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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 ispolin (Bulgarian: исполин, plural исполини ispolini) is a legendary giant in Bulgarian mythology.While the appearance of the ispolin varied according to the myth and region, ispolini were believed to have inhabited the Earth before humans and to have been considerably taller.
The rozhanitsy after Christianization were replaced by the Mothers of God or saint women. In Russian charms of a maturing boy, Parascheva, Anastasia and Barbara are mentioned, and in Bulgarian folklore Mother of God, Parascheva and Anastasia. [10] Angels or even Christ Himself also took over the functions of rozhanitsy. [13]
Radegast is a god mentioned by Adam of Bremen, and the information is repeated by Helmold. He was to occupy the first place among the gods worshipped at Rethra. Earlier sources state that the main god of Rethra was Svarozhits, thus Radegast is considered to be a epithet of Svarozhits or a local variant of his cult. A white horse was dedicated ...
Kukeri dancing in Kalipetrovo. Kukeri is a divinity personifying fecundity. Sometimes in Bulgaria and Serbia it is a plural divinity. In Bulgaria, a ritual spectacle of spring (a sort of carnival) takes place after a scenario of folk theatre, in which Kuker's role is interpreted by a man attired in a sheep- or goat-pelt, wearing a horned mask and girded with a large wooden phallus.
Slavic pseudo-deities (pseudo-gods, pseudo-goddesses) are Slavic deities described in popular and sometimes even scientific literature, whose historicity is not recognized by the vast majority of scholars, i.e. the deities in question are not deemed actually to have been objects of worship among pagan Slavs.
List of Norse gods and goddesses; Greek deities (see also Ancient Greek religion, Twelve Olympians, Greek hero cult, Family tree of the Greek gods, Mycenaean gods, Greek mythological figures, Hellenismos) Neoplatonic triad; Hungarian deities; Lusitani deities; Paleo-Balkan deities (Dacian/Illyrian/Thracian) List of Roman deities; Sami deities ...
In Bulgarian folklore there exists the character of twelve Navias who suck the blood out of women giving birth, whereas in the Primary Chronicle the Navias are presented as a demonic personification of the 1092 plague in Polotsk. [3] According to folk beliefs, Navias may take the form of birds. [4]