There's a festivity in Euskal Herria called ((("San Blas"))) (Saint Blas), whose objective is to rememorate the bishop and medic, to whom it has been attributed the miracle of healing illnesses of the throat, "since he saved a child of choking to death with a fish's bone".

The commemoration of this (((bishop))) takes place on February 3th.
February in Basque translates as Otzailla...

We need to take in account the enormous importance of the basque linguistical root "Otz", which means "saved/blessed", also wolf, cold and pleasant.
The month of wolf reproduction...

It's of course, during the month of Otzailla where the soil wakes up, the days start getting longer because the life-giving Sun (Eguzkia) prevails, enlightening and melting the ice with its warmness to once again revive the soil.

Then, what possible role could play an Armenian christian bishop in a basque celebration?
I propose my analysis..

If our eyes and, essentially, our atavistic memory and instincts are not atrophied, we will be able to understand the real root if this pre-christian tradition.

I want to highlight that during the night in the northern hemisphere, Orion's belt (the three kings/three Maria), is mostly visible during the month of February. I have the most pure intuition that our forebears knew why the choose this month and day...

Due to the event between San Blas and the children, one act associated to this tradition is to wear a cord blessed by a bishop of the local church, as a necklace and take with you for 9 days in a row.

It is said that the "Cord of San Blas" has the property of apparently prevent throat sores and asphyxia. And if the saint helped you, next year you should serve as a steward in his name...

We can clearly see that the acting of taking this cord during 9 days is symbolically representing the 9 lunar months of gestation during pregnancy.

The cord necklace, is the umbilical cord. We know that the umbilical cord is the connective organ that shares nutritive substances between the mother and the placenta who filters cautiously and processes the supply of nutrients to the unborn baby.

Can you see the parallelism between the supposed miracle of Saint Blas with the asphyxiated child obtaining help (oxygen) and this tradition?

We're in front of an allegory where through the Law of Contact/Contagion, it is tried to avoid the umbilical cord to be wrapped around the fetus neck, causing death because of asphyxia.

I analyzed this saying about Saint Blas that goes: "By Saint Blas, the stork you will see, and if you didn't: snowy year will be". We can see in the first part how Saint Blas is personified as the "positive force" that makes storks return to the Iberian Peninsula in February...

The stork, as we know, returns in February as a sign of days getting longer, and because clearly, in the soil, life is reborn. It is then, the return of fertility and warmness, in a beautiful association to the birth of babies (as we know the stork is also a baby bringer).

Of course, the ones who helped women to give birth were the midwives, who were guides and company during the birthing process. If Saint Blas is being compared to storks, then, it must be that originally he was a midwife figure...

The last part goes: "and if you didn't: snowy year will be". And it is, of course, that if we don't see storks coming in February, we will have a snowy year, a Winter, which is equivalent to a period without babies. A Winter, darkness, the coldness and woe of child mortality.

Another saying that is pronounced when the priest blesses the cord that you will carry for 9 days goes: "Holy Saint Blas, cure my throat and appetite"...

Here we're seeing how the Law of Similarity is applied, id est, homeopathic magic, taking in account and remembering the figure and role that took part for 9 months the umbilical cord in relation to the baby, in his mother's womb.

Next time you celebrate Saint Blas, you can question yourself why if this bishop protects you, it is important that you, in turn, become his steward...

What does this means? I've got the pure intuition that, anciently, the midwife (the grandmother who gave birth to many children) after accompanying and helping the young mother that gave birth to the baby and the placenta...

Used to ask her that, when she no longer was here physically, she (the new mother) should take her role as midwife for new mothers.

The key is in not letting knowledge to be lost. In other words, women reincarnating the role of midwives across time...

Here it is the solid reason why if Saint Blas protected you, it's your duty to be his steward. Of course, totally modified and the roles changed, because of the influence of our modern society and judeo-christian.
If you made it this far, thanks for reading!