• Leon@pawb.social
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    5 days ago

    Aww, I love that. I’m not familiar with the mythology you’re referring to though.

    He is a husky mix actually so his origins is from that area, but he was born in Ireland. Got him from a rescue.

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      5 days ago

      I think that there were some myths about winds carrying evil spirits, but draft (promaja) is nowadays known to be the cause of stiff joints and muscles, numbness, and pain. It’s so prevalent in the Balkans that non-Slavs believe in it as well.

      And I can tell you from personal experience, it’s definitely true. Let’s say it’s very hot, you open up two windows to create a draft in order to cool down, and then the next day you wake up with so much back pain that you can barely move - you were killed by promaja.

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        5 days ago

        I’ve a close friend who is Slavic, and also hates drafts, to the point that they can’t stand AC. So I can believe this!