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The Slavic Myths (Hardcover)
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The Slavic Myths (Hardcover)
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A Pulitzer-nominated author and one of the great public
intellectuals of Slavic culture bring to life the unfamiliar myths
and legends of the Slavic world. Slavic cultures are far-ranging,
comprising of East Slavs (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus), West Slavs
(Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland) and South Slavs (the countries
of former Yugoslavia plus Bulgaria), yet they are connected by
tales of adventure and magic with deep roots in a common lore. In
this first collection of Slavic myths for an international
readership, Noah Charney and Svetlana Slapšak expertly weave
together a retelling of the ancient stories with nuanced analysis
that illuminates their place at the heart of Slavic tradition.
Though less familiar to us than the legends of ancient Egypt,
Greece and Scandinavia, in the world of Slavic mythology we find
much that we can recognize: petulant deities, demons and faeries;
witches, the sinister vestica, whose magic may harm or heal; a
supreme god who can summon storms and hurl thunderbolts. Gods
gather under the World Tree, reminiscent of Norse mythology’s
Yggdrasill; or, after the coming of Christianity, congregate among
the clouds. The vampire – usually the only Serbo-Croatian word in
any foreign-language dictionary – and the werewolf emerge from
the shallow graves of Slavic belief. In their careful analysis and
sensitive reconstructions of the origin stories, Charney and
Slapsak unearth the Slavic beliefs before their distortion first by
Christian chroniclers and then by 19th-century scholars seeking
origin stories for their new-born nation states. They reveal links
not only to the neighbouring pantheons of Greece, Rome, Egypt and
Scandinavia but also the belief systems of indigenous peoples of
Australia, the Americas, Africa and Asia. In so doing, they draw
out the universalities that cut across cultures in the stories we
tell ourselves.
General
Imprint: |
Thames and Hudson
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Noah Charney
• Svetlana Slapšak
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Dimensions: |
234 x 153mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-500-02501-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-500-02501-0 |
Barcode: |
9780500025017 |
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