Extractions: The Cossack Hero in Russian Literature is the first book to study the development of the Cossack hero and to identify him as part of Russian cultural mythology. Judith Kornblatt explores the power of the myth as a literary image, providing new and challenging readings of nineteenth- and twentieth-century works by Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoi, Khlebnikov, Babel, Tsvetaeva, Sholokhov, and a host of lesser-known writers, all of whom were attracted to the Cossack. By comparing the Cossack with the American cowboy, she reveals what is both unique and universal about the Russian self-image. Grappling with the phenomenon of myth-formation, Kornblatt places the Cossack hero in historical and sociopolitical context, chronicling the growth of the Cossack myth of unbounded wholeness and life, its gradually increasing influence on the Russian national consciousness during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and its eventual demise under the strictures of Stalinist socialist realism. Kornblatt's eclectic methodology draws upon Barthes, White, Turner, and other Western theorists as well as such leading Russian critics and philosophers of language as Bakhtin, Lotman, and Uspensky. "There are no equivalent books on the topic. Familiar works become more interesting through its lens, unknown works take on a relevance they would not otherwise have, and Kornblatt's approach to the general problem of literary influence within the Cossack Myth is both original and very well-informed. Slavists and other readers will find it provocative: a topic that we knew randomly and work by work suddenly emerges as one of those important and organic literary traditions that Russian culture seems to generate so effortlessly."—Caryl Emerson, Princeton University
Studies In Contemporary History And Security Policy Connected with the russian historical mythology, these feelings served as a background for revival of the mid19 th century cultural and psychological situation http://www.fsk.ethz.ch/documents/studies/volume_1/Yevgeneva.htm
Extractions: Political Myths in Modern Russia The aim of this chapter is to outline the cultural and psychological background of Russian foreign and security policy. These aspects, together with economic and geopolitical ones, determine the main principles and decisions in the field of international relations. Social crises add to the relevance of these background aspects as many cultural and political myths, earlier hidden under the rational elements of political culture, are revived and begin to play an important role in the political process, either in decision making, or in mass reaction to these decisions . The following remarks draw upon research carried out by the Center of Civilization Studies at the Russian Academy of Science. Historical Background
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Extractions: In October 1996, the newly established Centre for the Study of Nationalism in Europe (University of London) embarked on their first venture: a two-day international conference, on 'Myths and Nationhood' in the University of London. The present volume Myths and Nationhood The entire collection can be divided thematically into two sections. The first section consists of three articles of a general theoretical nature, while the longer second section consists of specific case studies, mostly from post-cold-war Eastern Europe. There is one paper on 'American Nationhood,' and one on Afrikaner nationalism. [T]he collective appropriation of antiquity, and especially of shared memories of the 'Golden Age,' contributes significantly to the formation of nations. The greater, the more glorious that antiquity appears, the easier it becomes to mobilize the people around a common culture, to unify the various groups of which they are composed and to identify a shared national identity. (39) Mary Fullbrook's study of the rupture between the lived memory of the people of GDR and the great anti- Fascist and Imperialist myth propagated by the East German government makes "Myth-Making and National Identity: The Case of GDR" appealing reading. Fullbrook describes how the people of GDR, many of whom remembered their own complicity in the Nazi repressive regime and most of who had traumatic memories of the rape, pillage and plunder that accompanied 'Liberation' by the Red Army, had to yield to an official memory. They were forced to recognize, against their own memories, that
