We write an ode to the mysterious Slovenian forests with the motif of the magical fern, which allows us to hear what animals have to say on the longest midsummer night. And they are quite talkative if you wander around with fern seeds in your shoe at that time. Our forests are full of wonders and mythical creatures. In Carinthian forests, the black hag makes storms with hail, while the wild hunt makes noise for the woodcutters. Pehtra Baba hurries from the forests under Triglav to the villages in winter, scaring children. Baba Yaga is also a forest spirit, a wild woman with a house standing on chicken legs... Let's carefully nurture the magic of these 58.2% of our beautiful country's surface.
In our parts, we believe that if fern seeds fall into your shoe on Midsummer’s Eve, you can hear what animals are talking about. The old folks believed that John the Baptist travels across our lands on this night. So in the evening, they would go to gather ferns and throw them over their shoulders onto the roofs of houses, so that John the Baptist could lie down on something soft if he got tired on his journey. This incredibly interesting story inspired us to create bedding from cotton sateen, so you can truly sink into softness…
“We also went to the forest on Midsummer’s Eve to gather ferns, dried them, and when you buy our bedding with fern motifs, you’ll also get fern seeds from Midsummer’s Eve”
JAGABABA, June 23rd this year
