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Loading... Ivan the Fool: Russian Folk Belief (1991)by Andrei Sinyavsky
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This masterly and extremely readable survey covers folk superstitions and customs, house and nature spirits, pagan gods, Christianization, saints, icons, the Schism, Old Believers, religious sects, and the characters and symbolism in Russian fairy tales that could be called the origin of the Russian psyche. Andrei Sinyavsky (1925–1997) was also known as Abram Tertz. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)398.20947Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Folklore Folk literature History, geographic treatment, biography European folktales Folklore of Russia and the UkraineLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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