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Author : Andrei Vasilyev
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1329904885
Explore the diverse and mysterious realms of Russian mythology and legend in this collection of articles by author/historian Andre Vasilyev.
Author : Mike Dixon-Kennedy
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004236996
Summary: Covers the myths and legends of the Russian Empire at its greatest extent as well as other Slavic people and countries. Includes historical, geographical, and biographical background information
Author : Mike Dixon-Kennedy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Mythology
ISBN : 0874368715
Covers the myths and legends of the Russian Empire at its greatest extent as well as other Slavic people and countries. Includes historical, geographical, and biographical background information.
Author : Mike Dixon-Kennedy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1998-12-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781576074879
This volume offers the first comprehensive guide in English to the myth and legend of the Russian Empire and other Slavic countries and peoples. There are few stories more stirring than those of ancient Russia. Russian and other Slavic beliefs weave a rich tapestry in which real-world elements coexist with those from fantasy, such as dragons, monsters, and shape-changing wolves. Though Russia adopted Christianity as the state religion in A.D. 988, paganism remained popular through the end of the 19th century and survives in isolated pockets even today. In Russian myth and legend, Christian themes are interwoven with pagan ideas: dragons fight priests, saints encounter nymphs, and witches enter the kingdom of heaven. Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic Myth and Legend includes extensive historical, geographical, and biographical background to deepen the reader's understanding of the myth and legend. Numerous illustrations are included in this fascinating volume, which will be of great interest to students, scholars, and everyone who wishes to explore the cultural heritage of ancient Russia.
Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476663517
Every culture has in its folklore and mythology beings of immense size and strength, as well as other preternatural humanoids great or small who walk among us, serving the divine or fulfilling their own agendas. This book catalogs the lore and legends of more than 1,000 different humanoid species and individual beings, including the Titans, Valkyries, Jotnar, yōkai, biblical giants, elves, ogres, trolls and many more.
Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476622682
“Here there be dragons”—this notation was often made on ancient maps to indicate the edges of the known world and what lay beyond. Heroes who ventured there were only as great as the beasts they encountered. This encyclopedia contains more than 2,200 monsters of myth and folklore, who both made life difficult for humans and fought by their side. Entries describe the appearance, behavior, and cultural origin of mythic creatures well-known and obscure, collected from traditions around the world.
Author : Charles Downing (folklorist.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN : OCLC:41424294
Author : Charles Downing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Epic literature, Russian
ISBN : 0192741446
Thirty folk and fairy tales from the Soviet Union.
Author : Elizabeth Warner
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0292791585
The coming of Christianity to the state of Kievan Rus' at the end of the tenth century had an enormous impact on the development of Russian civilization. Despite the abandonment of the pagan gods, both Christian and pagan practices and beliefs continued to coexist for centuries, producing a system known as "dual faith." Russian Myths deals with mythic beliefs, notions, and customs—concerning the veneration of earth, water, fire, and air, demons and spirit-beings in the world of nature, the cult of the dead, and witchcraft—many of which have their roots in the pre-Christian past but still survive to the present day. To illuminate the evolution of major themes and motifs and set Russian myths in the context of mythology the world over, Elizabeth Warner draws upon a rich variety of sources, including anecdotal narrative forms and religious legends, epic songs, funeral laments and folk religion, and, of course, the folktales where the sacred gives way to pure imagination in the depiction of mythic themes and characters.
Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476676883
Curious about the chains that bound Fenriswulf in Norse mythology? Or the hut of Baba Yaga, the infamous witch of Russian folklore? Containing more than one thousand detailed entries on the magical and mythical items from the different folklore, legends, and religions the world over, this encyclopedia is the first of its kind. From Abadi, the named stone in Roman mythology to Zul-Hajam, one of the four swords said to belong to the prophet Mohammed, each item is described in as much detail as the original source material provided, including information on its origin, who was its wielder, and the extent of its magical abilities. The text also includes a comprehensive cross-reference system and an extensive bibliography to aid researchers.
Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476623399
Of all the anomalous phenomenon reported, ghost sightings are by far the most common. The words "ghost" and "spirit" are used interchangeably in American English but in other cultures the lingering souls of the departed are not to be confused with ancestral spirits, demonic spirits, numens or poltergeists. This encyclopedia lists hundreds of entities of the spirit realm--from aatxe to zuzeca--from world mythology and folklore.
Author : Charles Downing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Folk literature, Russian
ISBN : OCLC:1011605386
Thirty folk and fairy tales from the Soviet Union.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Legends
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041720033
Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786455812
From the earliest days of oral history to the present, the vampire myth persists among mankind’s deeply-rooted fears. This encyclopedia, with entries ranging from “Abchanchu” to “Zmeus,” includes nearly 600 different species of historical and mythological vampires, fully described and detailed.
Author : Linda J. Ivanits
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317460398
A scholarly work that aims to be both broad enough in scope to satisfy upper-division undergraduates studying folk belief and narrative and detailed enough to meet the needs of graduate students in the field. Each of the seven chapters in Part 1 focuses on one aspect of Russian folk belief, such as the pagan background, Christian personages, devils and various other logical categories of the topic. The author's thesis - that Russian folk belief represents a "double faith" whereby Slavic pagan beliefs are overlaid with popular Christianity - is persuasive and has analogies in other cultures. The folk narratives constituting Part 2 are translated and include a wide range of tales, from the briefly anecdotal to the more fully developed narrative, covering the various folk personages and motifs explored in Part 1.