In Abkhazia, they believed and believe "in a light foot", "in a good look." It was believed that goats, calves, buffaloes, a chicken brood, a productive garden and, of course, a bee apiary are subject to the evil eye. What was invented by the people in order to protect against the evil eye or to slightly “weaken” the envy of the eyed one?! The people invented a universal amulet against everything that was considered subject to the evil eye. It is made from a thick branch of brittle buckthorn and wild apple twigs. At the end of a long branch of sarsaparilla (popularly apyrchpan, apyrchman)
the ring is closed between the branches of the apple tree. Such a hearth amulets were hung on the collar
as a guard against the evil eye. The skulls of large domestic animals are also used as a talisman. More often it is the skull of a horse, as well as other cattle.
#Abkhaz language
#traditions customs of Abkhazia
#caucasus
#Caucasian peoples
#Sukhum