Jarilo-

I don't know why but the only music i can listen to these days is country and western. Mladen calls me hillbilly wanna be. I never listened to it before. But i find it therapeutic and keeping me working all day whilst everything else depresses . As a result of listening to it all last week, do you see what i have done ? I could not really avoid it, painting a boy horseback .. Ahh, it will fit perfectley into the slavic mythological theme despite it looking ike texas. Im going to paint in the croatian sheppard by the horse bring it back to local see ya.. The story of Jarilo. Old Slav songs describe a youth ( son of the mian god) coming from afar in springtime. When he arrives fertility of the land is guaranteed. He comes of the begging of spring and marries a young godess-his sister copulates with her and fertility rites happen. Its not unlike the story of Morgane and Arthur. With the years Jarilo Became Juray, Jure, to have evolved in to the well known St George. At least it seems that the pagan jarilo transformed to be replaced by st george. This evolution can be folowed trough songs which describe this legends.. Both Jarilo and george are celebrated on the same day when fires are lit on the fields and people get merry.. He is always described as arriving on a horse or in company of a hound who helps him hunt.. An the furs he brings are a dowery for his divine and incestuous wedding..