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Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Superstitions of Europe" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Many tropes of European folklore can be identified as stemming from the Proto-Indo-European peoples of the Neolithic and Bronze Age, although they may originate from even earlier traditions. Examples of this include the 'Chaoskampf' myth-archetype as well as possibly the belief in knocking on wood for good luck. [ 1 ]
Fire was used in rituals of protection in many parts of Europe up to the early modern era. The need-fire or force-fire was a special fire kindled to ward off plague and murrain (infectious diseases affecting livestock) in parts of western, northern and eastern Europe. It could only be kindled by friction between wood, by a group of certain ...
Central European University Press. ISBN 978-963-9116-42-9. JSTOR 10.7829/j.ctt1cgf840. Brückner, A. (1922). "Osteuropäische Götternamen. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Mythologie" [Eastern European names of gods. A contribution to comparative mythology].
English: A general map of Eastern Europe that includes territories most often associated with this region (considering primarily cultural, linguistic, historical, ethnic and geographic boundaries between countries). It can also be further divided up into: East-Central Europe, the Baltic states, European Russia and Southeastern Europe.
Legendary creatures from Europe, supernatural animal or paranormal entities, generally hybrids, sometimes part human (such as sirens), whose existence has not or cannot be proven. They are described in folklore (including myths and legends), but also may be featured in historical accounts before modernity
One of the many superstitions associated with leap years is about relationships. Written and passed down in Greek and Ukranian folklore is the belief that getting married during a leap year will ...
The videogame Quest For Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness, set in the Slavic countryside of a fictional east-European valley, features several Slavic fairies, including the Rusalka, Domovoy, and Leshy. Catherynne Valente's novel Deathless is set in a fantasy version of Stalinist Russia and features vila, rusalka, leshy, and other Slavic fairies.