Construction of bath and mythological characters
Construction of the bath - a prestigious and useful. But the usual construction process can be turned into an interesting excursion into the region of rituals and myths. Good and evil spirits, bath patrons also find a place in the construction and bathing rituals. Bannik - The spirit that dwelleth in the bath. In the beliefs of Eastern Slavs are evil spirits who scare people and requires certain sacrifices that he had to leave in the bath after washing. Often Bannik represented as a small, but very strong old man with a hairy body (according to Wikipedia).Usually it is invisible, but it may take the form of a little old man naked, plastered with leaves from the twigs may also be submitted in the form of an animal, for example, a white cow. He lives behind the heater or a swab under the regiment. .The steam forces it temporarily, but in an unheated bath he lives forever. Dangerous for those who are washed in a "third pairs' can be intimidating, to strangle, to flay them alive skin. To avoid angering Bannik, he left the water in the tub, a broom and soap, otherwise he started splashing boiling water, throwing red-hot stones or unleashes frenzy.
If we consider that the ancient Slavs bath (steam) is the room where they took birth in women, the Bannik assigned a significant role in private life.
Bannik not like those steamed at night, and strangles these brave men, especially if they do bathe without prayer.
Obviously, the list of the properties of this mythological character follows the usual rules of conduct in the bath. It could not and did not reflect on the traditions associated with the construction of the bath (bath).
To say that the bath log home is a source of healthy living - a tradition. The tree and its properties do not leave any chance of concrete or brick, or any other building materials for the construction of the bath. At present, customs and traditions come back in a wooden steam bath. Demand for bath-log increases.
Construction features in comparison with the bath house - log cabins there. You can remember a few words about the choice of wood for construction. It is believed that it should be lime or alder. These rocks are characterized in comparison with pine, spruce and other species in that they do not have gum sinuses, practically do not change the shape and profile under high temperatures, well-kept warm and have a low thermal conductivity. Using a modern steam room, sauna, saunas and the latest tehnologihi electric boilers, we, in terms of mythology, do not leave a chance to settle the evil spirits. After all, they hid behind the stove, for the heater.Using kamyanok rather than electric furnaces in the bath has several advantages. During the combustion of wood in the furnace, part of the carbon in the form of soot in the environment and thus disinfects it like tablets of activated charcoal. The vapor formed in the rock contains significantly less metal ions than that which arose in contact with water on the hot electrode electric heaters.
When choosing a boiler is to arrange so that the exposed parts of the metal does not emit harmful infrared waves range. To do this, the metal must be completely covered with stone. Radiation of heat from the stone has a soft character compared with the metal.
Every room is a place unclean in terms of holiness, not hygiene. As already mentioned - in the bath (steam room), in contrast to the house, no icons and images, it makes the bath suitable for the evil spirits, so that in no case be, for example, in place of the burnt building bath house to stay, but a man who visited the bath, was not supposed to go on the same day in the church.Abstracted from the will and customs, will publish the advice in the construction of baths:
The ideal place to build a bank of some bath water: river, lake or pond;
It is desirable that the selected site under the bath was on the dais. This will avoid additional costs for the construction of drainage;
The foundation under the bath can be stovpchikovih;
The windows in the bath should be designed so that the light hits them from the afternoon until the evening - are the best hours for bath treatment;
Bath, that smoked in the smoke should be located farther away from other buildings, because it has a high degree of fire hazard;
In each of the "wet" sauna room should arrange a pit (a small container with a water gate which is connected to the sewer overflow pipe network;
For the manufacture of shelves using aspen as the best of all the trees, They are not painted, not varnished and impregnated with nothing, so as not to irritate the skin sweaty.;
For fire protection design of the attic should be treated with solutions that enhance the fire resistance of wood. The simplest of them - a solution of lime and common salt;
The door to the pair do not high, the steam did not leave the premises;
And our traditional advice is to build a good bath - call the professionals!
Materials used: Wikipedia, the encyclopedia of mythological "myfhology.info"
Last Updated (Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:39)