Mythology, Folklore, And A Little Bit Of Religion The End of the World. Slavic. see also russian, Serbian, or Siberian; Slavic Deities; mythology of the Divozenky; The Twelve Months, an adapted Slav legend. Spanish. http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~bnagy/sarahsite/myths2.html
Extractions: Welcome! This page is essentially a massive list of links to sites about mythology, folklore, and religion. I've tried to sort them all by category, which has the advantage that it (theoretically, at any rate) makes it easier to find what you're looking for, but can lead to some pretty deeply nested subdivisions and also means that a lot of these pages do link to each other. There are links here to almost every relevant page I can find "almost" because there are a few things I don't have here: pages not in English, usenet sites, urban folklore and cyberlore sites, or any pages relating to "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys." That's about it . . . happy mything! Other Lists O' Links Myths and Legends from Chris Siren and Myth and Legend from Philip "Pib" Burns are two of the best resources out there Mythtext: Mythology from All Over the World has an impressive amount of links to texts, bibliographies, FAQs, and other sites
Selected Bibliography Of Russian Folklore Several bring together compendiums of russian folk beliefs or address Slavic mythology. (A reissue of one of the main russian studies about myth.). http://www.virginia.edu/slavic/seefa/RUSSBIB.HTM
Extractions: As everyone who has tried to follow and perhaps to purchase recent books about Russian folklore knows, there no longer is any certain way of finding out what is actually published in Russia. The whole system has changed, old publishing houses have vanished, new ones have appeared, many items appear in provincial cities, and there is no central listing of current or planned publications. Short bibliographies appear in the somewhat popular journal Zhivaia starina which is coming out for the third year. The present bibliography contains a selection of books that have appeared since 1990 and surveys trends that may be taking place. While a rather broad interest exists in publishing items concerned with Russian nationality, ethnography, ethnomusicology, folklore, customs, and beliefs, there also are many books that have a popular appeal, have questionable scholarly quality, and reflect an interest in astrology, the occult, or the supernatural. One disturbing sign is that very few collections of Russian folklore itself are coming out, perhaps because private publishers see little demand for it, but this may also reflect the fact that institutions have few funds to finance expeditions to collect folklore in the field. Thanks to a new system of grants, Russian scholars may compete for funds from several organizations to publish their manuscripts. Because of publishing costs, plans for bringing out the long desired compendium of Russian epics, for instance, have been again postponed even though the first few volumes are ready for publication.
Igor Loschilov, Fenomen Nikolaya Zabolotskogo messianism. In making this one of the central images of the collection Zabolotsky is following the mythology os russian Futurism. In http://www.rusin.fi/loschilov.htm
Extractions: Igor Loschilov is a Research Fellow at the University of Joensuu, Finland, and a lecturer in Russian literature at the Pedagogical University of Novosibirsk, Russia The subject of this dissertation is the poetic phenomenon of Nikolai Zabolotsky (1903-1958). The poet's earliest and best known collection of poems Stolbtsy, is the most suitable point of departure for the study of this phenomenon. The study is based on the three published variants of Stolbtsy: Stolbtsy Korrektura (1933) and the first part of Svod Stolbtsy i po my . The central mythologeme is the odinic myth of imperfect knowledge . It is concretized in images derived from three systems of mythological thought which were known to the Futurist and the OBERIU poets. The first is the Kabbala , the second is the myth of the wisdom of Atlantis preserved after its destruction in the divinatory Tarot cards, and the last is the European myth of Alchemy, which includes the search for the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life, the transmutation of metals, and the genesis of the homunculus. The author, as demiurge of the collection's micro-universe, possesses perfect knowledge, and he offers the reader mythical knowledg encoded in combinations of stolbtsy, or columns. The author offers the vacant role of the mythical hero, and thus the possibility of access to mythical wisdom, to the reader who is willing to attempt to unravel the poet's intentions.
