Therefore, all their original religious beliefs and traditions. This time you will see an amazing work of marko stamatovic from serbia. As you are probably aware there is not much out there in the english language. How to find book recommendations for slavic mythology quora. Babaroga which roughly means old lady with horns is a serbian bogey that is said to be an ugly old woman.
It possesses numerous common traits with other religions descended from the protoindoeuropean religion. Slavic religion, beliefs and practices of the ancient slavic peoples of eastern europe. Pagan gods, creation of the world and men, demons and such. Slavics tackle the most common stereotypes out there ranking them true, false or somewhere in between. The scope of the bibliography is all written materials books, dissertations, pamphlets, articles, and selections published in all. Slavs are usually subdivided into east slavs russians, ukrainians, and belorussians, west slavs poles, czechs, slovaks, and lusatians sorbs, and south slavs bosnians, serbs, croats, slovenes, macedonians, and bulgars in antiquity the slavs were perhaps the largest branch of the indoeuropean. I think that it is not too much to claim that of all the slavs, serbians have most. Slavs are usually subdivided into east slavs russians, ukrainians, and belorussians, west slavs poles, czechs, slovaks, and lusatians sorbs, and south slavs bosnians, serbs, croats, slovenes, macedonians. Many english speakers understand the terms myth and mythology to mean fictitious or imaginary. 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. Listen to best slavic tales and stories by various authors.
Morana f slavic mythology, croatian from a slavic root meaning death, plague. In slavic mythology this was the name of the goddess of. Zobacz wiecej pomyslow na temat mitologia, boginie i mitologia nordycka. Dec 31, 2016 discover slavic culture with two ancient tales from the eastern european world. In slavic mythology, jav and nav are two worlds around us. Ornamental name derived from swedish al alder and berg mountain. Leshy dresses as a man a red girdle, the left lap of a kaftan usually is wrapped up behind the right one but not vice versa as everybody wears. Like norse mythology, the slavic world was depicted a large oak tree, separating the world into three parts.
This was the name of a fourheaded slavic god of war and light. Myth of cadmus as the proof of antiquity of slavic civilization. Slavic mythology is the mythological aspect of the polytheistic religion that was practised by the slavs before christianisation. This book, taken from the mythology of all races, is the most complete study of slavic mythology available. In slavic mythology, rusalka is a water nymph, a female spirit who lives in rivers. For the slavs though, much to the vexation of the priests, christianity was more of an addition to their ancient beliefs than an actual replacement. This myth was originated in serbia centuries ago and spread trough the world. Najlepsze obrazy na tablicy slavic mythology 160 w 2020.
Despite some arguable theories for instance, the book of veles, it cannot be proven that the slavs had any sort of writing system before the arrival of saints cyril and methodius to slavic lands in 862. Vampire vampir was the first serbian word that got in the global vocabulary. Under the influence of life forces, the egg is cracked open and create a light that shone svarog and. Enjoy these ancient tales from a faraway land, recorded by the best storytellers in a. Listen to best slavic tales and stories by various authors at. Religion and mythology differ, but have overlapping aspects. Parv, where the gods would rule, yav, which is populated by man and constitutes what is seen by the mortal eye, and finally nav, which is shown as the trees roots and is the land of the dead, in other words it can considered the. Slavic mythology kindle edition by machal, jan, gray, louis h. Slavic creation myth for example the oldest slavic traditions say that in the beginning there was nothing, there is olddark, dark sea and sky, the only existing thing created by rod was worldegg in which rested svarog, the divine creator. The mythology of all races vol 3 celtic and slavic. In our online store, you can find a wide range of different products about slavic mythology or slavic paganism as well as serbian mythology. It inhabits every forest, but it especially loves a spruce forest.
Mythology, as a field of scientific research, is a set of stories, mythos in greek meaning. Fighting old slavic religion, the main goal of the church was elimination of the pagan deities. I am looking for some books about slavic mythology. Svetovid m slavic mythology derived from the slavic elements svetu blessed, holy and vidu sight, view. Slavic mythology is an inexhaustible source of inspiration, this has been proven again and again by various photographers. The project gutenberg ebook of hero tales and legends of the serbians.
