrast between worshiping a saint and fear of a demoness. In the Bavarian and Bohemian Forest, in Lower Austria and in Burgenland, the horror prevails. In the Neuhaus area in Bohemia, on the eve of December 13th, the "Lucka", played by boys in disguise, appears.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Hirsch: Believe me, it was because it was custom . Pp. 27-28.
- ↑ Frightful figure and queen of lights. Article in the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung. December 2007.
literature
- Andreas Hirsch: Believe me, that's the way it was because it was custom : Customs, tradition and superstition in a village. tredition, 2015. ISBN 9783732362042 [1]
Web links
- Festivals of Religions.