🔴 Tie a small red ribbon around the baby's wrist. This was believed to repel evil spirits (a custom still practiced in some parts of Eastern Europe today).
🌙 Keep the baby's face strictly shielded from direct moonlight, which was believed to attract swamp spirits. mamuny
According to ancient Slavic traditions, there are specific methods to keep a Mamuna away from your nursery: 🔴 Tie a small red ribbon around the baby's wrist
If a Mamuna successfully swapped a child, Slavic folklore provided a highly specific, ritualistic rescue operation: to a midden or garbage heap. Whip the changeling gently with a birch twig. Pour water over it from a cracked eggshell. Shout the incantation: "Take yours, give mine back!" Slavic folklore provided a highly specific