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There are few written records of pagan Slavic beliefs; research of the pre-Christian Slavic beliefs is challenging due to a stark class divide between nobility and peasantry who worshipped separate deities. [2] Many Christian beliefs were later integrated and synthesized into Slavic folklore.
This is a list of films based on Slavic mythology. Title Release date Notes The Humpbacked Horse: 1947 USSR - animation The Magic Sword: 1950 Yugoslavia Sadko: 1953
Animated films based on Slavic mythology (20 P) Pages in category "Films based on Slavic mythology" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
This is a collection of films based on Russian folklore, wholly or partially. See also: Russian films; Russian-language films; Soviet films; Russian fantasy films; Category:Films based on Russian novels
Folklore scholar Christine Goldberg identifies three main forms of this tale type: a variation found "throughout Europe", with the quest for three magical items (as shown in The Dancing Water, the Singing Apple, and the Speaking Bird); "an East Slavic form", where mother and son are cast in a barrel and later the sons build a palace; and a ...
Pages in category "Animated films based on Slavic mythology" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
This notion is based apparently on Alexey K. Tolstoy's novella The Family of the Vourdalak, telling the story of one such Slavic family. In Russia the common name for vampire (or wurdulac) is upyr (Russian: упырь). Nowadays the three terms are regarded as synonymous, but in 19th century they were seen as separate, although similar entities.
The Winternight trilogy, by Katherine Arden, is inspired by Slavic mythology and includes many characters, such as the Domovoy, the Rusalka and other beings. In Edward Fallon's second book in his Linger series of novels, Trail of the Beast, a rusalka taunts a trio hunting a serial killer.