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  2. Superstition in Russia - Wikipedia

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    If you wear clothes (such as an undershirt) inside out, you will get beaten. Your friend should point this out, wait for you to fix the clothes, and then punch you symbolically. If you noticed it yourself, take the piece of clothing off, put it on the ground and step on it. [6] Lucky in cards not lucky in love.

  3. Slavic folklore - Wikipedia

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    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. Folklorists have published a variety of works focused specifically on the topic over the years.

  4. Russian folklore - Wikipedia

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    The Russian folklore, i.e., the folklore of Russian people, takes its roots in the pagan beliefs of ancient Slavs and now is represented in the Russian fairy tales. Epic Russian bylinas are also an important part of Slavic paganism .

  5. List of mythological objects - Wikipedia

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    (Baltic and Slavic mythology) Hungry grass (also Féar Gortach), a patch of cursed grass which causes perpetual and insatiable hunger. (Irish mythology) Moly, a magical herb Hermes gave to Odysseus to protect him from Circe's magic. (Greek mythology) Raskovnik, a magical herb which can unlock or uncover anything that is locked or closed ...

  6. Deities and fairies of fate in Slavic mythology - Wikipedia

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    In the folklore of the Southern Slavs, rozhanitsy are described as beautiful girls or as good-natured elderly women. Sometimes they are also represented as three women of different ages: a girl, an adult woman and an elderly woman. Southern Slavs described them as beautiful figures with white, round cheeks.

  7. Chuhaister - Wikipedia

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    Over the years, his clothes have worn out, and Chuhaister now walks around naked. He has long hair and a white beard, his body is covered with white or black fur, so it is very difficult to recognize a person in him. Usually Chuhaister was presented as a giant: healthy, as tall as a spruce – from two to seven meters tall.

  8. Supernatural beings in Slavic religion - Wikipedia

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    Berehynia (East Slavic mythology female character) Baba Marta (mythical female character in Bulgarian folklore, associated with the month of March. Martenitsa) Božić (Christmas holiday near the southern Slavs) Dodola (in the Balkan tradition, the spring-summer rite of causing rain, as well as the central character of this rite)

  9. Martenitsa - Wikipedia

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    In Bulgarian folklore and Macedonian Slavic mythology the name Baba Marta (Bulgarian: Баба Марта, "Grandma March") evokes a grumpy old lady whose mood swings very rapidly. The common belief is that by wearing the red and white colors of the Martenitsa, people ask Baba Marta for mercy.