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Tell the Bees - Mokosh DK
Tell the Bees - Mokosh DK
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Tell the Bees is a rich yellow semisolid colourway.
Telling the bees is a typically Western European tradition in which bees are told of important events, including deaths, births, marriages, and departures and returns in the keeper's household. If the custom was omitted or forgotten and the bees were not "put into mourning," then it was believed a penalty would be paid, such as the bees leaving their hive, stopping the production of honey, or dying.
Little is known about the origins of this practice, although there is some (largely unfounded) speculation that it is loosely derived from, or perhaps inspired by, ancient Aegean notions about bees' ability to bridge the natural world and the afterlife.
In 1855, Bohemian author Božena Němcová's novel Babička (The Grandmother) ends with the title character saying "When I die do not forget to tell it to the bees, so that they shall not die out!" Němcová's novel, which was filled with folkloric practices from Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Slovakia, was based on ethnographic research Němcová had conducted in the region in the mid-nineteenth century.
Mokosh DK
Fiber contents: 100% Superwash Merino (19,5 Microns)
Weight per skein: 100 g / 3,5 oz
Running length DK: 225 m / 246 yds
Yarn Weights Available: Fingering & DK
✓ Oeko-Tex 100 Certified Yarn Base
Mokosh is a super soft yarn with a natural shine. Creates a beautiful fabric and is fantastic for the lovers of a gentle tactile experience without compromising the fibre strength and washability. Mokosh makes cozy, comfortable sweaters, shawls and accessories.
Mokosh is named after an ancient Slavic goddess Mokosh, Mokush or Mokosha. The veneration of Mokosha as the protector of sheep and spinning wheels was maintained in northern Russian and Ukrainian folklore until the mid-19th century. She had a large head and long arms, and would go around cottages and spinning wheels at night if the tow was left freely accessible. Although traces of her cult were recorded in the middle of the 19th century in northern Russia, the figure and position of this goddess in the Slavic pantheon have not been satisfactorily explained to this day. She however appears prominently as the protector of women's work, especially spinning and sheep shearing.
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