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Al-Masudi, an Arab historian, geographer and traveler, equates the paganism of the Slavs and the Rus' with reason: . There was a decree of the capital of the Khazar khaganate, and there are seven judges in it, two of them from Muslims, two from the Khazars, who judge according to the law of Taura, two from the Christians there, who judge according to the law of Injil, one of them from the ...
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]
The Caucasus forest refugium is the largest throughout the Western Asian (near Eastern) region. [71] [72] The area has multiple representatives of disjunct relict groups of plants with the closest relatives in Eastern Asia, southern Europe, and even North America. [73] [74] [75] Over 70 species of forest snails of the region are endemic. [76]
During the late-sixteenth and early-seventeenth centuries, Eastern Europe enjoyed a relatively high standard of living. This period is also called the east-central European golden age of around 1600. [88] At the beginning of the 17th century, numeracy levels in eastern Europe were relatively low, although regional differences existed. During ...
In Changes, a novel in the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher, the fairy Toot-Toot, a Polevoi, is enraged when he is mistakenly called a Domovoy by Sanya, the Russian Knight of the Cross. The videogame Quest For Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness , set in the Slavic countryside of a fictional east-European valley, features several Slavic fairies ...
: Baba Yaga and other villains plot against the Misha, the Russian Bear mascot of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. 2006: A Russian full feature animated film Babka Yozhka and the Others received several awards. "Babka Yozhka" is a diminutive for "Baba Yaga" and the animated film is a about a little foundling girl brought up by Baba Yaga and ...
Slavic folklore encompasses the folklore of the Slavic peoples from their earliest records until today. Folklorists have published a variety of works focused specifically on the topic over the years. [1] [page needed]
Kulich is a popular variant of Russian Easter breads called Paska. The ancestors of many of today's Russians adopted Orthodox Christianity in the 10th century. [208] The 2007 International Religious Freedom Report published by the US Department of State said that approximately 100 million citizens consider themselves Russian Orthodox Christians ...