Symbolism in folk art - THE HYSTERS and the DRAGON

From "Once upon a time - manners and worldview of the Bulgarians" Orisnits The people call them orisnits or adverbs. The three women who, on the third day after the child's birth, go to his home at night and determine his fate. Orisnikas are of different ages. They stand above his head and the youngest begins. Then the middle and finally the oldest. The power…