In Slavic mythology, the brownie is the patron of the house and its owner. According to the beliefs of our ancestors, it is present in residential buildings and even in churches. People with a developed gift of clairvoyance feel the presence of brownies, sometimes even see them.

The Orthodox Church does not recognize the existence of brownies, because our pagan ancestors believed in them. Later they began to believe that the spirit had replaced the god Rod or Chur, as he was also called. By the way, it was noticed that the phrase “Forget me!” It still helps to get rid of the evil spirits that stick on the street at night.

What does a brownie look like in a house?

You can see a brownie by chance at dawn, when he is cleaning up his living space. But smart people never try to look at the owner of the house. It is believed that this is not good and can even lead to serious illnesses. Brownies are seen by magicians and people with psychic abilities. Others simply feel their invisible presence.

It is believed that the longer the brownie lives with the residents of the premises, the more similar he becomes to them. He is usually depicted as a small old man with a shaggy beard and wearing ancient clothes. The height of the brownie, say people who have seen it, can reach a meter. And sometimes the owner of the house is so small that he can easily be confused with a small child.

In the houses of the rich, the brownie looks good: well-fed, with a beautiful beard, in good clothes. In poor families, he is thin, wears patched clothes and has a sparse beard.

Those who have seen a brownie with their own eyes sometimes describe it as a fluffy ball. Perhaps he simply appears to residents in this guise. After all, according to popular belief, a brownie can turn into a cat, a dog, and even a rat. Therefore, if a kitten suddenly appears on your doorstep, be sure to take it home. In this way, the brownie can check how well you treat cats, his old friends.

The age of the brownie, magicians say, is up to 600 years. And since they are born old people, the older they are, the younger they look. They die as babies. Yes, yes, and they die. One healer claimed that she once attended the funeral of a brownie.

The guardians of the house have a difficult character, but not evil. If a brownie plays pranks, he is simply bored and needs to be appeased and a relationship established with him.

It is not recommended to perform rituals in order to see the brownie. Firstly, this can seriously anger the magical entity. He will begin to harass the household. For example, it will scare you, scratch your face, or even throw you down the stairs. Secondly, spirits do not have a very pleasant appearance, which can greatly impress a novice magician.

He can voluntarily appear to the tenant only if he wants to warn him about a serious danger. Psychics say that if one of the household members does see a brownie, you should never look him in the eye, otherwise the person may become seriously ill.

How do brownies appear?

Scientists are sure that the brownie is the embodiment of the energy of the residents. People who live in a house for decades leave their energetic mark on it. But esotericists believe that a brownie is a mental entity that is not connected by energy threads to the residents, but protects them.

The brownie often keeps a neutral side - he does not belong to either good or evil forces. However, each of them has its own character. Most often, brownies are friendly to people living with them. However, there are also evil entities that constantly disturb and frighten the residents.

Types of brownies

Magicians claim that there are 3 types of sousedushki (as the ancient Slavs called them).

The first type is the “classic” brownies, small, kind old men with a beard, who came from a parallel world when people began to build homes for themselves. They protect the house from evil forces, help with household chores, and treat the residents’ pets. They coexist with people for mutual benefit, as they feed on the energy of the house. If there are no quarrels or scandals at home, the room is regularly cleaned of negative energy, the aura here is favorable, and the brownie feeds on it. But if there are frequent scandals in the family, the brownie begins to disturb the residents, letting them know that he is dissatisfied. Some believe that they also have their own family.

The second type is the dead who were sent to work off karma. During their lifetime, such people were too busy with themselves and paid little attention to family and home. These are entities that love order, but never engage in everyday affairs. There is no need to be afraid of them, they are peaceful.Their goal is to monitor the house and the family living in it, help and protect from evil spirits. They are endowed with energy by higher powers that sent souls to work off their sins.

And finally, the third type of brownies cannot be called good. These are not even brownies, but evil entities that settle in empty houses. They feed on the energy of quarrels and scandals, so they provoke them. In such houses, residents may suffer from lack of health and money. These evil entities need to be driven out of the house.

Brownie Abilities

According to the beliefs of our ancestors, brownies are patronized by the Slavic god Veles, who endowed them with some magical abilities.

Sisedushka knows how to predict the future. Most often it warns of troubles, but sometimes its appearance also foreshadows good news. Sometimes a brownie leans his whole body on a sleeping person, and then you need to ask: “For worse or for better?” He will most likely answer your question. If there is no answer, then this is not a warning - the brownie is simply dissatisfied with you.

Sometimes they knock on furniture. If you hear a knock in an empty apartment, you can also ask this question.

It happens that the brownie does not like the guests who come to the residents. He may suddenly drop and break the mug, making him feel uncomfortable. If a guest stays overnight, the brownie will begin to frighten him in every possible way: strangle him, whisper in his ear, make noise.

Residents should also take a closer look at the person. How much can you trust him? Perhaps the brownie feels that the guest is not good, and tries by all means to get him out of the house. After all, its main task is to protect the home from evil.

A brownie can send prophetic dreams or wake up a sleeping person during nightmares.

Sometimes on forums there are stories about how brownies treat people and relieve symptoms of heart disease. They usually help their family if they are very attached to it. The strongest connection with the mother-in-law is for those families who have lived in the house for more than one generation.

How to find out if there is a brownie in the house?

We all subconsciously feel to some extent the presence of an otherworldly guardian in the house. The first type of brownie manifests itself with various extraneous rustling sounds. Their activity time is night.

The signs of a brownie in the house are quite eloquent. Residents often hear the stomping of feet, reminiscent of the steps of a small child or animal. Clinking of dishes may be heard in the kitchen. Cats often play with the brownie. From the outside it looks like the animal is playing with someone invisible. If a cat stares into empty space, but does not show aggression, this is also a manifestation of a good spirit.

Small things may go missing. Most often, the brownie is just having fun and then throws things back, but sometimes this is a sign that you should be more careful and collected - the brownie does not like your carelessness and tendency to throw things around. After all, he keeps order in the house. If things are not found, try to establish contact with him.

These perfumes have a sweet tooth, so sweets may periodically disappear from the vase. If a child does not have enough toys, perhaps these are manifestations of a brownie. By the way, there is a belief that small children are able to see brownies and even play with them.

A neighbor who treats the residents of the house well often helps them. The house remains clean and pleasant, and harmony reigns in the family. It's not scary to sleep without light at night.