Slavic mythology and slavic religion evolved over more than 3,000 years. Slavic paganism or slavic religion describes the religious beliefs, myths and ritual practices of the slavs prior to christianisation. Deities of slavic religion, arranged in cosmological and functional groups, are inherited through mythology and folklore. Slavic folklore is a carefully structured handbook that slowly leads readers from a general understanding of slavs as an ethnic group to a clear description of specific national folk genres and practices within the contemporary slavic world. The latter occurred at various stages between the 8th and the th century. Slavic mythology and magick has been translated into english, makes studying the subject extremely difficult. In most versions, rusalka is an unquiet being who is no longer alive, associated with the unclean spirit and dangerous.
Reading this book, one is struck by how nearly perfectly it serves in its main role. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Katherine arden goodreads author shelved 6 times as slavicfolklore avg rating 4. Mokosh was a slavic goddess of weaving, women, water and fertility. Koschei kashchei, aka koschei the deathless, is a cultic character in slavic mythology, whose folkloric image is extremely far from his initial one.
Serbian photographer creates beautiful scenes of slavic. Before the spread of christianity, the slavic peoples of central and eastern europe held fascinating beliefs that gave rise to a vibrant array of mythical deities, spirits and monsters. They can also be found in serbian mythology by the name of sudice, sudaje. The religion possesses numerous common traits with other religions descended from the protoindoeuropean religion.
Jan 10, 2017 creatures from slavic folklore and mythology are fascinating. Thanks to the project which aimed to explore the distant past of the serbian province of vojvodina, important insights into pannonian slavic communities were made by researching the byzantine sources. Slavic mythology has two key differences from the wellknown greek and roman mythologies. Yav is the material world in which we are right now. Nav is the immaterial world, the world of the dead. Baba yaga may help or hinder those that encounter or seek her out.
Around the danube river, where they are called vila, rusalki are beautiful, charming girls, dressed always in light robes of mist, singing sweet, bewitching songs to the passersby. Yet we see some similar themes wherever slavic peoples settle. Leshy or lesovik is the spirit of the woods in slavic mythology. With illustrations and a chapter on baltic mythology.
The earliest examples of serbian folklore are seen in the prechristian slavic. Slavic and greekroman mythology, comparative mythology. This volume is the first known attempt at a comprehensive bibliography of the major aspects of slavic mythology. See more ideas about mythology, fairy tales and gods and goddesses.
In slavic folklore, baba yaga is a supernatural being or one of a trio of sisters of the same name who appears as a deformed andor ferociouslooking woman. Cold, serious, with a strong love of alcohol and the most gorgeous women out there. Jun 10, 2017 they can also be found in serbian mythology by the name of sudice, sudaje. Unlike greek or egyptian mythology, there are no firsthand records for the study of slavic mythology. However, a large part of their mythology can be reconstructed from linguistics, folklore and comparative mythology. This list may not reflect recent changes learn more. Dabog, the ghostly pale wolf of the top panel, is a lame and emaciated wolf shepard from serbian mythology with ties to the underworld and the smith god hephaestus who was also lame due to arsenic poison from working with bronze. Suditse the three graces of slavic mythology in czech and slovak, they are called sudicky. The two brothers is a tale about justice in a world where money corrupts easily.
Theoretically, there is a huge group of slavic female mythological characters, which could be called rusalka, but in this. Slavic tribes and their worship of nature according to. Testimonies of byzantine authors mostly deal with 5 th and 6 th century slavs, their social structure and the worship of nature. Undoubtedly, he was the most powerful among the dark gods. The 10 creepiest monsters of slavic mythology i love.
