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Czech folklore is the folk tradition which has developed among the Czech people over a number of centuries. Czech folklore was influenced by a mix of Christian and pagan customs. Nowadays it is preserved and kept alive by various folklore ensembles uniting members of all ages, from children to seniors, showing their talent during competitions ...
Dodola (in the Balkan tradition, the spring-summer rite of causing rain, as well as the central character of this rite) German (ritual doll and the name of the rite of calling out rain of the southern Slavs) Jarilo (personification of one of the summer holidays in the Russian folk calendar) Koliada (the personification of the New Year's cycle)
Otesánek is a Czech fairy tale created by Karel Jaromír Erben in the 19th century which tells the story of a fearsome and constantly hungry, living log of wood. In the story there are elements of narrative that are similar to more famous fairy tales such as The Adventures of Pinocchio and Little Red Riding Hood; despite this, the themes present in Otesánek appear nonetheless to be quite ...
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"The Maidens' War" (Czech: Dívčí válka) is a tale in Bohemian tradition about an uprising of women against men. According to legend, it took place sometime in the 8th century . It first appeared in the twelfth-century Chronica Boemorum of Cosmas of Prague , and later in the fourteenth-century Dalimil's Chronicle .
The folk venerated them by placing flowers, food and drink before caves where they were believed to have lived. Within the Czech tradition, víly are almost always malicious, unless respected and avoided. They are portrayed as beautiful women with long flowing hair, who primarily live in the woods, marches, or in forest clearings.
Vodyanoy by Ivan Bilibin, 1934. In Slavic mythology, vodyanoy (Russian: водяной, IPA: [vədʲɪˈnoj]; lit. '[he] from the water' or 'watery') is a water spirit.In Czech and Slovak fairy tales, he is called vodník (or in Germanized form: Hastrman), and often referred to as Wassermann in German sources.
Old Czech Legends: 1953 Czechoslovakia - animation Ilya Muromets: 1956 USSR Jack Frost: 1964 USSR The Tale of Tsar Saltan: 1966 USSR Viy: 1967 USSR Lokis: 1970 Poland Ruslan and Ludmila: 1972 USSR Leptirica: 1973 Yugoslavia A Ballad About Green Wood: 1983 Czechoslovakia - animation The Tale of Tsar Saltan: 1984 USSR Little Otik: 2000 Czech ...