9/25/2023 0 Comments Monster legends cloud![]() ![]() The spirits, fairies, and demons were seen as masters of forest, field, water, or home. The founder of modern Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin also created original fairy tale poems that became very popular. They used Slavic mythological creatures to create a world of imagination and excitement. Some Russian poets took Slavic mythology as the basis of their creative work, creating poetical interpretations of the classic Russian fairy tales. Russian fairy tales were translated into English at the end of the 19th century by the British scholar and translator William Ralston, in his work “Russian Folk Tales” and the writer Edith Hodgettis in “Tales and Legends from the Land of the Tzar”. More specifically, in the historically significant area of Karelia. The oldest bylinas in the so-called Kievan cycle were recorded in the Russian North. Most of the historians of East Slavic and Russian folklore believe that this genre arose during the Kievan Rus, around the 10th-11th century. The word “bylina” means “something that was or something that used to be”. The bylina is a traditional Russian oral epic poem that is loosely based on historical facts but full of fantastic elements and hyperboles. Speaking of Russian mythology creatures, it is worth mentioning the bylinas as one of the material proofs of Slavic mythology. Russian folklore originates from the pagan beliefs of the ancient Slavs in the pre-Christian era, which are reflected in Russian fairy tales. ![]()
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