What was the Slavic peoples’ notion of death, and how did it shape the way they saw the Rusalka - the spirit associated with water, death and fertility. “Neither woman nor fairy can I be,I cannot die, I cannot live!”- Dvořák’s Rusalka Opera Rusalkas are believed to belong to the realm of the uncle.....
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Who is the Slavic water spirit, who tickles men to death, and is in charge of the fertility of crops? I want to tell you about the Rusalka, a wonderful and complex being from East Slavic folklore that's both deadly and nurturing, and just as feared as she is revered. The Rusalka is a Slavic female.....
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Cover for The Mistress of the Copper Mountain by Pavel BazhovIllustration by Vyacheslav Nazaruk This is the story of ‘The Mistress of the Copper Mountain’ and its author Pavel Bazov, who survived Stalin’s Great Purge. Stepan, a worker at a mine in the Ural mountains is visited by the Malachite Maid.....
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The world of the Witcher has a new creature inspired by Serbian folklore. Let’s uncover some Slavic Lore.
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This is Christopher, a saint who is sometimes represented with the head of a dog. To find out why we need to uncover some Slavic Lore. The earliest image we have of him comes from a 4th-6th century terracotta icon from Vinica Fortress in Macedonia, where he’s hanging out with Saint George. The.....
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The Slavic home is the domain of a spirit called the Domovoy, a small, furry creature that resembles the resident family’s ancestor. In fact, it’s one way that the Slavs remember and revere their ancestors, by manifesting the old head of the family as a guardian spirit of their home. The soul of th.....
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