The second type of brownie manifests itself somewhat differently. Residents may notice a dark shadow as tall as a short person out of the corner of their eye. However, there is no feeling of fear. He takes care of his household, whispers the right decisions to them and even calms them down during scandals. Sometimes the real brownie in a house becomes the first owner of the home, who built it and put a lot of effort into it.

The brownie cleanses the small energy negativity that we bring into the house from the street. But he is not able to eliminate major damage. If one has settled in your home, the brownie is unhappy and tries to inform you about it. His dissatisfaction can manifest itself in nightly sighs, slamming doors, missing things and other minor dirty tricks. In rare cases, animals do not take root in the house. But most often the owner of the house treats his pets well.

Brownie or evil spirit?

However, you should be seriously concerned if household members feel the presence of an evil entity. It spoils the atmosphere of the house, the warmth and comfort of the rooms disappears somewhere. The residents constantly quarrel with each other, because the entity feeds on their negative emotions. At night it is difficult to fall asleep without light, the darkness is frightening and sometimes leads to panic.

Extraneous noise may be heard, groans, creaks, steps, equipment breaking, dishes breaking, objects falling, often sharp ones. Animals do not thrive at home, which is especially true for cats. This suggests that the energy of the house is so corrupted that it has transformed into a poltergeist.

What to do if an evil brownie has settled in the house? There are ways to get rid of this entity, but residents may not be able to cope on their own - they simply do not have enough strength. It is recommended to call a priest who will drive away the evil spirits with prayers.

Many people are interested in the question of whether there are brownies in apartment buildings. The brownie lives in every human home, regardless of whether it is a house or an apartment. However, there are unclean high-rise buildings with unfavorable energy, in whose apartments no good beings live. The bad energy in such houses usually has a long history and is associated with tragedies. Therefore, when buying an apartment, it is extremely important to know about its previous owners.

When entering a potential home, listen to it. Feel it. Surely your intuition will tell you how favorable this house is, how its true owner will treat you. Alas, brownies do not always accept new residents and sometimes try to survive them in every possible way.

How to find out about the presence of a brownie, what to say?

Almost all houses where people have lived before have spirits. The only exceptions are new buildings. Therefore, before moving, you need to invite the brownie with you. How to do this, read in the following paragraphs.

If you did not invite the spirit from your previous home with you, it will take years for a brownie to appear in your new apartment.

But it will definitely appear over time. But how do you know if there is a brownie in the house?

In the evening, empty the kitchen table; there should only be a tablecloth on it. Place a full glass of semi-sweet wine on it, and on a saucer next to it, place a piece of fresh loaf, spread with butter. To see the footprints of small feet, you can sprinkle white flour around, but this is not at all necessary.

Say these words: “Father Brownie, come and eat your dinner.”

No one should enter the kitchen until the morning: neither household members nor animals. Get up before sunrise and go to the kitchen first. Most likely, the wine will be a little lacking, and a piece of bread will be bitten.

And this method is suitable for those who doubt the existence of the brownie and are not afraid of his discontent. Before going to bed, take a piece of paper and write on it “I am the master of the house.”

Place a glass of water on the note in the center of the table, having first removed any foreign objects from there. There should only be a glass on a sheet of paper with a note on it. The brownie will definitely reveal himself by clinking dishes, stomping and other extraneous sounds. Some strong spirits even pinch or strangle residents.

The whole point is that it is impossible to say out loud the phrase “I am the master of the house,” as well as to write it, because the true master here is the brownie, and people are only its residents. Therefore, such a provocation will cause a violent reaction from the neighbor.

The stronger the entity, the brighter and more aggressive it will manifest itself. Physical contact is possible only with a very strong spirit. And if your brownie is strong, then the house is under reliable protection, because he will get rid of any evil spirits that covet the home.

To make peace with an angry brownie, say: “Cheers with me, and you, brownie, stop. We will make peace and be friends. You will help me, and I will feed you.”

This is how you can find out if there is a brownie in the house. But magicians do not recommend trying to anger the brownie or seeing him in person. An angry owner can even drive you crazy.

How to appease a brownie?

First, remember a few rules that will help you live in harmony with him. They were known to our ancestors, but today few people know what not to do at home so as not to anger their neighbor:

1. Do not place sharp or cutting objects such as knives and forks on the table. This prevents the good spirit from protecting the house from evil entities.
2. Don't whistle, otherwise you risk kicking him out forever.
3. Don't smoke in the house. Brownies don't like the smell of cigarette smoke that settles on the furniture.

How to appease a brownie in a private house or apartment? They love it when they are greeted with the respectful address “master”. You can also ask them for help if you have lost something important. And be sure to say thank you if this thing is suddenly found. Don’t forget to leave treats for your brownie and make sure they are not accidentally eaten by pets or someone in the household.

Whether the good spirit reads thoughts is unknown. Some say no, others are sure of the opposite. In any case, do not forget to talk to the brownie out loud.

If your neighbor is dissatisfied with something, analyze your behavior and the behavior of your relatives. Perhaps his dissatisfaction is well founded. Brownies do not like scandals or neglect of household duties. It is extremely important to maintain a clean and cozy atmosphere in your home. How to make friends with a brownie in the house?

There are several proven ways to do this.

Rituals to improve relations with the brownie

At midnight on the third day of the full moon, light a candle and stand in the center of the room. Before the ceremony, be sure to do a thorough cleaning. Standing in the center, bow to all four sides and say: “Master, hostess, let’s go to my house, to a rich courtyard, to life, to life, to wealth!”

Once a year, the brownie needs to be fed. And remember that he does not feed on material food, but on the kind and sincere feelings that you experience when treating him. You can leave candy in the kitchen every month to maintain a warm relationship with your neighbor. After a while, this candy can be thrown away.

On February 7 or April 1, pour vodka into a glass and cut off a piece of sweet pie or cupcake. Say the following words: “Father Brownie, guardian and zealot of my family. Return from the wide roads, from foreign outskirts to your father’s threshold, to your corner. Father Brownie, sit down next to each other, let’s talk well. Amen.”

After pronouncing the spell, cross yourself, bow and leave the treat in the corner. The glass will be empty if the brownie treats the residents with sympathy.

How to appease a brownie for Easter

To make friends with your neighbor, pour a glass of milk into his saucer and place it in the corner. Say the following spell: “The breadwinner, the drinker, the brownie father, the brownie general. Help us to live without hassle, to save money for gold. So that no one in the house gets sick or suffers from troubles and misfortunes. Take, grandfather, brownie, my gift. To a rich yard. I close my words with constipation. As I say, so be it. Amen".

This ritual is usually performed three times a year: on the night before Easter, Christmas and the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos.

