Men and monsters by elena may, the bear and the nightingale by katherine arden, uprooted by naomi novik, wicked saints. The game is based on the book series of the same name by polish author andrzej sapkowski. Mokosh f slavic mythology derived from slavic mok meaning wet, moist. Runes by ednah walters, valkyrie by kate ohearn, the swan road by angeline hawkes, viking myths stor. Semargl the east slavic god of grain slavic mythology. Earth goddess and one of the most important deities in the slavic world. The witcher takes place in a medieval fantasy world and follows the story of geralt, one of a few remaining witchers traveling monster hunters for hire, gifted with unnatural powers. Libraries especially academic institutions with comparative literature, folklore, and mythology collections will thus welcome this new bibliography of slavic mythology aimed at american audiences. Slavic mythology this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. Thus, we present the list of the most popular slavic male deities, who supported slavs for millennia. Encyclopedia of russian and slavic myth and legend. I think my first encounter with rodnovery was browsing on wulflund looking for cool pendants and saw an axe of perun labeled slavic pagan.
Actually, it was so popular that the stories connected to it are still alive, changing through time, but not disappearing. A handbook greenwood folklore handbooks first edition slavic folklore has great cultural significance and international influence. There are few stories more stirring than those of ancient russia. In slavic mythology this was the name of the goddess of. In granting permission to post this scanned version of the text, the author. Being the lunar theory of mythology and the analysis and satisfactory explanation of the ancient mystical lore c1910, by john martin woolsey page images at hathitrust. Domovoi a house spirit in slavic mythology domovoi is a house spirit in slavic folklore. Slavic mythology is the mythological aspect of the polytheistic religion that was practised by the slavs before christianization. The south slavs living on the balkan peninsula in south eastern europe, bordering with the byzantine empire to the south, came under the sphere of influence of eastern orthodox.
Slavic gods and goddesses pantheons the white goddess. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. Baba yaga a witchlike character who eats small children and lives in a house which stands on chicken feet. In slavic mythology, jav and nav are two worlds around us. With these introductory remarks from tales from slavic myths, welcome to the world of ancient mythology slavic style. Nav is the immaterial world, the world of the dead. Both in the earliest slavic religion and in modern slavic native faiths theology and cosmology, gods are arranged as a hierarchy of powers begotten by the supreme god of the universe, rod, known as deivos in the earliest slavic religion. Godchecker guide to semargl also known as simargl, the east slavic god of grain from slavic mythology. Modern mythology, by andrew lang gutenberg text the original garden of eden discovered, and the final solution of the mystery of the woman, the tree and the serpent. Bannik a bathhouse spirit with the ability to predict the future. It is masculine, typically small, bearded, and sometimes covered in hair all over.
Written for students and general readers, this book offers a brief but thorough introduction to s. Slavic mythology behind the popular witcher series slavorum. Recently i once again became interested in slavic mythology, the main reason being the witcher games many quests are based on slavic stories and myths and the second one being my childhood older people always told me stories about creatures or events that were known in the area where i lived. Slavic fantasy is the use of slavic folklore legends, epics, myths in general structural rules for fantasy works. Morana morena, mara, maruha is the goddess of death, of winter and of night. Except for a hilarious parodyripoff of harry potter called tanya grotter, but im not sure that counts. The pagan slavs had a unique view of spirituality, and their own pantheon of fascinating gods. Simargl or semargl is a deity or mythical creature in east slavic mythology, depicted as a winged lion or dog. This volume offers the first comprehensive guide in english to the myth and legend of the russian empire and other slavic countries and peoples. Rod is often considered to be the supreme god and the creator of all life and existence.
Russian mythology mythology books world mythology chinese mythology celtic mythology european history fantasy artwork mythical creatures comic art. Bagiennik water demons who lived in lakes and rivers. Deities of slavic religion, arranged in cosmological and functional groups, are inherited through mythology and folklore. Morana f slavic mythology, croatian from a slavic root meaning death, plague.
What is the best booktextbook to learn more about slavic. Russian mythology mythology books greek mythology slavic tattoo odin and thor gypsy witch norse vikings dnd characters gods and goddesses. Were all well familiar with the mythology surrounding the ancient gods such as zeus, odin, jupiter, venus, aphrodite, etc. Zmaj and the dragon lore of slavic mythology ancient origins.
Slavic paganism or slavic religion describes the religious beliefs, myths and ritual practices of the slavs prior to christianisation. They can also be found in serbian mythology by the name of sudice, sudaje. The witcher is an action roleplaying hack and slash video game developed by cd projekt red and published by atari. In this volume of the slavic way series, creatures, beings and spirits of slavic mythology are presented and described. Slavic mythology tales and fables have been passed down orally and preserved by other means. How to find book recommendations for slavic mythology quora. Edith hamilton may not have touched on most of the slavic gods featured in this book but, nonetheless, these slavic myths deserve a rightful place in the canon of ancient mythology. Belobog white godslavic god of light and sun, the counterpart of dark and cursed czernobog black god berstukevil god of woods in wendish mythology borutagod or a demon portrayed as an imposing figure, with horns over the head, surrounded by packs of wolves and bears. When her husband, the 14 th century serbian ruler, tsar lazar, hears this, he tells the tsarina to ask the zmaj if he feared anyone besides god, and whether there is a hero on this. Includes historical,geographical,and biographical background information. The great red dragon and the woman clothed with the sun by william blake wikimedia commons in this tale, the tsarina militza is said to have been visited by a zmaj from yastrebatz every night for a year. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times.
