Sfânta Vineri, our fairy tale grandma.
Be kind to old women kneeling by the church door because that's how Vineri(Friday) spends most of her time and you don't want to show a goddess you're an ass. When she's not praying for the forgivness of mankind Vineri is lending a helping hand to a Făt-Frumos or Cosânzeană, being the most frequent magical helper in fairy tales. There is a version of her being a mean old widow who wonders the world punishes women who work on her day by destroying their work and making a mess in their house untill you trick her to leave and you need to put all vessels upside down to prevent her from comming back. That is most likely the older version because it mentions her having temples and some still use her old name Venera-which, yes, comes from Venus cause Rome wasn't Rome without her genetrix. But that lost popularity to the saintly version which is heavealy associated with saint Paraschiva, especially in Moldova, basil being a flower sacred to both of them.


