How to invite a brownie with you?

If there is a need to change housing, it is recommended to invite the brownie with whom you have established a warm relationship. They are very offended if the previous residents forget about them, they can cry and howl with melancholy, and disturb the new household members. Therefore, be sure to invite the brownie with you. And he will decide whether to go or not to go himself. There is also a belief that all slippers, even the oldest ones, should be taken to the new apartment. If you forget a pair, this is where the brownie will remain. You should also not leave animals in the old home, to which the brownie is usually very attached.

Consider a few rules:

• you need to pick up all pets (pre-fed), since the brownie is very attached to them;
• It is recommended to transport the spirit on Saturday or Monday;
• when leaving your previous home, put things in order so that the brownie can leave it with a clear conscience;
• Clean up your future home so that the brownie wants to move to a new home.

Here are several methods to invite a brownie with you.

• Method 1.Place a bag in the corner of the room and put something tasty inside. Explain to the brownie that you are leaving and want to invite him with you. Leave it open overnight, and in the morning tie it up and move it to a new location. Open it there. Perhaps the brownie, attracted by the sweets, will move with you. You can replace the bag with a shoe, which is placed in the center of the room at night.
• Method 2.The one who is the last to leave the old house must sweep the rubbish into the corners of the kitchen. Collect it in a piece of fabric and invite the brownie to move in. It needs to be transported to a new home, and then put in the far corner with a piece of rye bread.

Live in harmony with the spirit of your home and your family, radiate love and joy. This will be felt not only by the brownie, but also by your family.

Gennady FEDOTOV, staff correspondent of AN

Most folklore experts adhere to the following version of the origin of brownies: when the Lord, at the creation of the world, threw down to earth all the rebellious evil heavenly force, which became proud and rebelled against its Creator, some unclean spirits found their way into human dwellings and settled there forever.







Most folklore experts adhere to the following version of the origin of brownies: when the Lord, at the creation of the world, threw down to earth all the rebellious evil heavenly force, which became proud and rebelled against its Creator, some unclean spirits found their way into human dwellings and settled there forever.

How to see it?

Either the breed of brownies was immediately formed from spirits who were more flexible in disposition, or their character softened over the course of a long stay in close proximity to people, but, one way or another, they did not become enemies for humans (like water goblins, goblins, kikimoras and other evil spirits ). On the contrary, the people of Rus' are so accustomed to them that they refuse to recognize them as devils and single them out as a special, “good” evil force.
Every residential building certainly has one such invisible tenant, who protects not only the building itself, but mainly everyone living in it - both people and animals. Therefore, from ancient times, the brownie was treated with respect and tenderness, although they were slightly afraid.
Out of respect and fear of offending, in some places it is not customary to call him a brownie. The variety of names and nicknames testifies to the vitality of the invisible household resident and his closeness to human interests. The brownie is called Master and Grandfather. In stories they often say “He” or “Himself”, but even more often “Good-willed”, “Good-willed”, and even “Breadwinner”.
In addition, due to the everyday habits of the brownie, they are sometimes called Gamer and Lizun. His name is also Kornoukhim - because he seems to be missing one ear.
There are many stories and anecdotes about brownies in Russian folklore, many of which are based on real facts. But most of them are the fruits of rich imagination.
You should not believe anyone who claims to have seen a brownie. Most likely, he was deceived and unwittingly misleads others. It is impossible to see the brownie due to his nature (he is undoubtedly undead - neither spirit nor human). For humans, this is almost as impossible as, say, seeing ultraviolet or x-ray radiation.
The brownie may appear before you in the form of someone you know, but that’s all. However, for those whose desire to look at the real essence of the brownie is irresistible, we can offer a difficult, but only known method. You should resort to it only on Easter night, and it consists of the following: in the evening you need to put on a horse collar, cover yourself with a harrow (with the teeth facing you) and sit in this form, without moving, until the morning.
It should be borne in mind that brownies cannot stand it when people try to spy on them, and if they notice you, then knocking on the harrow properly can cause serious injuries.

For better or worse?

A generalization of the most reliable information collected bit by bit from all over Russia allows us to draw up an approximate portrait of a brownie. Apparently, his height is 50 - 70 cm, his bones are unusually wide, and his limbs are short, while his feet, palms and head are disproportionately large. All eyewitnesses who spent the night under the harrow, differing slightly in other details, unanimously point to the unique hairiness of brownies: even their palms are covered with thick hair. A real Bigfoot, which, by the way, few people have seen either!
But hearing a brownie, on the contrary, will not be difficult. Many often hear his quiet crying, dull restrained moans, and sometimes abruptly short or vice versa, soft and affectionate, but always unintelligible exclamations. True, if the quick-witted owners manage to skillfully call out to him and ask a question when the opportunity is right, they may hear a completely articulate answer.
It is known that the brownie has the habit of expressing his affection towards people (mainly the head of the family) in a rather unique way, namely, leaning on his chest in a dream and pressing.
...One night Catherine F. woke up in horror. Something was pressing on her chest and neck. Remembering the grandmothers' stories about what a brownie so often does, foreshadowing trouble or happiness, she, gasping for breath, barely squeezed out: “For worse or for better?” And I heard in response: “For worse.” A few days later her mother-in-law died.
What is this? Coincidence? “No,” says bioenergeticist Olga Makarova. - Before great joy or grief, as if warning, the brownie leans on the chest more often than the owner of the house and crushes him. There is no need to be scared, just ask: “For worse or for better?” And he will answer in a human voice, and will stop putting pressure. He does not do evil, but warns about some big events in the house, in the family.”
In addition, attentive owners can always find out in advance about impending troubles by the signs given by the brownie. If you hear a brownie crying, it means a dead person. Howling in the pipes - to trial. Wet yourself at night - expect illness. When dishes rattle, you should be careful when handling fire and heating appliances.
If he strokes the sleepy ones with his paw, it is for good; if he groans, then it is for grief. If you cannot find some thing, you must say: “Brownie, play and give it back.” And, surprisingly, it may end up in the most prominent place.
There are known cases when a brownie prevented the adultery of his masters by leaning on the culprit at night and slightly strangling him. Brownies generally do not like family quarrels and careless attitude towards the home, so they favor those families who live in harmony and care about home well-being and comfort.

