Ded Moroz - russian Santa Claus

Where did Ded Moroz and his origins!

Ded Moroz came to us for a very long time. Is really existing spirit, still alive, by the way, today. Once, before the advent of Christianity in Russia, our ancestors believed that the spirits of the dead guard their family, care about the breed of cattle and good weather. Therefore, in order to reward them for their care, every winter people gave them gifts. On the eve of the youth of the village wore masks, turned coats and went home, sang carols. (However, different regions had their own features caroling.) The owners were gifts to carols food.The meaning was that the carols represent the spirits of ancestors, who received the award for the constant concern over the living. Among the carolers were often one "man" dressed worse than everyone. As a rule, he was forbidden to speak. It was the oldest and most formidable spirit, it is often simply called Grandfather. It is possible that this is the prototype of the modern Santa Claus. Of course, kinder and doesn't come for gifts, and brings them himself. With the adoption of Christianity, pagan rituals were, of course, discontinued, so there are to this day. Carols depict not the spirits of the ancestors, and the celestial messengers, which is almost the same. Here already it is difficult to say who is a Grandfather, but "older" is now. According to another version, "great-grandfather" of the modern Russian Ded Moroz was a hero of Russian folk tales, or Jack frost the frost the red nose, the Lord of weather, winter and frost. Originally it was called Santa Snap and imagined a little old man with a long beard and a harsh Russian frosts disposition. From November to March, Ded Treskun was the absolute master on the ground. Even the sun was afraid of him! He was married to preclude lady – Winter. Santa Snap or Ded Moroz was identified with the first month of the year – middle of winter – January. Cold and icy the first month of the year – the king of frost, the root of the winter, her sire. He is strict, icy, icy, it's time snegovi. About the people are: ognevik and jelly, snowman and snap, fierce and lutova.In Russian fairy tales, Ded Moroz is portrayed as a headstrong, strict but fair spirit of winter. Recall, for example, the tale "Morozko". Good hard-working girl, Jack frost frostbite-frostbite, but then gave and evil and lazy – froze to death. Therefore, in order to avoid trouble some Northern people now cajole the old man Frost – in a solemn night throw over the threshold of their homes tortillas, meat, and poured wine for the spirit was not angry, did not prevent the hunt, not ruined crops. Ded Moroz was represented as a hoary old man with a beard to the floor in a long thick coat, boots, hat, gloves, and cane, which he freezes people.
DED MOROZ (Morozko) is a powerful Russian pagan God, the character of Russian legends in Slavic legends — the personification of the Russian winter frost, a Smith who forges ice water, generously showered with winter nature sparkly snow silver, giving the joy of winter festivities, and in case of need, in the difficult years to protect Russians from advancing enemies moriwaki ice a hitherto unprecedented winter cold, which begins to break down iron.