Developed at SPbU Faculty of Philology
by charitable donation from the Russkiy Mir Foundation
Russkiy Mir Foundation
Lectures
The age-old: at the crossroads of the East and the West
Historical, cultural, ethnolinguistic and etymological characteristics of some figures from folk mythology and their nominations. Representation of different cultural directions in the origins of the Slavic mythological figures. Baba Yaga – an Old-Slavic serpent-legged goddess. Buka as a children's “night scare” in Russian tradition and Puck in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.
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