When the brownie is jealous

It is believed that brownies, although they belong to evil spirits, bring good luck to the house. So, if a brownie lives in your apartment, don’t be upset. He is rightfully the owner of the house and you should live in harmony with him.
“It all started when I came to visit my aunt in the village,” says Voronezh resident Tatyana Votyakova. - One afternoon I decided to rest: I flopped down on the bed and tried to sleep. After lying there for a while, I heard the door to the bedroom open. I decided that my brother had come in for something. And she sharply turned to the wall, deciding to pretend to be asleep.
But then I heard my brother’s voice in the next room. “Who could it be?” - I thought, but didn’t turn around.
This someone stood near the door for a second, and then quiet creeping steps, similar to those of a cat, were heard. As this “someone” approached the bed, my arms and legs began to cramp. Goosebumps ran all over my body. The feeling was not painful and even pleasant. I felt someone softly jump onto the bed. Continuing to think that it was a cat, I wanted to drive it away, but I could not move. I got scared and then I heard a voice. It was as if he was being born within me.
“Turn to me!” this voice ordered. I was even more scared because this voice was unfamiliar to me. “Turn to me!” - the voice repeated more insistently. I overcame myself and turned around. “Open your eyes!” - I heard it in my head again. “I can’t,” I answered, and I’m not entirely sure that I answered out loud, rather, it was a telepathic connection. “He” touched me lightly: the touch was soft and even tender, I felt that I could open my eyelids, and through force I opened my eyes.
What I saw shocked me, and I was simply horrified, although, it would seem, there was nothing more to be afraid of. Soft light spilled against the background of the curtained window. A dark figure was visible in it: head and shoulders. There was no body, arms or legs! Then I remembered that in such cases one must ask: “For good or for bad?” That's what I did. The stranger’s answer surprised me: “Friends never come to worse!” “Are you a friend?” - I asked. "Friend. If you need it, call me." After these words, he began to move into the corner and... disappeared into it. ...
I felt the help and strength of a Friend (I didn’t know who he was or what his name was) literally within a few days. My brother got drunk and became rowdy, and my aunt and I could not reason with him. I thought sadly: “Well, where are you, Friend? I could help put him to bed!” And - strange! The brother, who was sitting on the cot and was still trying to go somewhere, snored while sitting, and... lay down calmly and fell asleep. I was shocked. And then I told everything that happened to me to my aunt. She, contrary to my expectations, treated everything with understanding and suggested that it was a brownie! And that he liked me.
Summer has passed, it's time to leave. I heard that when you leave, you need to invite your brownie with you. I did so.
Once, already in Voronezh, my brother came to see me from another city. Of course, I didn’t tell him anything about my strange friend. And, it turned out, in vain. My brother spent the night, and the next day he told me the following. In the morning he woke up when I had already left for the institute, opened his eyes and froze: an unfamiliar man was standing in the middle of the room!
My brother, laughing nervously, told me: “The man was all in white and looked strangely like me, only with a beard.”
This man smoothly, as if flying through the air, moved towards him and said: “Leave here immediately!” The brother even groaned in surprise, and then came to his senses and asked: “And why should I leave? What if I don’t leave?” After that, he turned away from the stranger, as if to show that he was no longer interested in him. At the same instant, he realized with horror that his hand, against his will, began to tighten on his throat, his soul. The brother was very frightened and even began to say goodbye to life, but then his hand suddenly unclenched. He felt relieved and sweat appeared on his forehead.
Of course, I didn’t immediately believe my brother’s story, but then I saw fingerprints on his neck... My doubts were dispelled. A friend was “jealous” of my brother and didn’t want him to live in my apartment!

Evil spirits also have pride

Another similar story happened with the Ulyanovsk newlyweds Valery and Alina.
Less than a week had passed since the beginning of their life together, and Valera, who had moved to live with Alina, had problems with the brownie who lived in her apartment.
Alina said that before, the brownie made itself known at night - she suddenly felt someone’s touch, warm breath, and sniffling in her sleep. All this did not frighten Alina; she was accustomed to footsteps in a dark room at night and rustling sounds.
After the wedding, with the appearance of a new person in the house, instead of the sniffling of the brownie, the night silence of the apartment began to be disturbed only by the tender words of the newlyweds, the sounds of kisses, and laughter.
Until one day Alina woke up frightened by Valery, who was shouting some incomprehensible words in his sleep, rubbing his leg. Woke up by his wife, he said that all night someone had been pushing him and not letting him sleep, and when he fell asleep, they pinched him painfully on the leg.
In the morning, a large bruise appeared in the place where my husband had rubbed at night. The story repeated itself the next night. This went on for some time until Valera got tired of walking around with bruises.
They told about the antics of the brownie to a familiar grandmother. She advised the young man to make friends with the brownie and ask permission to live in his apartment, and leave a piece of bread and a glass of water on the table at night. The guy followed her advice, and gradually the nights in the young couple’s apartment became calmer.
In general, brownies have a complex and restive character, and you need to behave with them carefully and thoughtfully. They are stubborn and touchy. They also have their own quirks. For example, on John Climacus (March 30), the brownie suffers from spring rabies. You need to be prepared for this.
And Ephraim the Syrian (January 28) is attacked by gluttony, and needs to be “fed.” If you somehow inadvertently angered the brownie, then it will not be difficult to make peace with him: he is easy-going and appreciates attention. To do this, you need to put snuff in a secluded place, for which he has a great weakness, or give him some other gift, like multi-colored shreds or just a crust from an unfinished loaf of bread.
There is another significant feature in the character of a brownie - pride. Don't forget about this, especially when moving. The brownie gets used to the old place and when the family moves to a new place of residence, it will not follow without a special invitation. To do this, when you leave, you need to say: “Father, my master, my good brownie. I will give you new mansions, bright chambers. Come with me, without you we won’t be happy.”