Secondly, the old slavic pantheon of gods is not well documented, so scholars have attempted to recreate the information based on secondary documents. A bibliography of slavic mythology slavica publishers. These creatures were described in stories that were orally passed down through generations long. Suditse the three graces of slavic mythology slavic. Researchers concerned with early slavic history, religion, ethnography, and archeology will find this book essential. Baba yaga flies around in a mortar, wields a pestle, and dwells deep in the forest in a hut usually described as standing on chicken legs or sometimes a single chicken leg. Slavic magic religion and magic intertwined meet the slavs. 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. Hey guys, i was wondering if you all had any suggestions for books on old russian mythology and folk stories. This is a list of surnames in which the origin is old norse. First, many of the spirits are still part of common images and folktales among slavic people. The real slavic mythology behind 6 witcher creatures or characters part 1 of 2 duration. Serbian photographer creates beautiful scenes of slavic mythology tales that will blow you away slavorum.
Rusalka, in slavic mythology, is the lakedwelling soul of a child who died unbaptized or of a virgin who drowned. In contrast to greek or scandinavian mythology, the suditse are young. Cadmus, harmonia, antique mythology, serbs, triballs, slavs, illyrians. They appear in different forms depending on the region in which they dwell. They can be incredible diverse, seen in the difference between poland and kosovo. The twelve months is a story about persistence, not unlike our cinderilla, but set in a fantastic world where seasons are all and winter, deadly.
See more ideas about mythology, slavic mythology, fairy tales. Christianization affected slavic mythology as gods and goddesses were replaced with religious icons, and vampires and werewolves were fought now by a holy brotherhood of christian believers. According to byzantine chronicler procopius, slavic social organization was quite reminiscent of germanic one. She was often depicted as a woman with a large head and long arms. It is conjectured that some parts of it are from neolithic or possibly even mesolithic times. Discover slavic culture with two ancient tales from the eastern european world. However, according to many dictionary definitions, these terms can also mean a traditional story or narrative that embodies the belief or beliefs of a.
Mokosh f slavic mythology derived from slavic mok meaning wet, moist. As such, zmaj is a unique feature of serbian mythologyclaims veselin cajkanovic, serbian classical scholar and ethnologist among many other things and the author of the folklore and religion studies 1924. The pagan slavs had a unique view of spirituality, and their own pantheon of fascinating gods. Fairy tales and stories of enchantment from ireland, scotland, brittany, and wales irish books, mythology books, adult fairy tales, celtic gifts by kate forrester aug 30, 2016 4. Slavic mythology and folklore mitologia e folklore slavo. Slavic magic and sorcerers slavs saw magic acts as actions done to incite a positive white magic or negative black magic outcome in the future and all other protective actions done to protect a person from the magic influence of others.
Scholars working with slavic literatures and linguistics, particularly early literatures and medieval slavic texts, will also find it indispensable. Fortunately, the medieval slavic peasant did not embraced christianity on. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading slavic mythology. Often seen as a tribal protector andor an incarnation of the soul of a highly respected ancestor, zmaj has a special place in. Old norse was the north germanic language spoken by the peoples of ancient scandinavia. Faith of serbs and croats, on the main basis of folk poems. Creatures from slavic folklore and mythology are fascinating. Deities of slavic religion, arranged in cosmological and functional groups, are inherited through mythology and. In slovenian mythology, they are known as sojenice and rojenice. Ive got a copy of by viljo mansikka, but thats an academic work and a bit beyond my abilities. Jun 01, 2018 the real slavic mythology behind 6 witcher creatures or characters part 1 of 2 duration. Part 1 the slavic way book 6 kindle edition by kushnir, dmitriy. The goddesses of slavic folklore are shrouded in mystery, their true nature obscured by the christian faith which sought to eradicate all pagan worship. Research must then be done through the study of folklore and folk customs.
He was lord over the powers of darkness and learnt it perfectly, allowing him to have control over spirits and the bodies of the dead. Hero tales and legends of the serbians project gutenberg. Media in category books about slavic mythology the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Categorising a story as a myth does not necessarily imply that it is untrue.
Demonic creatures which were part of the slavic mythology were not considered to be too intimidating enemy, so they were left to exist and. The attribute red, which is connected to cadmium cd red coloured. Serbian folklore is the folk traditions among ethnic serbs. Slavic population consisted of a large number of small tribes which gathered around families.