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2. Slavic folklore - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf - Wikipedia

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   'Prince and the Gray Wolf', of the East Slavic Folktale Classification (Russian: СУС, romanized: SUS): hero seeks the firebird, a horse and a princess with the aid of a gray wolf; jealous elder brothers kill him, but he is revived by the gray wolf. [15] Folklorist Jeremiah Curtin noted that the Russian, Slavic and German variants are many. [16]

4. Lech, Czech, and Rus - Wikipedia

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   The brothers Lech and Czech, founders of West Slavic lands of Lechia and Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic) in "Chronica Polonorum" (1506). Lech, Czech and Rus (Czech pronunciation: [lɛx tʃɛx rus], Polish pronunciation: [lɛx t͡ʂɛx rus]) refers to a founding legend of three Slavic brothers who founded three Slavic peoples: the Poles, the Czechs, and the Ruthenians [1] (Belarusians ...

5. Vila (fairy) - Wikipedia

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   The vila is mostly known among South Slavs; however, some variants are present in the mythology of West Slavs as well. Among Czechs, víla denotes a woodland spirit (15th century), and ancient place names such as Vilice near Tábor, Vilov near Domažlice, and Vilín near Sedlčany seem to indicate that she was known there as well. [2]

6. Flying Ship - Wikipedia

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   Retitled The Fool and the Flying Ship, Rabbit Ears Productions produced an audio performance featuring Robin Williams with music by the Klezmer Conservatory Band, which was released on Showtime in 1991. [20] [12] The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) written and directed by Terry Gilliam, via the 1785 book by Rudolf_Erich_Raspe of similar ...

7. First humans in Slavic mythology - Wikipedia

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   In Slavic folklore, especially among Eastern Slavs, the most widespread are the anthropogonic myths, which go directly back to the biblical myth of the creation of man from earth and clay. [3] [19] At the same time, the motif of Satan's participation in the creation of man is more popular among Eastern Slavs than the very presence of God. [19]

8. Zagovory - Wikipedia

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   This indicates that West Slavic charms served as a mediator between the East Slavic tradition and Western influences. The magical formula "Stop, blood, as still in the wound, as water/Jesus in the Jordan" is an example of a treated person's bleeding wound assimilation with a medieval apocryphal story of how the Jordan waters stopped flowing ...

9. Vesna (mythology) - Wikipedia

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   Today it is the poetic word for 'spring' in Slovene (where February is occasionally known as vesnar), [1] Croatian, [5] Czech and Slovak. In Serbo-Croatian variants, the word v(j)esnik (ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *věstь, "message") [6] is used to denote someone or something that heralds an upcoming event, commonly used in the collocation v(j)esnici proljeća ("heralds of spring ...