Mykhailo Nechay

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Mykhaylo Nechay
Миха́йло Миха́йлович Неча́й
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Personal details
Born(1930-02-24)February 24, 1930
Verkhniy Yaseniv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine
DiedAugust 15, 2011(2011-08-15) (aged 81)
Verkhniy Yaseniv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine
CitizenshipUkraine, Soviet
NationalityUkrainian

Mykhaylo Nechay (24 February 1930 - 15 August 2011)[1][2] was a molfar (which Nechay described as meaning oracle, white witch or shaman[3]) during the late 20th century and early 21st century.

Early life[]

Mykhailo Nechay was born into a working-class family in 1930. He graduated from the regimental school in Uman. He served two years in the Soviet army in Armenia and Georgia. He lived in Verkhniy Yaseniv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.

Nechay called himself a descendant of polkovnik Danylo Nechay.[4] According to him, he discovered that he had the miraculous power to stop bleeding at the age of eight.

Career[]

He became recognizable in Ukraine after 1989 when he became the first Chernivtsi molfar to be officially invited to the festival "Chervona Ruta" to ensure pleasant weather for the event.

Director Sergei Parajanov consulted Nechay before shooting for his film "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" to get a better understanding of the hutsul region and the hutsuls themselves. Actor Ivan Mykolaychuk consulted Nechay to learn how to play the drymba as Nechay was the head of the ethnographic folk ensemble, which was well known for playing drymby.

In March 2010, Nechay was given the title of Honored Worker of Ukraine Culture for his service of forty years, as the head of the drymbas amateur band "Strings Cheremosha."[5]

In 2007 and 2009, the studio "Character" created two films about Nechay «Мудрість карпатського мольфара».

Nechay had two sons. His elder son Ivan served in the defense forces and later succumbed to cancer. His second son Mykhailo worked as Deputy Chairman for the Verkhovyna Administration.[6]

Death[]

On the morning of 15 July 2011,[7][8][9] Nechay was killed in his house. According to witnesses, the suspected murderer[10] had been trying for two days to get an appointment with molfar. As soon as he got an opportunity to be alone with Nechay, he killed him. On his way out, the murderer told the people outside who were waiting in queue to meet Nechay that he did not wish to be disturbed for a while.[11]

Police investigations later revealed that the suspect was from the village Verkhniy Yaseniv. On the evening of 15 July 2011, a police officer from the Ivano-Frankivsk police department arrested the suspect in a wooded area near the village Bukovca. More than one hundred law enforcement officers were involved in the search operation.[12] The suspect was a 33-year-old man who appeared to have a mental illness and had previously been convicted of killing a woman. After his release, he was treated for schizophrenia.

According to preliminary indications, the accused seemed to have killed Nechay because Nechay did not accept or respect the customs and norms of the Christian religion, and had confessed to being a pagan.[13]

Legends[]

According to several stories, on 25 February 2010 at the day of the inauguration of Viktor Yanukovych, molfar Nechay predicted the day of Viktor's death:[14]

Там у вас у Києві якогось пана сьогодні висвятив на царя. Його вб’ють через три роки. (There you have a master's in Kiev today consecrated king. He will be killed in three years)

And after exactly three years it began «Euromaidan», after which Yanukovich's regime came to an end. And if the prophecy of Michael not to be taken literally, then we can consider it a self-fulfilling.

References[]

  1. ^ "У Верхньому Ясенові живе останній мольфар… « Народне ОКО". Archived from the original on 2014-11-02.
  2. ^ "Электронная библиотека LibOk.Net - читать и скачать книги бесплатно". Archived from the original on 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  3. ^ Molfar from Carpathian Features 2004. Web Video. 27 April, 2017
  4. ^ "Электронная библиотека LibOk.Net - читать и скачать книги бесплатно".
  5. ^ Ira. "Коломия ВЕБ Портал - Минулий рік виявився багатим на надзвичайні події, аномальні явища та сенсації".
  6. ^ "Правда.if.ua — Убили відомого карпатського мольфара Нечая".
  7. ^ UNIAN: Карпатського знахаря Михайла Нечая вбив божевільний львів'янин. 18 липня 2011 року.
  8. ^ TSN: На Прикарпатті зарізали останнього гуцульського чаклуна. 15 липня 2011 року.
  9. ^ "Мольфара Михайла Нечая вбили сьогодні вранці". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  10. ^ "Убивці мольфара Нечая загрожує довічний термін".
  11. ^ "В Карпатах вбили мольфара Нечая". Archived from the original on 2012-07-23.
  12. ^ Затримано підозрюваного у вбивстві мольфара Михайла Нечая
  13. ^ "Підозрюваний у вбивстві останнього мольфара Нечая заявив, що той був язичником". ТСН.ua. 16 July 2011.
  14. ^ Карпатський чаклун: Януковича вб’ють через три роки Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine

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