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Encyclopedia of
Russian & Slavic
Myth and Legend
Encyclopedia of
Russian & Slavic
Myth and Legend
Mike Dixon-Kennedy
Santa Barbara, California
Denver, Colorado
Oxford, England
Copyright © 1998 by Mike Dixon-Kennedy
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dixon-Kennedy, Mike, 1959–
Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic myth and legend.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: Covers the myths and legends of the Russian Empire at its
greatest extent as well as other Slavic people and countries.
Includes historical, geographical, and biographical background
information.
1. Mythology, Slavic—Juvenile literature. [1. Mythology,
Slavic. 2. Mythology—Encyclopedias.] I. Title.
1998
'0947—dc21 98-20330
CIP
AC
ISBN 1-57607-063-8 (hc)
ISBN 1-57607-130-8 (pbk)
04030201009998**********
ABC-CLIO, Inc.
130 Cremona Drive, . Box 1911
Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911
Typesetting by Letra Libre
This book is printed on acid-free paper I.
Manufactured in the United States of America.
For Gill
CONTENTS
Preface, ix
How to Use This Book, xi
Brief Historical and Anthropological Details, xiii
Encyclopedia of
Russian and Slavic Myth and Legend, 1
References and Further Reading, 327
Appendix 1, 331
Glossary of Terms
Appendix 2, 333
Transliteration from Cyrillic to Latin Letters
Appendix 3, 335
The Rulers of Russia
Appendix 4, 337
Topic Finder
Index, 353
vii
PREFACE
Having studied the plex sub- This volume is not unique. A good num-
ject of world mythology and legend for more ber of books have been published about the
than twenty years, I