Whole two books three in slovak version are spent hammering in that koscej isnt volch and after near death experience isnt koscej either, a deity rather another deity confirms. V does anybody happen to know any books where slavic mythology is the main focus. However, a large part of their mythology can be reconstructed from linguistics, folklore and comparative mythology. Hello everyone, this is my first post to the group and my first time reaching out to rodnovers. Slavic mythological creatures, slavic mythology, gods. They are both tools but have very different cultural and practical associations. With these introductory remarks from tales from slavic myths, welcome to the world of ancient mythologyslavic style. This article picks up where my original list of the 10 best norse mythology books leaves off. With illustrations and a chapter on baltic mythology. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A bibliography of slavic mythology slavica publishers. Of slavic mythology we cannot obtain a distinct picture, owing to very defective traditions among the peoples of slav race and perhaps still more because of a great scarcity of records.
We dont have an article named usefulnotes slavicmythology, exactly. The term slavic fantasy is broader than the term russian fantasy, although these terms are sometimes used synonymously. The world of ancient gods slavic goddesses meet the slavs. Covers the myths and legends of the russian empire at its greatest extent as well as other slavic people and countries. Striga strzyga vampire that comes from slavic mythology.
What are the relationships between norse gods and slavic. Russian and other slavic beliefs weave a rich tapestry in which realworld elements coexist with those from fantasy, such as dragons, monsters, and shapechanging wolves. Hey guys, i was wondering if you all had any suggestions for books on old russian mythology and folk stories. It is conjectured that some parts of it are from neolithic or possibly even mesolithic times. Slavic mythology this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as.
The gods possess certain superhuman physical attributes. An earth goddess, the most ancient and possibly the most important of the slavic gods. The early history of this whole race is, in fact, shrouded in darkness, and we do not even definitely know the time of the first arrival of. The goddesses of slavic folklore are shrouded in mystery, their true nature obscured by the christian faith which sought to eradicate all pagan worship. Aug 07, 2018 the dragon is one of the most wellknown creatures in ancient mythology, and many cultures have this creature or one of its related forms in their folklore.
The latter occurred at various stages between the 8th and the th century. Mati syra zemlia not a name, rather a title which means moist mother earth. Ever fruitful and powerful, mati syra zemlia was worshipped well into the twentieth century. People who were born with two hearts and two souls and two sets of teeth the second one barely visible were believed to be strzygas. The zoryas, solar goddesses who are servants or daughters of the deity dazhbog, keep simargl chained to the star polaris in the constellation ursa minor, to prevent him from breaking free and destroying the constellation, and causing. Again, this is clearly not a scientific approach to the study of slavic mythology, but pages and pages have been written about the supposed belobogchernobog dualism so far, and many books and scholarly references even today take for granted that such gods were truly worshipped by ancient slavs. Ivan hudecs tales from slavic myths is an impressive, informative, and highly entertaining compendium of slavic folktales and legends and ably translated for english readers by the collaborative efforts of emma nezinska, jeff schmitz, and albert devine. Jun 10, 2017 this old custom was very popular among slavic people. She was often depicted as a woman with a large head and long arms. V does anybody happen to know any books where slavic mythology is the. The religion possesses many common traits with other religions descended from the protoindoeuropean religion. He is thought to be an exquisitely handsome young man, riding on a white horse, dressed in white and barefoot, tasseled with wild flowers and carrying a bundle of wheat in his hands. As you are probably aware there is not much out there in the english language.
Ive got a copy of by viljo mansikka, but thats an academic work and a bit beyond my abilities. See more ideas about mythology, gods and goddesses and russian mythology. Tvtropes is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 3. As the goddess of winter, she was never popular among the old slavs, which is understandable if we have in mind the climate in which they used to live. It is impossible to mention all of the slavic gods in one article, and each region had own local deities.
Here are the goddesses venerated by the ancient slavs. I am looking for some books about slavic mythology. Vakarine and ausrine are not slavic goddesses but lithuanian im sorry for the mistake muzika. This continue reading the 10 best advanced norse mythology books. For a long time now, russian artist jaromir velikorodov has been carving statues of the ancient slavic gods. Pagan gods, creation of the world and men, demons and such. Mokosh was a slavic goddess of weaving, women, water and fertility. As a matter of fact, other non slavic people have also heard about it and were inspired to create their own stories. In ancient slavic mythology, jarilo is the god of spring vegetation and fertility, but sometimes even associated with war. Vesnas were mythological female characters associated with youth and springtime in early slavic mythology, particularly within slovenia, croatia and serbia. A list of names in which the usage is slavic mythology. Slavic fantasy emerged in opposition to the western fantasy based on celtic and norse mythology. Slavic pantheon is rich like in the case of greek, roman, egyptian and other ancient groups of deities.
Yav is the material world in which we are right now. American reference books annual essential for all slavic collections and scholars. Creatures of slavic myth by dmitriy kushnir, paperback. This is an example of how the gods may have similarites but are not the same, or even variations of the same. This book, taken from the mythology of all races, is the most complete study of slavic mythology available. A strzyga is a female demon somewhat similar to vampire in slavic and especially polish folklore. In some slavic tribes, she is also the goddess of unhappiness in love. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading slavic mythology. Slavic goddesses are fewer in number but they have important attributes. If youve already immersed yourself in the kinds of beginnerlevel books that that article recommends and you find yourself wanting to go further into the ancient mythology and religion of the norse, this list is for you. Slavic mythology and slavic religion evolved over more than 3,000 years ago.
While the illustrated edition costs 60% less, it has significantly improved. If you ever wondered about the noises you may hear around your home, about why sometimes you wake up in cold sweat, or about the visions you may see or noises you may hear around the forest. In this lesson, learn about the rivalry between gods perun and veles, and how night and day came to be. Slavic mythology kindle edition by machal, jan, gray, louis h. From the traditional runes of the elder futhark, the. Most slavic mythologies hold that god ordered the devil to bring up a handful of sand from the bottom of the sea and created the land from it.
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