A house is more than a building—it’s a microcosm with a body and a soul. It communicates through its creaks and cracks, and if you were to listen carefully, you would hear its secrets. What sacrifice lies at its foundation? Whose spirit lies within the hearth? And what’s that presence lingering in the corner?

Join me and @Crecganford as we unravel the mystery of domestic spirits in Romanian folklore and trace the origins of the shadow, the ghost, and the snake to ancient cults, cosmic sacrifices, dead veneration, and ancestor worship traditions.

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Reading List: I am a firm believer in the power of knowledge and due diligence, so I invite you to explore my reading list for this video to your heart’s content.

Dușmani și Prieteni ai Omului, Tudor Pamfile
The Tradition of Household Spirits: Ancestral Lore and Practices, Claude Lecouteux
Spaţiul şi Timpul în Tradiţiile Româneşti, Antoaneta Olteanu
The Sacred and the Profane, Mircea Eliade
The Myth of the Eternal Return, Mircea Eliade
Meșterul Manole: Studii de Etnologie și Mitologie, Mircea Eliade
Occultism, Witchcraft, and Cultural Fashions, Mircea Eliade
The Civilization of the Goddess, Marija Gimbutas
Master Manole, a Romanian Scenario of the Reconstruction of the World, Coculiana Acar
Folk Storytelling Between Fiction and Tradition: The Walled-Up Wife and Other Construction Legends, Monika Kropej
https://youtu.be/Cgku-koMiLM?siC6Z_rVQ4Yn_qn4Ik
https://youtu.be/tf4zKrgaLi0?siFJZMx2lsGfCvSbzo
https://youtu.be/F78Qj9jLLvs?siA_BGBHirzqtt5nZ-

Artwork: AI brings my visions to life for each video, based on my unique combination of text and image prompts (my own sketches, art, and photography). Any exceptions to this will be clearly stated.

Diversity: Folklore, fairy tales, myths, and legends are reflections of the diverse human experiences and beliefs of our ancestors. I encourage you to appreciate the cultural nuances and historical contexts of these tales and distinguish between them and your personal convictions.

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:08 The Sacred Nature of the House
04:52 The Construction of the House
10:33 The Cosmic Sacrifice
21:09 The Spirit of the House
24:10 The Ghost of the House
28:00 The Snake of the House
34:55 The Hearth and the Chimney
39:20 Outro

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