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Domovoi
In the Slavic religious tradition, Domovoy ( Russian: Домово́й, literally "he oneof the household"; also spelled ''Domovoi'', ''Domovoj'', and known as pl, Domowik or Serbian and ua, Домовик, translit=domovyk) is the household spirit of a given kin. They are deified progenitors, that is to say the fountainhead ancestors of the kin. According to the Russian folklorist E. G. Kagarov, the Domovoy is a personification of the supreme Rod in the microcosm of kinship. Sometimes he has a female counterpart, Domania, the goddess of the household, though he is most often a single god. The Domovoy expresses himself as a number of other spirits of the household in its different functions. Etymology and belief The term ''Domovoy'' comes from the Indo-European root *''dom'', which is shared by many words in the semantic field of "abode", "domain" in the Indo-European languages (cf. Latin ''domus'', "house"). The Domovoy have been compared to the Roman '' Di Penates'', the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domovoi
In the Slavic religious tradition, Domovoy ( Russian: Домово́й, literally "he oneof the household"; also spelled ''Domovoi'', ''Domovoj'', and known as pl, Domowik or Serbian and ua, Домовик, translit=domovyk) is the household spirit of a given kin. They are deified progenitors, that is to say the fountainhead ancestors of the kin. According to the Russian folklorist E. G. Kagarov, the Domovoy is a personification of the supreme Rod in the microcosm of kinship. Sometimes he has a female counterpart, Domania, the goddess of the household, though he is most often a single god. The Domovoy expresses himself as a number of other spirits of the household in its different functions. Etymology and belief The term ''Domovoy'' comes from the Indo-European root *''dom'', which is shared by many words in the semantic field of "abode", "domain" in the Indo-European languages (cf. Latin ''domus'', "house"). The Domovoy have been compared to the Roman '' Di Penates'', the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Paganism
Slavic mythology or Slavic religion is the religious beliefs, myths, and ritual practices of the Slavs before Christianisation, which occurred at various stages between the 8th and the 13th century. The South Slavs, who likely settled in the Balkan Peninsula during the 6th–7th centuries AD, bordering with the Byzantine Empire to the south, came under the sphere of influence of Eastern Christianity, beginning with the creation of writing systems for Slavic languages (first Glagolitic, and then Cyrillic script) in 855 by the brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius and the adoption of Christianity in Bulgaria in 863. The East Slavs followed with the official adoption in 988 by Vladimir the Great of Kievan Rus'. The West Slavs' process of Christianization was more gradual and complicated. The Moravians accepted Christianity as early as 831, the Bohemian dukes followed in 845, Slovaks accepted Christianity somewhere between the years 828 and 863, but the Poles accepted it much late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kikimora
Kikimora ( rus, кикимора, p=kʲɪˈkʲimərə) is a legendary creature, a female house spirit in Slavic mythology. Her role in the house is usually juxtaposed with that of the domovoy. The kikimora can either be a "bad" or a "good" spirit, which will depend on the behavior of the homeowner. When the kikimora inhabits a house, she lives behind the stove or in the cellar, and usually produces noises similar to those made by mice in order to obtain food. Kikimory (in plural) were the first traditional explanation for sleep paralysis in Russian folklore. Etymology Most sources link the suffix -''mora'' with the Proto-Slavic *''morà'' ('nightly spirit, bad dream') and the Proto-Germanic *''marōn'' (''id.''), as in the modern English nightmare. In Polish folklore, mora are the souls of living people that leave the body during the night, and are seen as wisps of straw or hair or as moths. Accordingly, Polish ''mora'', Czech ''můra'' denote both a kind of elf or spiri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovinnik
The Ovinnik (russian: Овинник), Joŭnik or Jownik ( be, Ёўнік) is a malevolent spirit of the threshing house in Slavic folklore whose name derived from ''ovin'' 'barn'.Dixon-Kennedy, Mike (1998). ''Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic Myth and Legend''. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 212. . He is prone to burning down the threshing houses by setting fire to the grain. To placate him, peasants would offer him roosters and bliny. On New Year's Eve, the touch of an Ovinnik would determine their fortune for the New Year. A warm touch meant good luck and fortune, while a cold touch meant unhappiness. See also * Bannik * Domovoi * Slavic mythology Slavic mythology or Slavic religion is the religious beliefs, myths, and ritual practices of the Slavs before Christianisation, which occurred at various stages between the 8th and the 13th century. The South Slavs, who likely settled in the Bal ... References Bibliography * * Slavic paganism Slavic tutelar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Golovin (artist)
Aleksandr Yakovlevich Golovin (russian: Алекса́ндр Я́ковлевич Голови́н, ; – 17 April 1930) was a Russian artist and stage designer. He designed productions for Sergei Diaghilev, Constantin Stanislavski, and Vsevolod Meyerhold. Born at Moscow, Golovin initially studied architecture, later switching to painting. He also attended the Académie Colarossi. Due to financial difficulties, upon graduation he worked as an interior painter and decorator. He also tried his hand at various artistic fields such as furniture design. In 1900 he took part in designing the Russian Empire pavilion at the Paris World's Fair together with his friend K.A. Korovin. He studied at the Académie Vitti in Paris. In 1901 he moved to the Saint Petersburg region from Moscow. It was here that he came into his own as a stage designer, combining symbolism and modernism on operatic and dramatic productions for Diaghilev, Meyerhold and others. After the Revolution of 1917, Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Bilibin