EUROPE: Eastern Europe / Russia: Fairytales & Folklore An Annotated Illustrated Collection of Worldwide Links to Mythologies, Fairy Tales russians this site is run by Sergei Naumov, a russian graduate student http://www.mythinglinks.org/euro~east~russia~folklore.html
Extractions: [From a now-defunct website] http://sunsite.unc.edu/sergei/Dazhdbog.html "The Tale of Dazhdbog, Grandfather-Deity of all Russians": this site is run by Sergei Naumov, a Russian graduate student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is passionate, honest, funny, quirky, full of strong opinions and his grasp of English is altogether charming. Here, Naumov tells the lengthy story of the ancient Grandfather of all Russians, the god Dazhdbog, son of a protective warrior god and a river-maiden, Ros ("Russia" comes from the name of this river-woman). From the gods mother to his several wives, this narrative is filled with strong, assertive, intelligent women. There is wit and insight in the way in which Naumov tells this story; there is also a touching respect, for he clearly delights in being, himself, a grandchild of Dazhdbog, after whom he has named his websites homepage (see under INFORMATION: GENERAL). Naumov provides excellent references for readers interested in going more deeply. On a personal note: Naumovs webpage is one of the first I saved ("bookmarked") when I ventured out onto the web in mid-December 1997. I e-mailed him after reading his narration of Dazhdbog and asked if he knew anything about a 1946 film by Ptushko
Solar Deity - Reference Library See also Phoenix, Stonehenge. Chinese mythology. In Chinese mythology (cosmology), there were nine suns in the sky in the beginning. http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/s/so/solar_deity.html
Extractions: Main Page See live article Alphabetical index People have worshiped the Sun and Gods who represent the Sun for all of recorded history . Hence, many beliefs and legends have been formed around this worship. Sun gods are generally (though not always) male, and usually the brother, father, husband and/or enemy of the lunar deity (usually female). They were often gods of truth, honesty, virtue, prophecy, intellect and fertility. Solar Deities Aboriginal mythology Ainu mythology Akkadian mythology Algonquin mythology Armenian mythology Arthurian mythology Aztec mythology Huitzilopochtli Ipalnemohuani Tonatiuh Bakairi mythology Evaki Basque mythology Ekhi Byelorussian mythology Iarilo Canaanite mythology Moloch Celtic mythology Crom Cruach Cuchulainn ... Chinese mythology Shen Yi Egyptian mythology Duamutef Hapi Horus ... Hyperion Hattic mythology Wurusemu Hinduism Agni Ansa Aryman ... Daksha Dhanvantari Dhatar Dhatri Indra Mitra Ravi ... Yama Hittite mythology Arinna Hungarian mythology Napkirály Ibo mythology Chuku Incan mythology Inti Manco Capac I Punchau ... Amateratsu Marisha-Ten Jewish mythology Samson (suggested origin of the story) Kachin mythology Jan Korean mythology Haemosu Palk Lakota mythology Wi Latvian mythology Saule ... Hun-Apu Moabite mythology Chemosh Navajo mythology Tsohanoai Norse mythology Alfrodull Freyr Sol Ossetian mythology Wasterzhi Palmarene mythology Malakbel Yarhibol Papuan mythology Dudugera Pawnee mythology Shakuru Phoenician mythology
Powell's Books - Russian Folk-Tales By James/break Riordan russian FolkTales by James/break Riordan. Subject Tales Subject Fairy tales Subject Russia (federation) Subject Classics Subject Legends, Myths, Fables http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=7-0192745360-0
Www.sug.org/ALEX/russian.myths.html russian Fairy Tales, Part I An Overview, by Helen Pilinovsky russian myth is pervaded with elements that originated with other cultures for example, Linda J. Ivanits notes (in russian Folk Beliefs) that Khors, Stribog http://www.sug.org/ALEX/russian.myths.html
»»Reviews For Myths«« I gave a copy of this book to my therapist and she loved it too. The Sea King s Daughter A russian Legend (russian Folktales, Myths, and Legends). http://www.booksunderreview.com/Arts/Literature/Myths_and_Folktales/Myths/
Extractions: More Pages: Myths Page 1 Book reviews for "Myths" sorted by average review score: Published in Paperback by Bigi Intl USA Inc (March, 1998) Authors: Jian Zhu, Shih-Lun Tang, Chih-Hsiung Chien, Molly Luethi, and Pita Ramirez Amazon base price: Average review score: This is a good book to help a student with some knowledge of Chinese to improve on his or her vocabulary and reading ability. The stories are interesting, and give the reader some insight into Chinese history and culture as well. This is not a book for raw beginners, but will help the student with some Chinese language ability. The book contains both traditional and simplified characters, which about doubles its usefulness. I recommend it. Mole's Daughter: An Adaptation of a Korean Folktale Published in Library Binding by Bt Bound (March, 2001) Author: Julia Gukova Amazon base price: Buy one from zShops for: Average review score: A stylish illustration of a timeless folklore. "The Mole's Daughter" is one of the best illustrated children's books. The pages of stylish paintings remind me of many childhood moments when the sky, the sun, the cloud, and the wind were still the sources of imagination. My son loves the book! In a world globally-warmed by machines, spiders, and poohs, "The Mole's Daughter" is a delightful breeze.
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