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  2. Culture of Moldova - Wikipedia

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    The culture of Moldova is unique and influenced by the Romanian origins of its majority population, as well as the Slavic and minority Gagauz populations. [1] The traditional Latin origins of Romanian culture reach back to the 2nd century, the period of Roman colonization in Dacia .

  3. Literature of Moldova - Wikipedia

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    The creation of Moldovan written literature was preceded by a rich folklore that emerged in the 10th and 11th centuries CE: calendrical and family ritual poetry (Plugusorul), fairy tales, heroic epics (Hydra, Toma Alimos, The Knight Gruia Grozovan, Mihul Kopilul, Codreanu, Corbea), historical songs (Duca Vode, Buzhor, Tobultok), folk legends, proverbs, popular sayings, lyrical songs, ballads ...

  4. Mythology of Moldova - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 26 December 2020, at 15:28 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  5. National symbols of Moldova - Wikipedia

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    (Romanian: Drapelul de Stat al Republicii Moldova) is a rectangular cloth, equally vertically tripartite, starting from the flag pole in blue, yellow and red, similar to the flag of Romania. The difference is the State Emblem of the Republic of Moldova disposed in the midst of the yellow field, constituting 1/5 the length of the flag. [1]

  6. List of Slavic deities - Wikipedia

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    Etymology of the name of the goddess is a subject of discussion. In Christian folklore, she may have been replaced by Our Lady of Thunder Candle. Morana: Poles Czechs Slovaks Moravians: Morana is the goddess of vegetation, but also of death and winter. She was mentioned by Jan Długosz as a Polish equivalent of Ceres. Burning or drowning Morana ...

  7. Religion and ritual of the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture - Wikipedia

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    Goddess with the double triangle (hourglass) design and "bird hands". [9] One of the unanswered questions regarding the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture is the small number of artifacts associated with funerary rites. Although very large settlements have been explored by archaeologists, there is little evidence of mortuary activity.

  8. Eglė the Queen of Serpents - Wikipedia

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    Lithuanian scholar Bronislava Kerbelytė, in a 2004 article, reported two variants in Moldova. In one sourced to Budjak , the heroine marries the serpent husband, called Osip, who becomes a man underwater, and bears him a son and a daughter; her mother kills the serpent, and she curses her daughter to become a swallow, her son into the Morning ...

  9. History of Moldova - Wikipedia

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    The history of Moldova spans prehistoric cultures, ancient and medieval empires, and periods of foreign rule and modern independence.. Evidence of human habitation dates back 800,000–1.2 million years, with significant developments in agriculture, pottery, and settlement during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.