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin ( rus, Ива́н Я́ковлевич Били́бин, p=ɪˈvan ˈjakəvlʲɪvʲɪt͡ɕ bʲɪˈlʲibʲɪn; – 7 February 1942) was a Russian illustrator and stage designer who took part in the ''Mir iskusstva'', contributed to the Ballets Russes, co-founded the Union of Russian Artists (russian: Сою́з ру́сских худо́жников) and from 1937 was a member of the Artists' Union of the USSR. Ivan Bilibin gained popularity with his illustrations of Russian folk tales and Slavic folklore. Throughout his career he was inspired by the art and culture of Rus'. Biography Ivan Bilibin was born in Tarkhovka, a suburb of St. Petersburg. He studied in 1898 at Anton Ažbe Art School in Munich, where he was heavily influenced by Art Nouveau and the German satirical journal ''Simplicissimus'', and then under Ilya Repin in St. Petersburg.Janina Orlov, 'Ivan Bilibin' in Donald Haase, ''The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: A-F'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valery Slauk
Valery Petrovich Slauk ( be, Валерый Пятровіч Слаук / Славук; born 1947) is a Belarusian graphic artist, book illustrator, and professor at the Belarusian Academy of Arts. His works are exhibited in the National Art Museum of Belarus and in several museums abroad. Awards and decorations Slauk has been recipient of multiple awards, including: *2015: The title of *2010: Medal of Francysk Skaryna References {{DEFAULTSORT:Slauk, Valery 1947 births Living people Belarusian artists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman (given Name)
Roman is a masculine given name meaning '' from Rome'', which originated within the Roman Empire, via Latin. In its initial sense, the title "''Roman''", (''Romanus'' in Latin and '' Romanos'' in Greek) denotes a member of the Roman Empire, or belonging to or identifying with Roman (or Byzantine) culture. It most likely evolved from Romulus, the legendary co-founder of Rome. Due to Byzantine cultural influence the name ''Roman'' (the Slavic variant of ''Romanos''/''Romanus'') is widely used amongst Eastern and Western Slavs. The name day for ''Roman'' varies between countries. Román in Spanish is a popular given name in Spanish-speaking countries, especially in Latin-America. Variations of the name include: * French: Romain * German: Roman * Hungarian: Román *Italian: Romano *Portuguese: Romão *Spanish: Román * Polish, Czech, Slovak: Roman *Russian, Ukrainian: Роман (Roman) * Belarusian: Раман (Raman) Roman may refer to: People named Roman Pre-20th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagovory
(singular ) is a form of verbal folk magic in Eastern Slavic folklore and mythology. Users of use incantations to enchant objects or people. Etymology The present-day Russian word () corresponds to the English word '' conjuration'', which once meant a 'conspiracy, plot, act of plotting'. ('what is performed with speech') originates from Russian folklore. So does the term (), with its prefix of initiation ''na-'' and the root ''-govor'' ('speech'), meaning 'what is launched with speech'. Their slight difference in sense can be seen in constructions like ''zagovory from maleficium''/''from bullets'' (defensive, apotropaic aspect) and ''nagovory onto water'' (to make it "healing"). The latter phrase seems to reflect a more offensive action., made of verb ''veschati'' russian: вещать "tell/speak", "foretell/divine" stem (as in the adjective "wise", "cognizant") and -ba suffix, used mainly to form verbal action nouns, like -ing in English, thus meaning "doing of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Languages
The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavic peoples and their descendants. They are thought to descend from a proto-language called Proto-Slavic, spoken during the Early Middle Ages, which in turn is thought to have descended from the earlier Proto-Balto-Slavic language, linking the Slavic languages to the Baltic languages in a Balto-Slavic group within the Indo-European family. The Slavic languages are conventionally (that is, also on the basis of extralinguistic features) divided into three subgroups: East, South, and West, which together constitute more than 20 languages. Of these, 10 have at least one million speakers and official status as the national languages of the countries in which they are predominantly spoken: Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian (of the East group), Polish, Czech and Slovak (of the West group) and Bulgarian and Macedonian (eastern dialects of the South group), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-speaking World
Speakers of English are also known as Anglophones, and the countries where English is natively spoken by the majority of the population are termed the '' Anglosphere''. Over two billion people speak English , making English the largest language by number of speakers, and the third largest language by number of native speakers. England and the Scottish Lowlands, countries of the United Kingdom, are the birthplace of the English language, and the modern form of the language has been being spread around the world since the 17th century, first by the worldwide influence of England and later the United Kingdom, and then by that of the United States. Through all types of printed and electronic media of these countries, English has become the leading language of international discourse and the lingua franca in many regions and professional contexts such as science, navigation and law. The United Kingdom remains the largest English-speaking country in Europe. The United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
