[APH][England,Russia] Druid and Volkhv

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Today I want to tell you interesting little story about druids (Britain), volkhvs (Russia) and their undeniable similarity.

The word "volkhv" means "sorcerer, magician, soothsayer" in old Russian. The modern Russian word "volshebstvo" (magic, sorcery) comes from "volkhv".
Celtic counterpart of the word "volkhv" - "druid".
The word "druid" means "oak", "knowledge", "strong", "wisdom" and has Indo-European roots.   

In fact, British druids and Russian volkhvs are the same thing.

As you know, druids were the wise heathen priests and poets of the ancient Celtic peoples. They were healers, magicians, astrologers and diviners, worshipped the trees (oak and mistletoe). According to Julius Caesar, the druids were of British origin.

Volkhv was a wise man, heathen priest in pre-Christian Rus. Volkhvs were believed to possess mystical powers, particularly the ability to predict the future. They was considered a prophet, shaman, healer, astrologer and originator of medicines. In ancient hierarchy volkhvs traditionally occupied a high place near the ruler (druids had political power too). The princes came to them for predictions. Also they could control the weather and communicate with animals. They worshipped the trees, the sacred tree was believed to be oak (same as druids). The volkhvs played the role of diviners and healers, the main principal of magical practices was the magic words.

I'm convinced that Russia is magical country because of our long pagan past, which was fancy merged with Christianity. Russian Pravoslavie (Orthodox) has many features and converted holydays from Slavic paganism. Also you can read about Russian mythology and find out that we have many powerful gods and amazing magical creatures, like Gamayun, Alkonost, Cat Bayun, Baba Yaga, Koschei the Deathless, Firebird, Zmey Gorynych (slavic dragon), domovoi (similar to British brownie, for example), vampires, vodyanoy, rusalkas and many other.

Besides, Russia's aura is definitely magical origin, he can summon spirit General Frost and his scarf is alive. You definitely can't tell that Russian magic does not exist. xDD

I'll tell you about Russian magic and mythology more in my future works. ^^

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