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Vasilisa the Beautiful is a popular Russian fairy tale that tells the story of a young girl named Vasilisa who is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters.The story features elements of magic, adventure, and fantasy, with various characters and creatures like Baba Yaga playing a prominent role.
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From the description and etymology, it is clear that he is a war god, and his temple contained a gold adorned shield. According to many researchers, Yarovit is identical to the East Slavic Yarylo. [32] [33] Zhiva: Polabians: Zhiva is a goddess mentioned by Helmold. According to him, next to Radagast and Prone, she is the most important deity of ...
2023 – In the Chinese video game Reverse: 1999 one of the playable characters in the game is a rusalka named Vila (character released 2024 internationally). 2024 – Antonín Dvořák's opera Rusalka is playing on the starship in the film Spaceman, starring Adam Sandler. His character (Jakub Procházka) later imagines his wife as a rusalka.
Katherine Arden's novel, The Girl in the Tower, features Kaschei as the main antagonist. It is the second book in the Winternight trilogy, which is inspired by various Russian folktales. In Alix E. Harrow‘s novel, The Once and Future Witches, Koschei the Deathless appears as a wicked witch in an old Russian witch tale.
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Poludnitsa (from: Polden or Poluden, 'half-day' [1] or 'midday' [2]) is a mythical character common to the various Slavic countries of Eastern Europe.She is referred to as Południca in Polish, Полудниця in Ukrainian, Полудница (Poludnitsa) in Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian, Polednice in Czech, Poludnica in Slovak, Připołdnica in Upper Sorbian, and Полознича ...