Etymology and Slavic Mythology
Slavic Mythology-Every Word Tells a Tale It’s easy to look at a language and never see the marks of ancient beliefs and systems. In English we have several words that are derived from ancient pagan...
View ArticleSlavic Creation Myth: Translated from “Songs of the Bird Gamayun”
Finally, after weeks of searching, reading all different documents in English and in Russian, I’ve managed to come up with another article on Slavic Mythology. This has been difficult because 1) there...
View ArticleRussian Tidbit of the Day: Дед Мороз-Карачун
So, I’ve decided that I’m just going to share interesting tidbits about Christmas and New Years traditions. I’ve been gathering lots of interesting information and been asking friends about their...
View ArticleRussian Word of the Day: Мороз-frost
So this week we have been talking about an article I read which you can find here about the origins of Дед Мороз, Dyed Moroz, literally “Grandfather Frost” the Russian version of Santa Claus. Yesterday...
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