How the brownie was planted on the neighbors

Forgotten by slow-witted owners or not specifically invited to a new home, the brownie will moan and cry from melancholy and loneliness, but he himself will not go anywhere. And, in the end, he will begin to take revenge on the new owners of the house.
Much has been written in detail about the evil tricks of the offended brownie. But few people know that it is quite simple to pacify evil spirits. Why is he angry? Because his previous owners did not take him with them. This is where you can play. Try to deceive him, seduce him with a new home.
“This story began with moving to a new apartment,” says Alla A. from the town of Shchelkovo near Moscow. - Its former owners warned us that a brownie lived in the apartment, but we somehow didn’t pay attention to their words: you never know what old people might imagine in their old age. However, not even a week had passed since our move when we realized with undisguised bitterness that the old people were right.
There was clearly a brownie in the apartment. He began to regularly remind us of his presence with small, but rather disgusting deeds. And one day, when my husband and I were at work, he turned on the water tap in the bathroom, as a result of which we had an unforgettable acquaintance with our neighbors living on the floor below.
While we were doing unplanned repairs, the brownie decided to prove himself in a new field. Suddenly, electrical appliances began to turn on and off involuntarily, my favorite hair dryer suddenly burned out, and finally the new refrigerator broke down. Since we didn’t have the money to fix it, we had to, on the advice of friends, humbly ask the invisible hooligan to fix it. Oddly enough, after that the refrigerator began to work properly again, but at night a quiet, malicious laugh began to be heard from the bathroom. And then the question arose in our family: should a brownie be in the apartment or not?
Out of complete despair, I wandered to a psychic whose address I read in the newspaper. He, having thoroughly emptied my wallet, advised me to throw the brownie into another family. And he even explained how to do it. I followed the psychic’s instructions exactly on the next day off.
After a whole hour of persuasion to change my place of residence, the brownie went with me to visit my friends. I was convinced immediately upon arrival that he was nearby and had arrived safely. In the old communal apartment where I arrived, the lights immediately went out and the cast-iron toilet tank broke in the restroom.
Having drunk tea and feeling like a traitor and Judas, I left my friendly acquaintances at the first opportunity.
A week passed before I believed in my happiness. The peace and quiet in the apartment proved that the money paid to the psychic was not in vain, and we got rid of the evil spirits.”
At the same time, according to many experts in the field of paranormal phenomena, a brownie in the house is necessary. More reliably than any alarm system, it will protect your home from thieves and real evil spirits. Of course, you can’t buy a brownie, but if you want him to live with you, you can use the following method.

Go to some abandoned village, taking with you a bag of tobacco and colored rags. Choose an empty hut, enter it and, standing in the middle with an open bag in front of you, say: “Brownie, brownie, come with me, take your housewife-mistress, whatever I can reward you with.” Then tie the bag tightly and go back.
When you arrive home, untie the bag and put it in a secluded place. And you can consider that you now have a guardian spirit in your home.
For complete happiness in the house, the brownie is treated to every first day. Cookies, candy, and a piece of bread are placed in a dark corner until the next first day. Then the treat is changed, and the old sweets and bread are thrown away (he feeds only on their energy)...

The brownie lives in almost every home. Most often it can be found where several generations of a family have lived. It is not easy to detect his presence, but if the brownie is not satisfied with something, he will definitely show his dissatisfaction.

The brownie is a mystical entity that has been protecting people’s homes from time immemorial. It is able to protect against many misfortunes: fires, scandals, theft, ill-wishers. However, if the family begins to disrespect their home and creates a mess, the brownie may get angry, and then you will know for sure that he lives with you.

Signs of the presence of a brownie

1. Loud noise. Sometimes at night the brownie can express himself by rearranging the dishes in the kitchen, slamming doors, and loudly stomping. He usually gets angry when housewives stop carefully maintaining order. In this case, the brownie becomes mischievous, hides things, thereby calling for cleaning.

2. Pets. The most common pets, cats and dogs, always see and hear more than people. If you notice that your dog sometimes looks warily into the corner, begins to wag its tail and tries to play as if with itself, most likely it sees a brownie. Cats may also suddenly freeze and then begin to purr, arching their backs as if being stroked by an invisible hand. However, if animals show anxiety, whine, hiss, or hide under furniture, perhaps there is not a brownie in your house at all, but an evil spirit. In this case, it is necessary to clean the house or apartment. Walk through all the rooms, sprinkling the space with holy water, put a little salt in each corner, and then walk with a lit candle.

3. Loss of sweets and small items. We often forget that the brownie also feels our mood and is ready to help us in difficult times. Left without a treat, he may steal a few candies, the wrappers of which will periodically catch your eye in the most unexpected places. He can also shift keys, scissors and other objects out of spite. Pour milk into a small cup, put porridge with butter in a saucer and place it in a corner. Ask the housekeeper for forgiveness for your inattention and ask him to guard your house with the same strength. Also ask for missing items to be returned in exchange, for example, for jelly beans.

4. Sleep. Brownies who love their home and owners often help them. For example, in a dream they can tell you a solution to a problem, indicate who in your close circle is hostile. In rare cases, the brownie indicates the place where the treasure is hidden. This is how he shows respect, thanks for your care, but most often it is gratitude for the fact that when you moved, you did not forget about him and offered to go to a new home.

5. Security. We often feel a state of anxiety, but when we return home, we notice that our fears have evaporated somewhere. A feeling of peace, warmth and comfort appears. And at night we are not tormented by nightmares, we easily fall asleep and wake up cheerful and rested. This is also an indirect sign of the presence of a brownie in the house, caring about your safety and peace of mind.

6. Warning. Sometimes it happens that in the middle of the night we suddenly wake up with a strong feeling of anxiety, and in a dream we feel as if something has fallen on us and is pressing on us. This is how the brownie warns of impending danger. He can also make a loud noise, slam the door, or press the front doorbell. In this case, you should take care of your safety and prevent gas, water leaks or fire by rechecking all important places in the house.

7. Guests. Often before someone drops by to visit you without warning, you have a premonition of it. This may be intuition, but most often the brownie warns about all uninvited guests in advance. A quiet knock or a ringing telephone warns of people with good intentions. A feeling of anxiety, a suddenly broken glass and worried pets signal that ill-wishers want to visit your home.

8. Children. If there are children in the house, pay close attention to them while playing. Brownies treat younger family members with special attention and respect, play with them and protect them. You can often notice that a child sets up an extra utensil for a puppet tea party, laughs loudly, and tells something into the void. Young mothers often notice that a child who suddenly screams in his sleep becomes silent, his blanket is adjusted, and the cradle rocks quietly.

9. Feelings. When moving to a new home, you should carefully listen to your feelings, especially if someone lived in the house before you. Often, owners leave their apartments and houses without taking the spirit with them. In this case, the brownie is unlikely to treat you kindly. His trust must be earned. If you feel anxious, leave the little spirit a treat and offer friendship. As a gift, you can give him a piece of fabric, old clothes, hay, or a shoe. If this is a private house, then the brownie will definitely choose a secluded corner where he will settle down with great comfort. In apartments it is more difficult for a brownie because of the small space, but even here he can find a place under the bathroom, on the mezzanine or in an old suitcase. If, after time, your life has improved, you feel calm and peaceful, it means that the brownie has accepted you as the new owners and is ready to serve. If the feeling of anxiety grows, things disappear in the house, scandals become more frequent, it is worth thinking about driving away the evil spirit.

