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Pages in category "Bulgarian folklore" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ala (demon) B.
The title has been translated into English in various ways, including Collection of folklore and folk studies, Collection of works of the popular spirit, etc. This is a publication in which a great amount of Bulgarian (including from Macedonia, Bessarabia etc.) folk songs, tales, etc. have been first published.
Bulgarian folk culture (5 C) Food and drink in Bulgaria (3 C) H. Bulgarian heraldry (1 C) Cultural history of Bulgaria (4 C, 1 P) L. ... Pages in category "Culture of ...
The term kallikantzaros is speculated to be derived from the Greek kalos-kentauros ("beautiful centaur"), although this theory has been met with many objections. [1] A second theory proposes that the word comes from Turkish kara-kondjolos "werewolf, vampire", from kara "black" and koncolos "bloodsucker, werewolf".
An ala or hala (plural: ale or hali) is a female mythological creature recorded in the folklore of Bulgarians, Macedonians, and Serbs.Ale are considered demons of bad weather whose main purpose is to lead hail-producing thunderclouds in the direction of fields, vineyards, or orchards to destroy the crops, or loot and take them away.
Bulgarian folklore (2 C, 29 P) M. Bulgarian folk music (7 C, 1 P) P. Pomak dances (2 P) T. Bulgarian traditions (21 P) This page was last edited on 15 May 2024, at 05 ...
In Bulgarian folklore, they are associated with places related to water - wells, rivers, lakes. [3] Thus, there are landmarks in Bulgaria that have the word "samodiva" or "samovila" in them. An example of that are the Samodivski Lakes in the Pirin Mountain. Specifically, they live under large old trees, in abandoned sheds or in dark caves that ...
Berehynia (East Slavic mythology female character) Baba Marta (mythical female character in Bulgarian folklore, associated with the month of March. Martenitsa) Božić (Christmas holiday near the southern Slavs) Dodola (in the Balkan tradition, the spring-summer rite of causing rain, as well as the central character of this rite)