Slavic Beliefs: Spirits, Demons, Monsters

A colorful, vivid edition that attempts to bring together disparate information about the so-called supernatural beings of Slavic mythology. Not only leshies, domovoys, rusalkas, and kikimoras, but also the lesser-known morians, ovinnikovs, todorcy, and other unreal creatures will appear before the reader as if they were alive. Under the cover of night, night-witches, kriksy, plachis, and other evil beings hide. From the fields will emerge benevolent poludnitsa, guarding the rye, and malevolent poleviks, striking with a solar blow. The reader will learn where the legendary island of Buyan is located and how to drive away sadness with the songs of the bird Sirin. The foundation of the book is based on materials from Byzantine, Slavic, and other mythological systems. More than a hundred fantastic animals and mythical beings are described. The book contains a large number of unique illustrations taken from the publication "Russian Folk Pictures" (1908) and is aimed at a wide audience of readers.