10. Appearance. In rare cases, the brownie reveals himself. If a small gray or smoky kitten insists on asking at your door, let him in. Brownies are often embodied in these animals. It also happens that the brownie warns about something so significant that it dares to appear in front of us. It could be a small blurry silhouette, a cat, a gray-haired old man. It is important at this moment to concentrate and ask what news your home protector has brought. If you feel warm, happy news awaits you; cold, chills, trembling or a feeling of danger - expect trouble.

If you discover the presence of a brownie in your home, try to make friends with it. This little helper can improve your life, help you and protect you from any evil. However, if it is aggressive and haunts you, perform a ritual to expel the entity, because it may turn out that it is not a brownie, but an evil spirit. We wish you good luck and don't forget to press the buttons and

Moving Brownie

I realized a long time ago that brownies exist. And I was often convinced of this. Here is just one example.

When I was 16 years old, my father built a new house next to the old one. We started moving things around, but we haven’t finally moved there yet.

And then the neighbor’s grandmother called me over to say something important. Since childhood, I listened with great pleasure to her extraordinary stories.

The old lady told me:

- Call the brownie with you. Take a chip from the new house, walk around the old one three times with the words: “Brownie, brownie, come to the new house with me.” And he will listen to you.

My parents were atheists. The authorities strictly prohibited obscurantism. I, sneaking, secretly from my parents, performed the ritual, and threw a sliver of wood into the basement window of the new house.

And so we finally moved for good. I now had my own room! How joyful it is to lie down in the evening with a book in your hands and enjoy the peace when no one forces you to turn off the lights because your parents have to go to work early.

Our cat Murka, whom I bought 10 years ago for 15 kopecks, always slept at my feet. It was about midnight. Suddenly I heard some rustling in the basement. Murka jumped up, arched her back and hissed. I listened. Some commotion was heard in the basement. I thought that other people's cats had gotten in there.

In the morning I tell my dad:

- Put bars on the basement windows.

And it turns out he did it yesterday. I wasn’t too lazy and went to check who was rustling in the underground at night. There was nothing and no one there. I’m sure it was the brownie who told me that he was with us.

Olga Nikolaevna SEVEROVA, Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo region.

Brownie Blagushka

This happened in Kazakhstan in 2002. It was two years ago that we moved to a new apartment. I worked on the railway in shifts.

On the day in question, I had to go on the night shift.

After lunch I lay down to rest before work. The children went to school, and the husband went to work.

I was home alone.

I was almost asleep, lying on my side, when I felt a push in my back. Not understanding anything, she opened her eyes. I thought that I had dreamed something and tried to sleep again.

I had just dozed off when I felt a jolt again. And so on several times.

And then some force made me get up and go to the hall. I walked like a zombie, stumbling.

But when I found myself in the hall, the sleep disappeared. There was a carpet on the floor in the middle of the room, and there was a fire on it. The fire appears to have just happened.

It turned out that there was an extension cord plugged in under the carpet, the wire got bent, got hot, and the carpet caught fire.

I quickly pulled the wire out of the socket and threw a rag on the flame. There was a large hole in the carpet, and the linoleum underneath was burned through.

I think it was our brownie Blagushka who saved me from death. I called him that after one incident.

My nephew came to visit me with his friends, and one of them noticed a sleeping cat under the kitchen table. But we didn’t have any cat! So, I decided, it was the keeper of the house, the brownie. She called him Blagushka.

On the first day of each month, I poured milk into a cup and put something tasty in the kitchen. So he repaid me with kindness, saving me from death. After all, in my sleep I would have suffocated from the smoke.

When we moved to Russia in 2006, Blagushka was invited to come with us. And now he protects us in a new place.

Galina NIKITINA, Anapa

Brownie, give me money!"

This story happened to me when I was still in college. And, like any normal student, I didn’t have enough money.

Once I read a book about all sorts of otherworldly creatures (I don’t remember what it was called). I read, in particular, that you can contact the brownie with small requests.

Therefore, exhausted by lack of money, I decided to ask him for money. Let him help me find my wallet on the street!

Having completed a simple ritual, I turned to the brownie with this request. After that, I looked very carefully at my feet for several days. Alas, I never got the desired wallet.

And a week later, the whole group of us went to “potato harvesting” - in the days of my youth this was a practice among students. We helped the collective farmers with all our might in harvesting. At the end of the first day, it turned out that the physics teacher had lost her wallet, and in it, in addition to money, there were keys to the apartment, and now she could not get home.

We continued our work. And suddenly I wanted to move away from the guys, and then move towards them. So I did.

Not even a minute had passed before I saw a black wallet lying between the ridges. Maybe this is the physicist’s wallet? I picked it up and took it to our teacher. Yes, it was her wallet! She was very happy.

After this incident, passing tests in physics became much easier for me. And as an additional bonus, the physicist gave me a huge chocolate bar. It turns out that the brownie finally complied with my request?

Elena Viktorovna AKINFEEVA, Zhukovsky, Moscow region.

Brownie saved from fire

The events that I will talk about occurred almost 30 years ago, when my daughter was 2.5 years old.

They say that small children see a brownie. This is probably true in reality. Because kids can’t deceive; they still don’t have enough intelligence to do so.

One day we were lying on the bed with her, I was reading children’s books to her.

She loved to listen to rhymes and fairy tales. She listened, which means she listened, then she says, pointing her finger above the wardrobe:

- Mom, what’s that hanging there?

I look where she is pointing and see nothing. I tell her:

- Lyubochka, I don’t see anything there.

And she again:

- Hangs from the ceiling.

I ask her:

-What does it look like?

“Something round, like a big ball, dark and fluffy,” she answered.

But this is exactly how brownies are usually described!

We were finally convinced that the brownie lives with us not so long ago - five years ago. It was summer, my daughter and I were talking in the kitchen. Suddenly there was a sneeze behind the refrigerator, which was behind me. There was no one in the house except my daughter and me.

The daughter, sitting at the table, fell silent mid-sentence. We looked at each other questioningly, then she asked:

-Did you hear that too?

I told her yes. She jumped up, climbed onto the kitchen table and looked behind the refrigerator.

-Who do you want to see there?

- Maybe there's a cat there?

“This can’t be,” I answered, “the cats are in the yard, I just saw them there.”

Looking at each other, we said the same thing:

- Brownie!

It must be him, but who else?

Shortly after that, I set the tomatoes to cook using tomato paste. The pan is not small, seven liters. Forgetting to turn off the stove, I went into town to do some shopping. I walked for a long time, but suddenly someone mentally said to me: “Go home, I need to go home.”

