Do You Talk To Your House

[Wallfire]

Some means of getting yourself a household spirit wasn’t so great.

Other methods of acquiring a household spirit were disturbing. In some areas of Eastern Europe and Asia, when a new home was built a human being was sacrificed and buried in the walls or under the hearth. The victim’s spirit was eternally tied to the home and became the household god and guardian. 

I’m not sure if this is an ancient belief or not as this is the first time I’ve seen it and there wasn’t a lot out there to read on the subject. 

I recall reading some time ago about an ancient home excavated on a Scottish island where it was discovered that two bodies, separated by about a 500 year interval, were buried in the floor of the house. The practice may be older than we realize, and perhaps more widespread. I don't recall the location or the exact time frame, but I do recall it was in the significantly long ago, at least a couple thousand years BC.

Perhaps more disturbing, if this is what that was, was why did they feel a need to renew the house spirits with a new corpse after 500 years?

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That is interesting. I wonder what started that practice.  There is so much mystery surrounding ancient beliefs. 

I can’t imagine putting a body or two under my house.

I think if you research a little more you will find its connected with the disappearance of live in mother-in laws.

Hmmmm...That’s not who’d I’d want for a house spirit.  

We cant choose our house spirit. If we could mine would be Whisky. But joking aside house spirits range from, you never know they are there to dam right evil. The evil ones I have found always in old run down houses, never where people still live