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Лысая гора (Битцевский лес) зимой 2008 года
Bald Mountain, also called Lysa Hora or Łysa Góra, (, Ukrainian: Лиса гора, ''Lysa hora''; Russian: Лысая гора, ''Lysaya gora'') is a location in Slavic folk mythology related to witchcraft. According to legends, witches periodically gather on the "bald mountains" for the Witches' Sabbath. The exact origins and factual evidences of the concept are unclear. Notable "bald mountains" include the Łysa Góra in Poland, Lysa Hora and Zamkova Hora hills in Kyiv, Ukraine. Cultural references *''Night on Bald Mountain'' (musical composition by Modest Mussorgsky and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov inspired by the legend) *A ''Bald Mountain'' can be found in Mikhail Bulgakov's ''The Master and Margarita'' as the mountain where the ''Iyeshua'' (Jesus of Nazareth) was crucified and it is the location of a sabbath in which Margarita takes part. * In 1970s, in Belarus, an anonymous poem ''A Tale of the Bald Mountain'' (Сказ пра Лысую гару) was widely circulate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Language
Ukrainian (, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Ukraine. It is the first language, first (native) language of a large majority of Ukrainians. Written Ukrainian uses the Ukrainian alphabet, a variant of the Cyrillic script. The standard language is studied by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Potebnia Institute of Linguistics. Comparisons are often made between Ukrainian and Russian language, Russian, another East Slavic language, yet there is more mutual intelligibility with Belarusian language, Belarusian,Alexander M. Schenker. 1993. "Proto-Slavonic", ''The Slavonic Languages''. (Routledge). pp. 60–121. p. 60: "[The] distinction between dialect and language being blurred, there can be no unanimity on this issue in all instances..."C.F. Voegelin and F.M. Voegelin. 1977. ''Classification and Index of the World's Languages'' (Elsevier). p. 311, "In terms of immediate mutual intelligibility, the East Slavic zone is a sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarita (Master And Margarita)
''The Master and Margarita'' () is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940. A censored version, with several chapters cut by editors, was published posthumously in ''Moscow'' magazine in 1966–1967 by his widow Elena Bulgakova. The manuscript was not published as a book until 1967, in Paris. A '' samizdat'' version circulated that included parts cut out by official censors, and these were incorporated in a 1969 version published in Frankfurt. The novel has since been published in several languages and editions. The story concerns a visit by the devil and his entourage to the officially atheistic Soviet Union. The devil, manifested as one Professor Woland, challenges the Soviet citizens' beliefs towards religion and condemns their behavior throughout the book. ''The Master and Margarita'' combines supernatural elements with satirical dark comedy and Christian philosophy, defying categorization within a single genre. Many critics conside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walpurgis Night
Walpurgis Night (), an abbreviation of Saint Walpurgis Night (from the German language, German ), also known as Saint Walpurga's Eve (alternatively spelled Saint Walburga's Eve) and Walpurgisnacht, is the Vigil#Eves of religious celebrations, eve of the Christianity, Christian feast day of Saint Walpurga, an 8th-century abbess in Francia, and is celebrated on the night of 30 April and the day of 1 May. This feast memorialization, commemorates the canonization of Saint Walpurga and the movement of her relics to Eichstätt, both of which occurred on 1 May 870. Saint Walpurga was hailed by the Christians of Germany for battling "pest, rabies, and whooping cough, as well as against witchcraft". Christians Christian prayer, prayed to God in Christianity, God through the Intercession of saints, intercession of Saint Walpurga in order to protect themselves from witchcraft, as Saint Walpurga was successful in conversion to Christianity, converting the local populace to Christianity. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lysa Hora (other)
Lysa Hora or Łysa Góra (literally "Bald Mountain" meaning barren mountain, featureless mountain in Slavic languages) and similar may mean: Lysa Hora * Lysa Hora (Kyiv), a large woody hill in Kyiv * Lysá hora, a mountain in the Czech Republic * Lysa Hora (folklore), a mountain related to witchcraft in Slavic folk mythology Łysa Góra *Łysa Góra Łysa Góra , translated as Bald Mountain, is a well-known hill in Świętokrzyskie Mountains, Poland. With a height of 595 metres (1,952 ft), it is the second highest point in that range (after Łysica at 612 meters or 2,008 ft). On i ..., one of the Świętokrzyskie mountains in central Poland. * Łysa Góra, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland) *Łysa Góra, part of the Swoszowice district of Kraków * Łysa Góra, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Łysa Góra, Hrubieszów County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) * Łysa Góra, Puławy County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) * Łysa Góra, Subcarpathia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geralt Of Rivia
Geralt of Rivia () is a fictional character and the protagonist of '' The Witcher'' series of short stories and novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. He is a magically enhanced monster-hunter known as a "witcher", who possesses supernatural abilities due to his mutations. Geralt of Rivia is also the protagonist in CD Projekt Red's series of video games based on ''The Witcher''. In television adaptations, he was portrayed by Michał Żebrowski in '' The Hexer'' film and television series, while Henry Cavill portrays the character in the first three seasons of Netflix's '' The Witcher'' television series, with Tristan Ruggeri portraying a young Geralt in the first season, and Liam Hemsworth due to take over the role from the fourth season onward. Fictional biography Novels Geralt is a witcher, a magical mutant made for hunting and killing monsters. Shortly after being born, Geralt's mother, Visenna, gives him away to undergo training and, eventually, become a witcher a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Hunt
The Wild Hunt is a folklore motif occurring across various northern, western and eastern European societies, appearing in the religions of the Germans, Celts, and Slavs (motif E501 per Thompson). Wild Hunts typically involve a chase led by a mythological figure escorted by a ghostly or supernatural group of hunters engaged in pursuit. The leader of the hunt is often a named figure associated with Odin in Germanic legends, but may variously be a historical or legendary figure like Theodoric the Great, the Danish king , the dragon slayer Sigurd, the psychopomp of Welsh mythology , biblical figures such as Herod, Cain, Gabriel, or the Devil, or an unidentified lost soul. The hunters are generally the souls of the dead or ghostly dogs, sometimes fairies, valkyries, or elves. Seeing the Wild Hunt was thought to forebode some catastrophe such as war or plague, or at best the death of the one who witnessed it. People encountering the Hunt might also be abducted to the underworld or t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
