Note 1 — PAGAN SONGS[1]

These Pagan songs are very hard to find uncorrupted. In an ancient “Koladka” we find such words as these: “In the forest under the oak-tree seeds are planted; on the seeds youths and maidens are seated and they sing the song Ko Ladi; fire burns under the cattle and an old man sharpens a knife to kill a goat.”

“Ko” means “to”; the young people sing a hymn to their beloved goddess Lada. The “old man” is a priest, sacrificing the offering.—(Crath.)