Folklore of Russia is folklore of Russians and other ethnic groups of Russia. Russian folklore takes its roots in the pagan beliefs of ancient Slavs and...

(Russian: Медуза), Meluza (Russian: Мелуза, literally «small», «little») or Meluzina (Russian: Мелузина) is a mythical creature in Russian folklore. She...

Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as tales,...

Kharitonova, Valentina (2015). "Revived Shamanism in the Social Life of Russia". Folklore. 62: 37–54. doi:10.7592/FEJF2015.62.kharitonova. ISSN 1406-0949....

into Slavic folklore. Vladimir Propp, Russian folklorist who specialized in morphology Supernatural beings in Slavic religion Deities of Slavic religion...

occurred within Russian fairy tales. He identified these 31 functions as typical of all fairy tales, or wonder tales [skazka] in Russian folklore. These functions...

13 (1973): 55. Oinas, "Folklore and Politics", 47. Frank J. Miller, "The Image of Stalin in Soviet Russian Folklore", The Russian Review 39 (1980): 51....

popular character in Russian folklore. Interest is caused by its contradiction to the real historical figure of the first Russian Tsar, as well as the...

American folklore encompasses the folklore that has evolved in the present-day United States mostly since the European colonization of the Americas. It...

now known to also be widely told among the Oirats in Mongolia, China and Russia. The story is recited by singers called Jangarchi (Kalmyk: Җаңһрч, romanized: Cañhrç...

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Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have...

Babay or Babai (Russian: Бабай) is a night spirit (Bogeyman) in Slavic folklore. According to beliefs, he abducts children who do not sleep at night or...

As of the 2021 census, the population of Russia was 147.2 million. It is the most populous country in Europe, and the ninth-most populous country in the...

tradition of folklore – including folktales, legends, and superstitions – resulting from the diverse ethnicities, religions, languages, and culture of migrants...

the next volume. Children's literature portal Fairer-than-a-Fairy Folklore of Russia Vasilisa (name) The Two Caskets Cinderella Babushka's Doll by Patricia...

Yaga is an enigmatic or ambiguous character from Slavic folklore (or one of a trio of sisters of the same name) who has two opposite roles. In some motifs...

The folklore of Romania is the collection of traditions of the Romanians. A feature of Romanian culture is the special relationship between folklore and...

Romani folklore encompasses the folktales, myths, oral traditions, and legends of the Romani people. The Romani were nomadic when they departed India during...

folklore are legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales, stories, tall tales, and customs that are the traditions of...

2012, Russian Federation) was a Soviet and Russian writer, teacher, collector of songs and folklore of the Krymchaks, one of the last speakers of the living...

Fisherman and the Goldfish, Russia, stop-motion film by Nataliya Dabizha. D. N. Medrish [ru] also opining that "we have folklore texts that arose under the...

in the presence of religious objects or displays. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Russian traditions. Folklore of Russia Russian culture Slavic...

development of a wide variety of Pakistani folklore. Despite the historical influence of linguistic and religious differences, the country’s rich folklore tends...

the folklore of Russia and were rewritten both in prose and as poems, including nebylitsa (a variation of nursery rhymes). Most famous are The Tale of Yersh...

is an ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, which began in February 2014. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied and annexed Crimea...

similar to that of a garden gnome. The nisse is one of the most familiar creatures of Scandinavian folklore, and he has appeared in many works of Scandinavian...

influence of Russia, while the western part was under the influence of Sweden. This difference in cultural influence is reflected in the folklore of the two...

Valentina (2015). "Revived Shamanism in the Social Life of Russia". Folklore. 62. FB and Media Group of LM: 37–54. doi:10.7592/FEJF2015.62.kharitonova. ISSN 1406-0949...

Qal; Oirat: Һал; Russian: Алы) is a class of demon in the folklore of the Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia, and Armenia. Als are demons of childbirth, interfering...