I hurried to the house. Opening the door, I smelled a strong burning smell. I rushed to the stove, there was a black bottom of the pan and stuck tomato peels. I think it was the brownie who sent me a telepathic signal, warning me of danger.

Since then, when I leave home for a long time, just in case, I mentally ask: “Master, take care of our home.” And he takes care.

Liliya Vasilievna AVRAMENKO, Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh region.

DOMOVOY. ALL ABOUT THE DOMOVOY. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOUSEHOLD.

Brownie, or as he is also called - Susedko, Master, Himself, Dobrozhil, Dobrokhot, Breadwinner, Grandfather, Lizun, Posten (“along the wall” or from the “shadow”) or Batan (either in the sense of father (father), or bro, that is, not a brother), is the most important part of every person’s life, because any person lives in some kind of house, which means he encounters a brownie every day, since there is no house without a brownie, just as there is no brownie without a home.

Even a non-specialist should delve a little deeper into mythology and folklore - and it will be impossible to tear himself away. No fantasy can compare with the reality of the world: it was a different world, other people - almost aliens. No one in this world doubted the real existence of brownies. They were seen, they were spoken to, they were pleased - and this mythical, in our opinion, creature was an integral part of the world in which our ancestors lived.

Most of the peasants did not recognize brownies as evil spirits and considered them a separate good breed. Each village hut had one such invisible tenant, who was the guardian not only of the house, but, mainly, of all living things: people, cattle, and birds.

What does a brownie look like?

It is a kind of clot of energy about a meter high. He becomes like the tenants when they become friends and live together for a long time. Some magicians believe that the age of the brownie can be estimated at 500-600 years. No one knows this for sure, but one Altai healer claims that brownies are dying, since she once attended the funeral of a neighbor.

The brownies have their own holiday. For them, it’s kind of like the New Year for us - from February 10 to 11 according to the old style or from February 23 to 24 according to the new style. These days, you must definitely congratulate your brownie and his family on the holiday. In general, brownies sleep in winter. But on this night they wake up and walk, have fun and make noise.

It is practically impossible to see a brownie; it is beyond human strength. For those curious to look at their Provider, the belief offered very difficult tests. On Easter night, you had to put on a horse collar, cover yourself with a harrow with the teeth facing you, and sit like that in the stable until the morning. However, if the brownie notices someone who is spying on him, he arranges it so that the horses begin to hit the harrow with their backs and can beat the inquisitive person to death.

But you can hear the voice of the brownie, his quiet crying and muffled moans, his soft and affectionate, and sometimes dull and abruptly brief answering voice - if you manage to call out in time and ask about something when the opportunity is right. However, smart people have never tried to see this spirit or ask it: all this is not good and can even lead to serious illnesses.

The brownie can sense damage approaching the house in advance. For example, an unkind person, an envious person with bad intentions, came into your home. The brownie begins to worry and whispers to you about the evil intentions of the bad guest. If you cannot “catch” the signals of the brownie, then he will do anything to get attention. A dashing person's cup may be torn out of his hands and broken, his clothes may unexpectedly tear, or something may spill onto the tablecloth. This is all the work of the brownie. He seems to be signaling to you - pay attention to this person, he intends to damage you and your household!

The brownie is able to destroy all the small energy dirt in the house, but, unfortunately, he is not able to destroy serious damage.

If a brownie occasionally knocks, rustles, fidgets, or rattles dishes at night, then he is simply doing this out of boredom and having fun. The brownie is generally a great joker: he can tickle sleeping people, hide the right thing in the most unexpected place, or drag away and confuse a skein of thread, like a kitten. At the same time, it does not cause significant harm to anyone, and if you kindly and respectfully ask him to return the thing to its place, he will not refuse help. The humble, the poor and the hardworking can be helped to finish their work, again at night.

Settling permanently in a warm hut, the brownie gets used to it so well that he guards his rights as a master very jealously. As soon as he notices an attempt on his territory by "Nafani" - a neighbor's brownie, for example, catching him in stealing oats or hay from horses - he enters into a fight and leads it with such ferocity, which is characteristic only of a powerful invisible force, and not of a weak one. human. People who are sensitive to hearing can hear this noise in barns and stables and will always be able to distinguish the fuss of brownies from the stomping of horses and the shying of sheep.

If your relationship with the brownie is established, if he is not offended by you, then he has the power to protect you and your home from the thief, and from uninvited guests, and from evil spirits. But the brownie has the power to allow unkind energetic “guests” into the house: evil spirits, tumbleweeds, etc. Although the brownie rarely resorts to such drastic measures. Only if he gets very angry. Or if he has a disgusting character, or if another brownie is trying to move into your house and drive your owner away.

The brownie gets so used to his home that it is almost impossible to evict him or survive, and it is extremely difficult to lure him to a new place. Here, conspiracies and ordinary tricks are not enough, you must have special attractive good qualities of the soul so that he does not take affectionate conspiracies for a hypocritical trick, and the proposed victims for ridicule. And no amount of violent action will help. If, when moving, you fail to lure the brownie into a new home, he will remain in his old place in sadness and longing. Left behind out of stubbornness or abandoned due to the forgetfulness of slow-witted people, the brownie prefers to suffer, languishing and bored, crying and moaning in an empty hut, as did, by the way, those brownies whom settlers to Siberia forgot to invite with them in the second half of the 19th century.

You can invite a brownie to a new place with a pot of porridge, and carry it in a bag (where he will climb when no one is looking). But the main thing is that all this must be done with a kind heart, with all your heart, saying: “House-house, come with me, lead and reward the house-housewife as best I can.” In the Russian North, it was believed that a brownie could have a family - a wife (Domanya or Domovikha) and children (Shushkanov or Shurshonchikov).

The second option is how to take the brownie with you to a new place. Before moving to a new apartment, kneel down in the corridor of your former apartment at the front door, lay a towel on the floor and say the spell: “Master-father, take your belongings, let’s go together, we’ll live as before, be friends.” After this, carefully fold the towel in four and put it in your bosom. When you arrive at your new apartment, the first thing you do when entering the hallway is get on your knees again, lay out a towel on the floor and say: “My master, happy housewarming to you!”

Your life in your home depends on your relationship with the brownie: either it will be calm and happy, or you will be constantly haunted by all sorts of domestic troubles, and you don’t even know that the reason for this (whether you believe it or not) is an offended or a brownie angry with you.

