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  2. Slavic folklore - Wikipedia

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    There are few written records of pagan Slavic beliefs; research of the pre-Christian Slavic beliefs is challenging due to a stark class divide between nobility and peasantry who worshipped separate deities. [2] Many Christian beliefs were later integrated and synthesized into Slavic folklore.

  3. Kolobok - Wikipedia

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    Kolobok (Cyrillic: колобо́к) is the main character of an East Slavic fairy-tale with the same name, represented as a small yellow spherical bread-like being. The story is often called "Little Round Bun" [1] [2] [3] and sometimes "The Runaway Bun." [4] The fairy tale occurs widely in Slavic regions in a number of variations.

  4. Supernatural beings in Slavic religion - Wikipedia

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    The Winternight trilogy, by Katherine Arden, is inspired by Slavic mythology and includes many characters, such as the Domovoy, the Rusalka and other beings. In Edward Fallon's second book in his Linger series of novels, Trail of the Beast, a rusalka taunts a trio hunting a serial killer.

  5. Kurochka Ryaba - Wikipedia

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    Professor of Russian at Williams College, Darra Goldstein, interpreted the story's meaning for children as teaching children to "value what is simple and real in life, for those are the things that nourish and sustain us, rather than riches we haven’t earned, which can disappear as suddenly as they appear."

  6. Category:Slavic folklore - Wikipedia

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  7. Deities and fairies of fate in Slavic mythology - Wikipedia

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    Old East Slavic, Russian: rožanice, udĕlnicy; Ukrainian: rožanyci; The terms rodzanica, rodjenica or rojenica come from the word roditi ("giving birth") and literally mean "woman giving birth". [10] The terms sudiczka, sudica, or sojenica come from the word sud ("judgment", "judge", "court") and literally mean "judging woman". [10]

  8. Zagovory - Wikipedia

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    The Ukrainian zamowliannia (замовляння) and Belarusian zamowy (замовы) are semantically identical to the Russian zagovory, as they both possess the root -mov ('speech'). Both of these East Slavic words are close to the Polish term zamawianie. Polish folklore retains rudiments of verbal magic as zamawianie choroby ('popular ...

  9. Category:Slavic fairy tales - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Russian fairy tales (2 C, 46 P) S. Serbian fairy tales (9 P) U. ... The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars