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Pages in category "Russian folklore characters" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Azovka; B.
Korab, a deity found in old Croatian mythology, associated with the sea, navigation and fishing, that was reportedly the eponym of the island of Rab, Mount Korab, and a kind of a boat. [63] Kresnik – character in Slovenian folklore. Together with his brother, Trot, he flew in a golden chariot.
One early Russian object of worship was the "Moist Mother Earth", [2] [7] [8] and a later, possibly related deity was called Mokosh, whose name means "moist" and may have Finnish origins. [ 3 ] [ 8 ] Mokosh was the goddess of women, children, and animals, and was worshiped for her connection with fertility. [ 8 ]
Russian folklore characters (3 C, 45 P) Pages in category "Slavic folklore characters" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
Bauk (mythology) Blud; Błudnik; ... Zmei (Russian) This page was last edited on 27 November 2024, at 04:11 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Pages in category "Russian mythology" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alatyr (mythology)
Koschei, as the name of the hero of a fairy tale and as a designation for a skinny person, Max Vasmer in his dictionary considers the original Slavic word (homonym) and associates with the word bone (common Slavic *kostь), that is, it is an adjective form koštіі (nominative adjective in the nominative case singular), declining according to ...
A fying zmei may appear as a "mythological lover", i.e., a mythical creature behaving as a suitor and lover of human females. [8] [44] A favorite topic of folk songs was the male zmey-lover who may marry a woman and carry her to the underworld, or a female zmeitsa (zmeitza) who falls in love with a shepherd.