And the Brownie can get angry with you for the following reasons:

1. The brownie is very irritated by tobacco smoke.
2. He simply hates secret cheating spouses.
3. If the house is constantly in chaos.
4. If the brownie thinks that you are not behaving as you should towards members of your household.
5. He doesn't like the food you cook.
6. If you forgot to feed the owner (and this must be done every month on the 1st day).
7. Excessive extravagance of the owners of the house. A brownie can help with many everyday problems. I will give just a few ways to attract the help of a brownie.

If money starts disappearing from the apartment
In my practice, there was a case when in a prosperous family small amounts of money began to disappear for no reason. Neither the husband, nor the wife, nor their ten-year-old daughter could understand what was going on. When I just started performing the ritual, a fat fluffy cat immediately woke up, ran to the corner of the kitchen and began to look at me expressively, as if he wanted to say something. Of course, I understood what was going on, and after the ritual the money stopped disappearing.

Here's what you need to do. In the evening, as soon as the sun sets below the horizon, place a glass of wine in the corner of the room. Then take all the wallets and purses you have in the house, put a few bills and some change in them. Sit at the table facing the window, light three candles, cross your wallets with one and say 3 times: “Brownie, brownie, don’t touch me! Not me, child of God (name), not my money! I, the child of God (name), am not the one who whispers, sentences, it is through my lips that the heavenly powers speak, they carry out their defense, they set up an iron trench, they cover with fiery arrows, they protect with feathers from thieves, sorcerers, and from black words. And now and ever, so be it, then so shall it be.”

After this, extinguish the candles, take the money out of your wallet and put it under the table for three days for the brownie. Then the money can be used, and it will no longer disappear.

To avoid divorce
Place a small bench in the corner of the brownie, cover it with a napkin, put a saucer of milk, a piece of bun or candy on it and put under the bench some small thing (handkerchief, glasses or gloves) that belongs to the person with whom you want to keep relationship.

With the index finger of your right hand, lightly tap the saucer and say the following words: “Brownie, brownie, unite the zealous hearts, the souls of the child of God (name) and the child of God (name). Avert the cursed separation, protect our love, cover us with a golden robe for one day, for one year, for the whole century.”

Leave the item overnight, and then hide it in a secluded place for three days and three nights. After three days, take it out and thank the gods and your ancestors. And then quietly slip this thing to the person with whom you intend to maintain a relationship. Make your request to the brownie in such a way that no one is watching you. He doesn't like to be addressed in public.

So that the brownie does not survive the new household
Sometimes the Brownie does not accept some new family member into the home: well, he didn’t like him and that’s all! This could be a baby, or a new son-in-law or daughter-in-law. In this case, you should “appease” the brownie for three days in a row - put him a treat, saying: “Grandfather-neighbor, my master is the brownie, let the child of God (name) into the house, accept him, water him, feed him, don’t survive.”

If you are in trouble
Read the plot in the corner of the kitchen: “My master, the brownie. Take the holy broom and put things in order. Drive misfortune beyond the threshold, tie a talisman for the family. And now and ever, so be it, then so shall it be.”

To improve memory and get rid of forgetfulness
Buy a small round mirror, sit at the table facing the window, bless the mirror with a lighted candle 3 times, saying: “And now and ever, so be it, then so shall it be, For the glory of the gods and our ancestors.” Then take the mirror in your left hand and the candle in your right.

Place the mirror on your body and, while holding it, say the words to the brownie: “Brownie, brownie, help me! Forgive and take away, detach the child of God (name) from unconsciousness, from male, from female, from childish, from old, from black, from white, from morning, from evening, from daytime, from night. As the sun rises in the morning, the memory of the child of God (name) will return. And now and ever, so be it, then so shall it be.”

And the mirror must be applied in a certain order (be careful!): first to the forehead, then to the chin, then to the chest, to the stomach at the navel, below the stomach, to the left knee, to the right knee, to the right shoulder, to the left shoulder. There should be nine applications in total; accordingly, nine times you should contact the brownie with a request to return the memory. After the last time, wrap the mirror in a clean white cloth and place it in the corner of the brownie. You can also put a few coins and candy there. After three days, take the mirror (the brownie has already done what he needs) and bury it deep in a deserted place so that the mirror surface is facing down.

To prevent the brownie from hurting pets
If your pet is sad and doesn’t eat well, then it’s possible that he’s having trouble with the brownie. This is how you can fix it. Prepare food that your four-legged friend especially loves, and say to it 3 times: “I sing to you, caress you, greet you, walk with you, no matter how afraid you are of me, no matter how clear the sun of Mother Earth is The little river is not afraid of its banks, just as a bird of the blue sky is not afraid, so do not go far from me, forever and ever. As it was, so it will be"

After this, you need to feed the food to your pet, and leave a small part in a saucer for the brownie (you can also put a glass of wine there and put a piece of sweet cheese). And then say the following words: “As I nurture you, I feed you, so you love my animal, forever and ever. As it was, so it will be.”

And in conclusion, I’ll tell you an entertaining story about a Scottish relative of our Brownie.
Once upon a time, a very mischievous brownie decided to live with a farmer. The farmer was an economical one: he had herds of cows and flocks of sheep, he had meadows and fields, and all this flourished. But the trouble is that the brownie did not give him peace: he made noise all night long, smashed dishes, knocked over bottles of milk and cream, threw freshly made pieces of butter into the walls of the creamery and pinched the workers in their sleep, so much so that they woke up screaming.

The farmer could not get rid of the brownie in the house and decided to leave it himself, moving with all his goods to another house that belonged to him - on the far edge of his domain.

It was planned and done: now the farmer and his wife are packing their things, and the workers are loading the carts and transporting all the property to the new house. By the end of the week the move was almost over, the old house looked empty and abandoned. And so, on a bright spring morning, the farmer and his wife got into a wagon loaded with all sorts of goods, including a butter churn, and drove away from their old house, and at that time it was happily blazing, because an angry farmer had set it on fire.

So they set off, and when they were at the top of the hill, the farmer leaned out of the cart to watch the old house burn, and shook his fist at the brownie, whom, in truth, he had never even seen:
“Now you can have as much fun as you like in these ruins!” You can throw firebrands as much as you like!
“Yes, I think it’s for the better,” agreed the farmer’s wife, wiping away a tear. “But it’s still sad for me to see this; it was a good house.”

And they fell silent, looking at the fire, she in tears, he in rage. And a neighbor was driving towards them and knocked on the wall of the cart:
- Are you moving? - he asked.
“Yes,” responded a creaky voice from the churn...

I. Popovich, healer, Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk region.