|
Zmei Gorinich
A Slavic dragon is any European dragon, dragon in Slavic mythology, including the Russian language, Russian ''zmei (Russian), zmei'' (or ''zmey''; ), Ukrainian language, Ukrainian ''zmiy'' (), and its counterparts in other Slavic cultures: the Bulgarian language, Bulgarian ''zmey'' (), the Slovak language, Slovak ''drak'' and ''šarkan'', Czech language, Czech ''drak'', Polish language, Polish , the Serbo-Croatian ''zmaj'' (), the Macedonian language, Macedonian ''zmej'' (змеј) and the Slovene language, Slovene ''zmaj''. The Romanian language, Romanian ''zmeu'' is also a Slavic dragon, but a non-cognate etymology has been proposed. A ''zmei'' may be beast-like or human-like, sometimes wooing women, but often plays the role of chief antagonist in Russian literature. In the Balkans, the ''zmei'' type is overall regarded as benevolent, as opposed to malevolent dragons known variously as '', ''Ala (demon), ala'' or ''hala'', or ''aždaja''. The Polish language, Polish ''smok'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Doragon
Slavic, Slav or Slavonic may refer to: Peoples * Slavic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group living in Europe and Asia ** East Slavic peoples, eastern group of Slavic peoples ** South Slavic peoples, southern group of Slavic peoples ** West Slavic peoples, western group of Slavic peoples ** Slavic Americans, Americans of Slavic descent * Anti-Slavic sentiment, negative attitude towards Slavic peoples * Pan-Slavic movement, movement in favor of Slavic cooperation and unity * Slavic studies, a multidisciplinary field of studies focused on history and culture of Slavic peoples Languages, alphabets, and names * Slavic languages, a group of closely related Indo-European languages ** Proto-Slavic language, reconstructed proto-language of all Slavic languages ** Old Church Slavonic, 9th century Slavic literary language, used for the purpose of evangelizing the Slavic peoples ** Church Slavonic, a written and spoken variant of Old Church Slavonic, standardized and widely adopted by Sla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
