Articles by Initial Letters
„Igézet ne fogja...” (4.)
Szél; Eső; Mennydörgés, villámlás; Mennykő; Szivárvány
- Issue: 2022/6
- Starting page: 28
- Serie: Tallózó
- Author: Fazekas István , Székely B. Magdolna
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Old Writings…P. Vas János‘ column: A piece about Hungarian superstitions about weather: wind, rain, thunder/lightning, thunderbolts, rainbows. According to this, in many Transylvanian communities when they need rain, they dig up the cross on the grave of the last person in the village to die and leave it out until it rains. About thunderbolts, it was said that where lightning strikes the ground a "heavenstone" is formed. This stone, since it comes from the heavens, wards off evil, is a magical healing implement and brings luck. Some folks store such a stone on the main girder beam of the house. These superstitions were selected from the Dictionary of Superstitions by Szendrey Zigmond and Szendrey Ákos, republished in 1990 by Magvető Kiadó, Budapest