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The Folklore of Icon-Painters and Art Historians: Legends about the Elder in the Iconography of the Nativity of Christ [PDF]
Studia Litterarum, 2020 The article focuses on the legends that surround the figure of the elder in Eastern Christian iconography of the Nativity of Christ. The records of the 17th–19th cc.
Dmitry I. Antonov
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e-Prime: Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy, 2021 It is well known that food and energy requirement for human beings is increasing day by day due to the fast increase of population in the world. This can be met by (i) increasing the yield of crop per unit area, (ii) post-harvest losses, and (iii) using ...
G.N. Tiwari, Arvind Tiwari
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Zulaykha’s Identity: On the Origin of Narratives About Zulaykha Based on Mathnawis
Türkiyat Mecmuası, 2023 Many studies are found on the text and textual interpretation of the mathnawis of Yusuf and Zulaykha; however no detailed study has yet to occur on the identity of Zulaykha, one of the main protagonists of this mathnawi, or on the origin of the events ...
Ozan Kolbaş
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Historia provinciae: журнал региональной истории, 2023 The article is devoted to the consideration of the ancestral legends of the Russian nobility contained in the genealogy record collections of the second half of the 19th century.
Larisa I. Strebkova
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Viy in Nikolai Gogol’s Novella and Related Mythological Creatures in Ukrainian Folklore
Religions, 2023 This article examines Ukrainian folkloric parallels to Viy, a character in the horror novella of the same name by Nikolai Gogol. It is a formidable chthonic, demonic creature whose eyelids cover the eyes and need to be lifted, and the gaze sees what is ...
Kostyantyn Rakhno
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Bees in folk belief and practices before and now
Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, 2023 The article traces changes in human cognitive and social development using the example of the domesticated insect, the bee. From the 13th to the 20th century, forest bee-keeping spread, using live trees as beehives, and later also log hives on the ground.
Mare Kõiva
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Legendy i żywoty świętych. Publikacje dla dzieci i młodzieży w Polsce w latach 1945-1949
Folia Toruniensia, 2020 Teza/Cel: Celem artykułu jest analiza legend i życiorysów świętych przeznaczonych dla dzieci wydanych w Polsce w latach 1945–1949. W załączonej bibliografii zamieszczono 19 pozycji.Metoda badawcza: Materiał analizowano z autopsji na podstawie egzemplarzy
Grażyna Lewandowicz-Nosal
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John Hunyadi in Hungarian Folklore and Historiography [PDF]
Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica, 2021 The folk epic songs of a nation are often associated with heroic actions of famous historical figures of the given nation, whose names are often known beyond Balkan folklore, thus becoming characters of epic folk songs and tales preserved in South ...
Ferenc Németh, Virginia Popovic
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“The Sort of Story That Has You Covering Your Mirrors”
Semiotic Review, 2013 As a monster, Slender Man epitomizes the simultaneous alienness and familiarity that characterizes the uncanny. Created by users on the Something Awful forums, the Slender Man’s most common depiction is as a preternaturally tall, skinny humanoid with a ...
Jeffrey Tolbert
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Trickster Traits in the Folklore Image of Mazan-Batyr [PDF]
Studia Litterarum, 2019 This paper focuses on one aspect of the image of Mazan-batyr, a popular hero of Kalmyk folklore. Kalmyk tales represent Mazan as a cunning hero, able to trick his opponent instead of using strength and martial skills.
Boris Yu. Sengleev
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