In Russia, he was rarely called a brownie. Basically, he was well-willed, a breadwinner, good-natured or grandfather-grandfather. What a brownie looks like - nobody knows for sure. This old man is very careful and prefers never to be shown to people. But some ideas about his appearance, of course, exist, and for the most part thanks to folklore.
What does a brownie look like according to popular beliefs
Old man with a beard
They say that this is a pretty strong and shaggy old man. He has a very long beard, his arms are huge, his palms are wide. As life experience shows, we hear it more often than we see it! He can make noise, topple over any household things (for example, children's toys).
According to popular beliefs, a brownie wanders around the room at night, mutters constantly under his breath, and sometimes sighs ... It is generally accepted that if a house is in danger, the old man begins to cry. If he laughs - expect happiness!
Do brownies talk?
Yes! According to legend, this grandfather knows how to talk. Some people, despite folklore fiction, claim that they actually heard him talking. According to them, his voice is slurred and as if rustling. At the same time, it is quite possible to make out what he mutters! Most often they talk precisely at night to predict the owners of the house any event or news. For example, one grandmother living in a village woke up from a strange chill passing over her arm. It turned out that this was a brownie that woke her up to say that the cow was getting hotels, but the cub was frozen ... Grandmother rather hurried to her cattle, and the truth - the calf, numb from the cold, lay next to her mother ...
Do not offend brownies!
It is said that the voice of the brownie is heard precisely from under the stove or from the darkest corner in the room. The most important thing is not to get scared! After all, this can seriously offend an old man who will never speak with you anymore. But if you calmly ask him about everything, you will learn a lot!
Slavic mythology: what a brownie looks like
The real keeper of the hearth, according to the ideas of Slavic nationalities and ancient legends, looks like a good-natured and pretty cute old man who wears a darn caftan and a straw hat. He has a long and gray beard. His favorite dwellings are wooden huts. By the way, some modern people claim that they know exactly what a brownie looks like - real, lively, and not mythological or folklore! Some say that this is a little man with big dark eyes, all covered with wool, while others - that this is a tiny moving lump.
What does a brownie look like in terms of esotericism?
In various teachings and treatises on esoterics, our dear old man is described as a kind of energetic entity that does not have any specific form and does not have a certain growth. Some parapsychologists confirm this fact, relying on young children. After all, every child knows what a brownie looks like, because he sees him more than once! Why does he see him? Yes, because the child’s energy field is still very weak and vulnerable to the other world. Many children describe our old man as a small ball of wool running around the house.