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Pages in category "Slavic legendary creatures" The following 77 pages are in this category, out of 77 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The Winternight trilogy, by Katherine Arden, is inspired by Slavic mythology and includes many characters, such as the Domovoy, the Rusalka and other beings. In Edward Fallon 's second book in his Linger series of novels, Trail of the Beast , a rusalka taunts a trio hunting a serial killer.
The Russian folklore creature gives its name to a synonym of Paraceratherium, Indricotherium, the biggest land mammal ever to live. Russian fairy tales. There are more than 600+ Russian fairy tales. Some prominent examples, are -- The Tale of Tsar Saltan; The Death of Koschei the Immortal; Vasilisa the Beautiful; Sister Alenushka and Brother ...
Ivan Bilibin's illustration to a Russian fairy tale about the Firebird, 1899. In Slavic mythology and folklore, the Firebird (Russian: жар-пти́ца, romanized: zhar-ptitsa; Ukrainian: жар-пти́ця, zhar-ptytsia; Serbo-Croatian: žar-ptica, жар-птица; Bulgarian: Жар-птица, romanized: Zhar-ptitsa; Macedonian: Жар-птица, romanized: Žar-ptica; Polish: Żar ...
1993 – Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness, which draws upon Slavic mythology, features a rusalka; Paladin characters have the option to avenge her murder and let her move on to the afterlife. 1996 – Rusalka, a short film directed by Aleksandr Petrov and animated using his paint-on-glass animation technique.
The Slavic Myths. co-author Svetlana Slapsak. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500025017. Graves, Robert (1987). New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology: With an Introduction by Robert Graves. Gregory Alexinsky. Nowy Jork: CRESCENT BOOKS. ISBN 0-517-00404-6. Lajoye, Patrice (2022). Mythologie et religion des Slaves païens. Les Belles Lettres.
In Greek mythology, Alcyone was transformed by the gods into a kingfisher. [2] [better source needed] Alkonost makes amazingly beautiful sounds, and those who hear these sounds forget everything they know and want nothing more ever again. [3] [better source needed] [1] She lives in the underworld with her counterpart, the Sirin.
A fying zmei may appear as a "mythological lover", i.e., a mythical creature behaving as a suitor and lover of human females. [8] [44] A favorite topic of folk songs was the male zmey-lover who may marry a woman and carry her to the underworld, or a female zmeitsa (zmeitza) who falls in love with a shepherd.