Russian folklore, i.e., the folklore of Russian people, takes its roots in the pagan beliefs of ancient Slavs and now is represented in the Russian fairy...

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

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....

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....

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...

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

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...

It East Slavic folklore Buyan (Russian: Буя́н, sometimes transliterated as Bujan) is a mysterious island in the ocean with the ability to appear and disappear...

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...

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...

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...

folklore Russian folklore Ukrainian folklore Serbian folklore Bulgarian folklore Western Folklore American folklore Australian folklore Brazilian folklore Ethnic...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

fairies or nymphs found in South and West Slavic folklore. One of the hypotheses of the etymology of the word samovila is that it comes from the Indo-European...

Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied and annexed Crimea from Ukraine and supported pro-Russian separatists fighting the Ukrainian...

In Slavic folklore, the rusalka (plural: rusalki; Cyrillic: русалка, plural: русалки; Polish: rusałka, plural: rusałki) is a female entity, often malicious...

Russian Fairy Tales, or Russian Folk Tales may refer to : Russian fairy tale (skazka), generally Any story from the Folklore of Russia Some forms of Russian...

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...

Old Norse, and Swedish) is a malicious entity in Germanic and Slavic folklore that walks on people's chests while they sleep, bringing on nightmares...

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...